# Onward from the Hard Fork

DevFeed: [Onward from the Hard Fork](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/onward-from-the-hard-fork-16776.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2016/07/26/onward-from-the-hard-fork>)

Author: Vitalik Buterin

Published: 2016-07-26T14:42:14Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [consensus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consensus.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [fork](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fork.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [protocol-announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol-announcements.md>)

## AI overview

The Ethereum Foundation explains its decision to support the ETH chain after the hard fork and provides guidance for users managing ETH and ETC. It recommends separating the assets into different wallets to reduce replay-attack risk and describes how to use the splitter contract.

## Source excerpt

The foundation has committed to support the community consensus on the admittedly difficult hard fork decision. Seeing the results of various metrics, including carbonvote, dapp and ecosystem infrastructure adoption, this means that we will focus our resources and attention on the chain which is now called ETH (ie. the fork...