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Ethereum 2014 ICO

The public presale that funded the original Ethereum chain — whose genesis supply Ethereum Classic carries today.

Finished · 07/22/2014$18,500,000 Raised

ICO Details

Token NameEthereum
TickerETH
Price at ICO$0.3080
StatusFinished
Target$16,000,000
Funds Raised$18,500,000
ICO Token Supply72,009,991
Funding CapUnlimited
Token RoleUtility
Token TypeOwn wallet
Token Supply After ICOIncreases

The 72,009,991 tokens issued here are the original Ethereum genesis supply. In 2016, the Ethereum Foundation forked the chain and applied the ETH name and ticker to the new chain. The original chain — carrying this supply unaltered — was recognised by the global community as Ethereum Classic.

ETH ICO ROI

Now

Apr 29, 2026

×7,315

$100 → $731,484

ATH

Aug 24, 2025

×16,076

$100 → $1,607,650

ATL

Oct 21, 2015

×1.37

$100 → $136.64

ROI calculated from $0.3080 ICO price. ETH price data; does not reflect ETC trading prices after the 2016 fork.

Token Distribution

Crowdsale
83.33%
Foundation / Early Contributors & Others
16.67%

ICO Origin

Ethereum 2014 ICO

Jul–Sep 2014

42-day public presale raises $18.5 million at $0.308 per token, minting 72,009,991 ETH — the entire initial supply. 83.33% goes to crowdsale participants and 16.67% to the Ethereum Foundation and early contributors.

72,009,991 ETH minted$0.308 per token$18.5M raised83.33% / 16.67% split

Ethereum Mainnet Launch

Jul 30, 2015

The Frontier genesis block. All 72,009,991 ICO tokens activate on the live chain.

Frontier genesis72,009,991-token initial supply

The 2016 DAO Fork — How Ethereum Classic Got Its Name

How the Ethereum Foundation created a new chain and applied the ETH ticker to it — and the original chain survived

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2016 DAO Fork

How the original Ethereum chain became known as Ethereum Classic

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ECIP-1017 Specification

The ETC monetary policy proposal