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Connecting to Ethereum Classic

ETC is EVM-native, so standard Ethereum tooling works unchanged — point it at an ETC RPC endpoint. Below are the current mainnet and Mordor endpoints, and the APIs to read chain and market data from.

Quick start

Mainnet is chain ID 61, Mordor is 63. No ETC-specific client library is needed.

import { JsonRpcProvider, formatEther } from 'ethers'

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider('https://etc.rivet.link')

const blockNumber = await provider.getBlockNumber()
const balance = await provider.getBalance('0x...')

console.log(blockNumber, formatEther(balance))

Networks

These RPC endpoints are operated by third parties, not by this site. Rate limits and uptime are theirs and can change without notice — for anything in production, run your own node or use a provider you have an agreement with.

Mainnet

chain 61 · ETC
RPC
https://etc.rivet.link

Mordor testnet

chain 63 · METC
RPC
https://rpc.mordor.etccooperative.org

Chain and market data

This site does not publish a data API. It reads from the two sources below, and so should you — they are authoritative, they are versioned, and going direct means no intermediary can drift out of sync with them.

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