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Yes. Ethereum Classic (ETC) is treated as a Virtual Digital Asset under the Income-tax Act, so buying, holding, and selling are allowed, though it is not legal tender. India regulates crypto as a taxable, speculative asset, and platforms serving Indian users must be registered with FIU-IND under anti-money-laundering rules.

To buy Ethereum Classic for the first time, sign up on CoinDCX, complete KYC with your PAN and Aadhaar, deposit INR through UPI or IMPS, then open the ETC market and confirm your order. Most first-time buyers complete all four steps on the same day.

Add INR to your CoinDCX account by choosing UPI as the payment method, entering the amount, and approving the request in your UPI app. Once the balance reflects, open the ETC market, enter your INR amount, and confirm. UPI deposits are usually credited within minutes.

You do not need to buy a whole ETC. It supports fractional investing, so a small INR order buys a fraction of a coin. The exact per-order minimum is shown on the CoinDCX order screen before you confirm.

Yes. Even though one ETC costs more than ₹100, the coin is divisible, so ₹100 buys a small fraction. Open the app, search for Ethereum Classic, tap Buy, enter the rupee amount, and confirm at the live rate shown.

ETC trades directly against the rupee on FIU-IND registered Indian exchanges, so no stablecoin conversion is needed. Judge any venue on three points: FIU-IND registration under the PMLA, a direct INR pair, and published custody practices such as cold storage and Proof of Reserves.

Buying and holding ETC is not taxed. Selling or swapping your tokens triggers a flat 30% tax plus 4% cess on profits, resulting in an effective tax rate of 31.2% under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Additionally, a 1% TDS is deducted from the total trade value upon transfer under Section 393(1) of the Act. Crypto losses cannot be set off against other income. Report gains in Schedule VDA and confirm your position with a chartered accountant.

Ethereum Classic is an established, top-ranked coin with a capped supply, a dedicated community, and strong mining security today. Against that, it is far smaller than Ethereum with little app activity, it has a history of network attacks, it is volatile, and it trades well below its high. Weigh both sides against your own goals and risk tolerance, and treat any decision as your own.

They were the same chain until 2016, when a hack of a large smart-contract fund forced a decision. Most of the community changed the record to reverse the theft, and that chain is today’s Ethereum (ETH), which later switched to a staking model and has a huge ecosystem of apps. The minority who refused to alter the record kept the original chain, Ethereum Classic (ETC), which still uses mining, has a capped supply, and is much smaller, so the two are now separate coins with different technology and philosophies.

In a so-called 51% attack, someone gains control of most of a network’s mining power and can briefly rewrite recent transactions to spend the same coins twice. Ethereum Classic suffered several such attacks in 2019 and 2020, because its smaller network was cheaper to overpower, and some exchanges lost money. Since then, its mining power has grown sharply, especially after other networks moved away from mining, which has made such attacks far more expensive and much less likely, though no chain can promise they are impossible.

CoinDCX is considered one of the leading platforms in India, with FIU-IND registration under the PMLA, ISO/IEC certification, direct INR funding via UPI, IMPS, NEFT and RTGS, and published Proof of Reserves.

Enable app-based two-factor authentication rather than SMS, and use a password you have not reused elsewhere. Never share an OTP, seed phrase, or remote access to your screen. No genuine support agent will ask for them. If you withdraw to a personal wallet, check the address carefully and send a small test amount first, because on-chain transfers cannot be reversed.