[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"wp-translations":3,"blog-categories-en":8,"fetchPost-crypto-news\u002Fmonero-vs-qubic-en-1":58},{"post":4,"docs":7},[5,6],"EN","RU",[5,6],[9,18,26,34,42,50],{"id":10,"graphqlId":11,"name":12,"slug":13,"image":14,"uri":15,"count":16,"children":17,"locale":5},57,"dGVybTo1Nw==","Convert Guide","convert-guide",null,"\u002Fcategory\u002Fconvert-guide\u002F",27,[],{"id":19,"graphqlId":20,"name":21,"slug":22,"image":14,"uri":23,"count":24,"children":25,"locale":5},1,"dGVybTox","Crypto News","crypto-news","\u002Fcategory\u002Fcrypto-news\u002F",87,[],{"id":27,"graphqlId":28,"name":29,"slug":30,"image":14,"uri":31,"count":32,"children":33,"locale":5},61,"dGVybTo2MQ==","Price Prediction","price-prediction","\u002Fcategory\u002Fprice-prediction\u002F",32,[],{"id":35,"graphqlId":36,"name":37,"slug":38,"image":14,"uri":39,"count":40,"children":41,"locale":5},53,"dGVybTo1Mw==","Quick History Lesson","quick-history-lesson","\u002Fcategory\u002Fquick-history-lesson\u002F",37,[],{"id":43,"graphqlId":44,"name":45,"slug":46,"image":14,"uri":47,"count":48,"children":49,"locale":5},69,"dGVybTo2OQ==","Top 5","top-5","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftop-5\u002F",7,[],{"id":51,"graphqlId":52,"name":53,"slug":54,"image":14,"uri":55,"count":56,"children":57,"locale":5},212,"dGVybToyMTI=","Trading Guide","trading-guide","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftrading-guide\u002F",16,[],{"type":59,"post":60},"post",{"id":61,"title":62,"slug":63,"uri":64,"date":65,"excerpt":66,"content":67,"postId":68,"language":69,"translations":73,"categories":80,"featuredImage":84,"seo":89},"cG9zdDoxMzE4","Monero vs. Qubic: DDoS Hits Qubic Mining Pool","monero-vs-qubic","\u002Fcrypto-news\u002Fmonero-vs-qubic\u002F","2025-08-04T14:35:34","\u003Cp>A controversial campaign by Qubic to concentrate Monero (XMR) mining power has devolved into a technical and narrative battle after Qubic’s mining pool was struck by a DDoS attack, disrupting its operations and visibility, even as on-chain trackers and miners debated the scale of the threat. Cointelegraph reports that Qubic’s pool stopped reporting hashrate on … \u003Ca class=\"link-more\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbitsz.io\u002Fcrypto-news\u002Fmonero-vs-qubic\u002F\"> Читать далее\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A controversial campaign by \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>Qubic\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to concentrate Monero (XMR) mining power has devolved into a technical and narrative battle after \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>Qubic’s mining pool was struck by a DDoS attack\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, disrupting its operations and visibility, even as on-chain trackers and miners debated the scale of the threat. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>Cointelegraph\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reports that Qubic’s pool \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>stopped reporting hashrate on July 30\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the project’s own tracker intermittently claiming peaks up to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>1.6 GH\u002Fs \u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when its “intermittent mining” switches to Monero. MiningPoolStats, meanwhile, showed Qubic as the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>only Monero pool with no reported hashrate\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at press time. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The outage followed weeks of escalation, in which Qubic openly sought to attract miners away from other pools with richer payouts, a strategy critics labeled an \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>“economic attack”\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designed to approach the 51% threshold required to orphan blocks, delay confirmations, or censor transactions. Coverage by \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>The Block\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>Yahoo Finance\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> highlighted growing community resistance and skepticism about Qubic’s motives, with some miners dismissing the campaign as a publicity play after talk of a “thwarted” 51% bid.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>What happened—and why the DDoS matters\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Pool disruption:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> According to Cointelegraph’s account, the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>DDoS\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coincided with Qubic’s disappearance from public pool charts, complicating independent verification of its share of Monero hashrate. The project’s own dashboard claimed periodic spikes when its “intermittent mining” toggled into XMR, but external monitors did not confirm sustained dominance. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Visibility & trust:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Because pool shares guide miners’ decisions and inform the public about decentralization, a reporting blackout blurs risk assessment. MiningPoolStats still listed Qubic as active in name but with \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>no live hashrate\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, underscoring the opacity created by the outage. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>The 51% playbook Qubic signaled\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent reporting outlines Qubic’s attempt to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>pay miners above-market rewards\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to redirect CPU power toward its pool—an approach that could, in theory, push a single operator over the critical 51% line. If achieved, that concentration could \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>orphan competitors’ blocks\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>slow confirmations\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>selectively censor transactions\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, without necessarily rewriting deep history. Multiple outlets framed this as an \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>“economic” rather than purely technical\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">maneuver, since it relies on incentives rather than exploiting a code bug.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community forums and market briefings tracked Qubic’s share fluctuating well below majority control, with spikes that raised alarms but \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>fell short of sustained dominance\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some analysts described earlier surges followed by retracements as evidence that decentralized miners were \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>rebalancing\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> toward alternative pools or P2Pool to dilute concentration. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Community and market response\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Counter-mobilization:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Monero miners and node operators used social channels to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>redirect hash power\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> away from Qubic, encourage the use of \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>P2Pool\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a decentralized pooling design), and publish live dashboards of pool concentrations to discourage complacency. CryptoSlate’s roundup captured the tone: a “live-fire” stress test that galvanized the community rather than splintering it. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Narrative split:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yahoo Finance reported some miners lampooned the campaign as a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>publicity stunt\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially after claims of a “thwarted” 51% attempt coincided with token-price marketing by Qubic. Others warned against minimizing the risk, noting that \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>pay-to-switch\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inducements can rapidly alter the picture when profitability shifts. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>How close did Qubic get?\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinning down a precise peak is difficult amid the reporting gap, but the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>absence of sustained majority share\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across independent trackers suggests the bid \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>did not hold above 50%\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a continuous period. Cointelegraph noted Qubic’s own tracking showed \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>intermittent\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mining bursts, while public pool boards failed to corroborate a long-lived takeover. The Block similarly emphasized the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>controversy rather than confirmation\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of dominance. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>What a real 51% event would mean for Monero\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security researchers and crypto-market educators typically underline that a 51% attacker \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>cannot mint coins from nothing\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>steal funds from addresses\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>can\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Reorganize recent blocks\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to enable \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>double spends\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against exchanges or merchants with insufficient confirmations;\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Censor\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>delay\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> selected transactions;\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Undermine confidence\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in short-term finality, raising confirmation requirements and transaction costs network-wide.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monero’s CPU-friendly \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>RandomX\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> algorithm and historically \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>distributed mining\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been intended safeguards against single-pool concentration, but as these events show, \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>economic incentives\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can still pull hash power toward a single coordinator—especially during periods of heightened miner churn. (General mining-architecture references and pool dashboards illustrate why \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>decentralized pooling\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like P2Pool is advocated by the community.) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>Key signals to watch next\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Pool share dispersion:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If public boards show persistent diversification—and Qubic remains \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>below 20–25%\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—the immediate risk fades. A sharp rise back toward \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>>40%\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would warrant renewed caution. MiningPoolStats remains a quick glance, though not definitive on its own. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Transparency & uptime:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Whether Qubic restores \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>reliable hashrate reporting\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> post-DDoS will determine how much of the debate is measurable versus speculative. Cointelegraph’s report linked the DDoS directly to the visibility issue. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>Exchange policy:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If centralized exchanges \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>raise XMR confirmation requirements\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or publish risk notes, that would indicate elevated operational concern even absent a confirmed takeover. (Standard practice during suspected reorg risk.)\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u003Cb>P2Pool adoption:\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Growth in decentralized pooling could become a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>structural hedge\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against future concentration cycles, reducing the likelihood of a single coordinator approaching 51%. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Ch2>\u003Cb>The bigger picture\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The episode underscores a broader reality for proof-of-work networks: \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>hashrate markets are dynamic\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>financial incentives\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can challenge decentralization without a traditional exploit. Qubic’s gambit—followed by a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>DDoS\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that knocked its pool off public radars and a visible \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>community counter-mobilization\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—is a reminder that security is economic as much as it is cryptographic. For Monero, the near-term takeaway is caution with complacency and renewed emphasis on \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>distributed mining\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>operational transparency\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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