Cryptocurrency Exchange Poloniex announced the addition Ethereum Classic market of alternative token Ether, appeared after a group within the community refused to upgrade the software and the transition to a new blokcheyn after hardforka.
Ethereum Classic is traded under the ticker ETC, and it can be regarded as the original version of Ether.
As stated in the description Ethereum Classic, the goal of the project - to preserve the original Ethereum, the main characteristics of which are not subject to censorship, and the immutability of decentralization.
The project has already managed to get their share of popularity, especially among those members of the community who have criticized the decision to hold hardforka in response to the withdrawal of funds from The DAO. Ethereum Classic is supported by two mayningovymi pools - http://ethc.epool.io and http://pool.ethereumclassic.com, and has got its own branch on Reddit.
Earlier Ethereum Classic was added exchange Bitsquare, but it was a token appearance at Poloniex, the largest trading volumes kriptovalyutnoy platform, can play a key role in its further development.
Note that after an hour or so after the addition of ETC on Poloniex, token rose to third place in terms of transactions, second only to "new" version of the Ether and NXT.
There are 138 cryptos trading on Poloniex currently. https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/poloniex/
It's not like they do any due diligence before adding new coins. They just couldn't miss the initial fat trading volume and wanted a piece of the action.