Hack
Ethereum
2016
The DAO Hack
Smart contract exploit drained a major DAO, leading to Ethereum's contentious hard fork and the birth of Ethereum Classic.
Event date: 2016-06-17
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Key Facts
Peak metric$150M ETH at risk
OutcomeEthereum/ETC split
ChainEthereum
Year2016
Typehack
Tags
governance
security
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