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nickwb
Changed ETC inception date
The ETC inception date is the same as Ethereum's, as the original chain it should be listed as 2014.
Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold are also hard forks, and are also included in the graphic based on their fork date rather than the date of their first block.
Your interpretation is a valid one, but I think most people would consider ETC to be "since 2016".
But ETC never forked. It has a history going back to the genesis block without a contentious break in the protocol. I've used this same chain since inception.
BCH forking from BTC required changing the protocol.
ETH forking from ETC required the same.
I get your point but the majority's view is not accurate and these types of things just perpetuate the issue instead of accurately informing people.
Anyway's that's my justification. I've been fighting this uphill battle for years now and do appreciate you considering this pull even if you don't accept it.
I totally understand where you're coming from. I think the distinction you're trying to make is probably more nuanced than I could hope to capture in a visualization like this one.
I do believe that labeling ETC as 2014 and making no other changes would be misleading too; it clearly did not exist by this name in 2014.