ETC managed to become headliners of the crypto-currency market in the first months after its formation. For two weeks from the date of the sale, new airs were already traded on the Poloniex, Bitfinex, Kraken, BTC-e exchanges, and were also added for extraction by the large MinerGate pool. In contrast to the support of Charles Hoskinson and Gavin Wood, the owner of a large pool of Chandler Guo promised to attack 51% on the Ethereum Classic network, but did not receive support in this endeavor.