[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-categories-en":3,"wp-translations":37,"fetchPost-news\u002Fqubics-puts-monero-under-the-microscope-en-1":41},[4,14,22,30],{"id":5,"graphqlId":6,"name":7,"slug":8,"image":9,"uri":10,"count":11,"children":12,"locale":13},1,"dGVybTox","News","news",null,"\u002Fcategory\u002Fnews\u002F",42,[],"EN",{"id":15,"graphqlId":16,"name":17,"slug":18,"image":9,"uri":19,"count":20,"children":21,"locale":13},47,"dGVybTo0Nw==","Reveal the Differences","reveal-the-differences","\u002Fcategory\u002Freveal-the-differences\u002F",12,[],{"id":23,"graphqlId":24,"name":25,"slug":26,"image":9,"uri":27,"count":28,"children":29,"locale":13},39,"dGVybTozOQ==","Swap Guides","swap-guides","\u002Fcategory\u002Fswap-guides\u002F",24,[],{"id":31,"graphqlId":32,"name":33,"slug":34,"image":9,"uri":35,"count":23,"children":36,"locale":13},43,"dGVybTo0Mw==","Trading Guides","trading-guides","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftrading-guides\u002F",[],{"post":38,"docs":40},[13,39],"RU",[13,39],{"type":42,"post":43},"post",{"id":44,"title":45,"slug":46,"uri":47,"date":48,"excerpt":49,"content":50,"postId":51,"language":52,"translations":56,"categories":63,"tags":67,"featuredImage":69,"author":74,"seo":82},"cG9zdDo4NjM=","Discover: Qubic’s Claim Puts Monero Under The Microscope","qubics-puts-monero-under-the-microscope","\u002Fnews\u002Fqubics-puts-monero-under-the-microscope\u002F","2025-08-12T13:46:35","\u003Cp>The Monero community is on high alert after Qubic—a project led by IOTA co-founder Sergey Ivancheglo (“CFB”)—said it has crossed the 51% hashrate threshold on the XMR network. If accurate, that would hand a single coordinated entity enough power to reorganize blocks, censor transactions, or attempt double-spends, the textbook definition of a 51% attack on … \u003Ca class=\"link-more\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgodbex.io\u002Fnews\u002Fqubics-puts-monero-under-the-microscope\u002F\"> Читать далее\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Monero community is on high alert after \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>Qubic\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—a project led by IOTA co-founder \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>Sergey Ivancheglo (“CFB”)\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—said it has crossed the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>51% hashrate\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> threshold on the XMR network. If accurate, that would hand a single coordinated entity enough power to reorganize blocks, censor transactions, or attempt double-spends, the textbook definition of a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>51% attack\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on a proof-of-work chain. The claim, first flagged in Qubic’s own updates and industry coverage, immediately sparked warnings from security researchers and market watchers.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>How much hash is really in play?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two datapoints help frame the risk window. First, independent monitors estimated \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>Monero’s total hashrate around ~5 GH\u002Fs\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in recent days—meaning practical majority control would require something north of ~2.5 GH\u002Fs. Second, Qubic’s materials and media reports describe \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>peaks near 2.7–3.0 GH\u002Fs\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with fluctuations depending on when miners pointed rigs at the pool. When Qubic’s share clears the halfway mark, the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>ETH-style “finality”\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Monero users expect can’t be guaranteed without extra confirmations. (As of publication, hashrate is volatile and exact shares shift hour by hour.)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Reports of reorg concerns—and why they matter\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market outlets noted \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>chain reorganization fears\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after Qubic publicized its hashrate push, with some analysts pointing to a short-lived deep reorg as a red flag. Even a brief, economically rational reorg can \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>orphan\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> blocks and force nodes to accept a different version of history—critical if you’re an exchange or merchant managing deposits and withdrawals. The \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>best-practice response\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in these windows is to raise confirmation requirements and monitor pool concentration closely until the network’s hashrate distribution normalizes. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>What Qubic says it’s doing—and why\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qubic frames the campaign as a live “\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>Monero experiment\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” tied to its \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>“useful proof-of-work” (uPoW)\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> model. Under that design, Qubic miners direct compute toward XMR, then use mining proceeds to buy and burn QUBIC tokens—positioned as a deflationary flywheel for Qubic’s own ecosystem. In a recent recap, the team listed a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>peak near 2.77 GH\u002Fs\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, thousands of Monero blocks found, and a continuing aim to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>sustain majority share\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over a defined “marathon” period. Whatever the motive—stress test, publicity, or pure token economics—the approach concentrates hashing power in one place and, by definition, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>weakens Monero’s miner decentralization\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while it lasts. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>Counter-currents: DDoS turbulence and price reaction\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaign has not been linear. Earlier this month, media reported the Qubic pool was hit by a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>DDoS attack\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, briefly knocking its hashrate down and interrupting the push. That tech turbulence coincided with \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>drawdowns in XMR’s price\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which slid on the headlines and the broader risk that centralized hashrate could degrade settlement assurances. (Prices are moving quickly; treat any single-day percentage as provisional.) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Why a 51% episode is different for a privacy coin\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monero uses the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>RandomX\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> algorithm to favor CPU\u002FGPU mining and resist ASIC centralization—a design choice meant to spread hash power. But if one pool still amasses a majority, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>privacy doesn’t shield the consensus layer\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: a dominant miner can, in principle, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>reorder\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> blocks or \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>censor\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> specific flows, even if they can’t pierce transaction confidentiality. The incident is a reminder that \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>economic coordination\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not only hardware design, determines how decentralized a PoW network really is at any moment in time. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>What exchanges, wallets, and miners can do (right now)\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Raise confirmations temporarily.\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> During any period when one pool claims majority share, exchanges can \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>increase required confirmations\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to reduce reorg risk for deposits and withdrawals. (Many already do this as a standard playbook.)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Watch hashrate distribution.\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mining dashboards and hashrate charts reveal whether a single pool’s share is growing or shrinking—a real-time proxy for settlement risk. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Diversify to smaller\u002Fpeer-to-peer pools.\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Monero mining communities often advocate \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>P2Pool\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or other decentralized options specifically to avoid concentration in large custodial pools.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cb>The big unknowns\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Duration:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Qubic’s own blog talks about a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>multi-week “marathon”\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If majority share is sustained, higher confirmations may become the norm for a while; if not, the episode may fade as miners reallocate.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Intent:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Qubic publicly characterizes this as an experiment and a uPoW showcase. Skeptics counter that \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>any\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> single-entity majority is \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>functionally indistinguishable\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from an attack in terms of network risk—even if no double-spends occur. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Net economics:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Concentrating compute is expensive. If the campaign can’t pay for itself via QUBIC’s token mechanics or external incentives, miners may \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>peel off\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> organically, restoring a healthier distribution.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Bottom line\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monero’s security model assumes \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>broadly distributed hash power\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Qubic’s push to (at times) exceed 50% breaks that assumption and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>raises legitimate 51%-attack concerns\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even if only for a window. Independent hashrate estimates, Qubic’s own logs, and third-party reporting together paint a picture of \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>intermittent majority control\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>temporary disruption\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>heightened operational risk\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for services that settle in XMR. Until the pool share retreats decisively, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>risk management\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—more confirmations, tighter monitoring, and pool diversification—will do more to protect users than any philosophical debate over motives. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Follow us:\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca class=\"invalid-url\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fgodbex.io\u002F\" data-validation-message=\"Missing or incorrect post type prefix. 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