Technically, ETC carried on the existing chain leaving the DAO child hacker's coins intact, and ETH hard forked to restore them. It's an important distinction a

Technically, ETC carried on the existing chain leaving the DAO child hacker's coins intact, and ETH hard forked to restore them. It's an important distinction as it shows only bitcoin is (probably? hopefully?) immutable. It was a tumultuous and amazingly interesting time, with the hacker claiming the child dao function was used legally and threatening legal action if ETH forked. Of course the thief never stepped into the light, the (explicative) coward, as he would've definitely been litigated back to the stone ages, and probably jailed. Worth reading up on...