{"id":493545,"date":"2025-08-12T13:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=493545"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:42:20","slug":"monero-hit-by-critical-51-attack-as-qubic-gains-control-of-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/monero-hit-by-critical-51-attack-as-qubic-gains-control-of-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Monero hit by critical 51% attack as Qubic gains control of network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The privacy-focused <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/monero\/\">Monero<\/a> blockchain has suffered a 51% attack, meaning the network is not controlled by a single entity. XMR dropped just shy of 9% after developers flagged the event.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 12, Sergey Ivancheglo, known in the crypto community as \u201cCome-from-Beyond\u201d (CFB), <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/c___f___b\/status\/1955158154213220492\">claimed<\/a> on X that Qubic had surpassed 51% of Monero\u2019s network hash rate, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/c___f___b\/status\/1955158154213220492?s=46\">saying<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Looks like Qubic has achieved 51% over Monero, we are waiting for independent confirmations.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/P3b7_\/status\/1955173413992984988\">confirmed<\/a> the claim, stating that Qubic now controls most of Monero\u2019s computing power.<\/p>\n<p>He noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Other miners are left with no incentive to continue, as Qubic can simply orphan any competing blocks, effectively becoming the sole miner.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He warned that the group\u2019s dominance could enable large-scale blockchain rewrites, double-spending, and transaction censorship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_493563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-493563\" style=\"width: 1179px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-493563\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJDObdb0AAQQMh.jpg\" alt=\"Qubic Monero\" width=\"1179\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJDObdb0AAQQMh.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJDObdb0AAQQMh-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJDObdb0AAQQMh-1024x351.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJDObdb0AAQQMh-768x263.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-493563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Qubic's 51% Attack on Monero (Source: Evilcos\/X)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Guillemet estimated the operation costs around $75 million per day but noted it could still be profitable, at least in the short term.<\/p>\n<p>The Ledger CTO concluded that the attack had allowed a smaller chain to overtake a top 30 crypto tokens. He wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In effect, a $300 million market-cap chain is taking over a $6 billion one. Monero\u2019s options for recovery are limited, and a full takeover is now possible and even likely.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, CFB claimed that the takeover of the privacy-focused network was designed to prepare it against future attacks of such nature.<\/p>\n<p>According to him:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Monero team is polishing details of their 51% attack protection. Many accused us of being sponsored by 3-letter agencies to attack this anon coin. What do you think now, after we has helped Monero to prepare for its future fights against those agencies.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>How Qubic gained control of Monero<\/h2>\n<p>Qubic\u2019s strategy revolved around an <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/monero-community-pushes-back-as-qubics-51-hash-rate-bid-falters\/\">incentive-driven \u201cpay-to-switch\u201d mining campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By offering significantly higher payouts than regular Monero mining pools, the Monero mining pool attracted enough participants to surpass the 51% threshold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ai.chaoslabs.xyz\/chat\/monero-qubic-latest-news-2mUgL\">Data<\/a> from Chaos Labs shows Monero\u2019s hash rate climbing to 3.01 GH\/s as miners chased rewards of $3.13 per day compared to $0.64 from standard pools. Over the past 30 days, Qubic\u2019s activity contributed to a 28% drop in XMR\u2019s price over the past month, while QUBIC tokens surged 57%.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_493564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-493564\" style=\"width: 1418px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-493564\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJX4-kW8AAeet_-1.jpg\" alt=\"Qubic Monero\" width=\"1418\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJX4-kW8AAeet_-1.jpg 1418w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJX4-kW8AAeet_-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJX4-kW8AAeet_-1-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GyJX4-kW8AAeet_-1-768x491.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1418px) 100vw, 1418px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-493564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Impact of Qubic's Attack on Monero's Price (Source: Chaos Labs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Qubic's model also involves distributing half its mining profits to participating miners and using the other half to purchase and burn QUBIC tokens.<\/p>\n<p>So, if the project mines 100% of Monero\u2019s daily blocks, it yields around 432 XMR, worth approximately $118,000 at current prices, with $59,000 burned daily.<\/p>\n<p>Given Monero's privacy focus, there is some <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tuxpizza\/status\/1955191610410401816\">debate<\/a> about whether Qubic truly achieved the 51% target. The network's structure makes it possible to obfuscate hashrate ownership, though CFB, a developer at Qubic, confirmed the hashrate quota. Stealth hashrate won't show on public dashboards that label ownership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The privacy-focused Monero blockchain has suffered a 51% attack, meaning the network is not controlled by a single entity. XMR dropped just shy of 9% after developers flagged the event. 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