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Created: 2025-07-24 19:02:01 UTC

5/ 2016: The DAO Hack

The DAO was the first major decentralized VC on Ethereum.

It was hacked, resulting in a $50M exploit.

The community voted for a hard fork to restore funds.

This created Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.

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**Related Topics**
[fork](/topic/fork)
[$50m](/topic/$50m)
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[ethereum](/topic/ethereum)
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