{"id":26020,"date":"2025-08-12T13:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/qubic-mining-pool-seizes-control-of-monero\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:36:42","slug":"qubic-mining-pool-seizes-control-of-monero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/qubic-mining-pool-seizes-control-of-monero\/","title":{"rendered":"Qubic Mining Pool Seizes Control of Monero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The founder of SlowMist, known by the pseudonym evilcos, announced a successful 51% attack on the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/monero-zcash-and-dash-how-the-three-privacy-veterans-are-faring\">Monero<\/a> network by the Qubic mining pool. The platform now controls a significant portion of the network&#8217;s hashrate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zh\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5173\u6ce8\u4e00\u6bb5\u65f6\u95f4\u4e86\uff0c\u8fd9\u6b21\u9488\u5bf9\u95e8\u7f57\u5e01\u7684 51% \u653b\u51fb\u770b\u6765\u662f\u6210\u529f\u4e86\uff08\u611f\u8c22\u9ed1\u624b\u518c\u7fa4\u53cb\u4fe1\u606f\uff09\uff0c\u4e0d\u8fc7\u6210\u672c\u4e5f\u5f88\u9ad8\uff0c\u6700\u7ec8\u4e0d\u786e\u5b9a\u8fd9\u6837\u505a\u7684\u7ecf\u6d4e\u6536\u76ca\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u73b0\u5728\u7406\u8bba\u4e0a Qubic \u8fd9\u4e2a\u77ff\u6c60\u53ef\u4ee5\u91cd\u5199\u533a\u5757\u94fe\uff0c\u5b9e\u73b0\u53cc\u91cd\u652f\u4ed8\uff0c\u5e76\u5ba1\u67e5\u4efb\u4f55\u4ea4\u6613\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u76f8\u5173\u5e73\u53f0\u6ce8\u610f\u53ef\u80fd\u7684\u5a01\u80c1\uff0c\u4fdd\u6301\u5173\u6ce8\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cKlMyuvy9C\">https:\/\/t.co\/cKlMyuvy9C<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U9J9bDiF85\">pic.twitter.com\/U9J9bDiF85<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cos(\u4f59\u5f26)\ud83d\ude36\u200d\ud83c\udf2b\ufe0f (@evilcos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evilcos\/status\/1955199116499370392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Experts have observed a major blockchain reorganization. Qubic&#8217;s control over the hashrate allows it to rewrite transaction history, conduct double spending, and censor operations on the network.<\/p>\n<p>According to Charles Guillemet, CTO of Ledger, maintaining such an attack could cost approximately $75 million per day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Monero appears to be in the midst of a successful 51% attack.<\/p>\n<p>The privacy-focused blockchain, launched in 2014 and long targeted by governments and 3-letters agencies, is already banned from most major centralized exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>The Qubic mining pool has been amassing hashrate for\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles Guillemet (@P3b7_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/P3b7_\/status\/1955173413992984988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Calculated PR Strategy?<\/h2>\n<p>Alex Petrov, co-founder and CIO of Hyperfusion, suggested to ForkLog that Qubic&#8217;s actions might be part of a calculated PR strategy. He believes the conflict arose out of nowhere and serves as a way for Qubic to utilize computing resources while attracting attention.<\/p>\n<p>According to the expert, the event does not pose a serious threat to Monero. While XMR&#8217;s reputation might suffer slightly and exchanges have already increased the number of required transaction confirmations, the fundamental value of the asset remains unchanged. Meanwhile, Qubic benefits by performing useful work and garnering additional attention.<\/p>\n<p>Amid these events, Qubic (QUBIC) prices have shown significant volatility. The project reached its all-time high at 0.00001256 and a low at 0.0000007032.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, XMR is trading at $245.01 (-10.2% over the past day), according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/monero\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXc_HfWQcb0B2D9jAjMdN1s7K6-05xjOnQ0He6AMTFEFOZpsSfEtJZoo_78V-2JZ8J3FdC7EJAKXczkpD3Bd5h-veqV9p5w4AeBB94g649kuNhgvbtTEOjrgUIc6DcGKrsQZ-dw9LA?key=mRevQg5WP3S6cUhvbMWd-Q\" alt=\"Qubic Mining Pool Seizes Control of Monero\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">15-minute XMR\/USDT chart from KuCoin. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=KUCOIN%3AXMRUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in July, the Qubic platform, led by IOTA co-founder Sergey Ivancheglo, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/qubics-controversial-51-attack-plan-on-monero-sparks-debate\">announced<\/a> plans to capture 51% of Monero&#8217;s hashrate between August 2 and 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founder of SlowMist, known by the pseudonym evilcos, announced a successful 51% attack on the Monero network by the Qubic mining pool. The platform now controls a significant portion of the network&#8217;s hashrate. \u5173\u6ce8\u4e00\u6bb5\u65f6\u95f4\u4e86\uff0c\u8fd9\u6b21\u9488\u5bf9\u95e8\u7f57\u5e01\u7684 51% \u653b\u51fb\u770b\u6765\u662f\u6210\u529f\u4e86\uff08\u611f\u8c22\u9ed1\u624b\u518c\u7fa4\u53cb\u4fe1\u606f\uff09\uff0c\u4e0d\u8fc7\u6210\u672c\u4e5f\u5f88\u9ad8\uff0c\u6700\u7ec8\u4e0d\u786e\u5b9a\u8fd9\u6837\u505a\u7684\u7ecf\u6d4e\u6536\u76ca\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\u2026 \u73b0\u5728\u7406\u8bba\u4e0a Qubic \u8fd9\u4e2a\u77ff\u6c60\u53ef\u4ee5\u91cd\u5199\u533a\u5757\u94fe\uff0c\u5b9e\u73b0\u53cc\u91cd\u652f\u4ed8\uff0c\u5e76\u5ba1\u67e5\u4efb\u4f55\u4ea4\u6613\u2026 \u76f8\u5173\u5e73\u53f0\u6ce8\u610f\u53ef\u80fd\u7684\u5a01\u80c1\uff0c\u4fdd\u6301\u5173\u6ce8\u3002 https:\/\/t.co\/cKlMyuvy9C pic.twitter.com\/U9J9bDiF85 \u2014 Cos(\u4f59\u5f26)\ud83d\ude36\u200d\ud83c\udf2b\ufe0f (@evilcos) August 12, 2025 Experts have observed a major blockchain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1395,513],"class_list":["post-26020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-51-percent-attack","tag-monero"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"186","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}