"To be clear I've been bashing the coin, not the Monero community, which I continue to like and admire. Your average Monero person is much more likely than your average Bitcoiner to value: privacy, freedom, cypherpunk values, not bootlicking politicians, etc So take this video in that spirit. We really need you Monero people on team Bitcoin, where we're being diluted by spammers and suitcoiners and other idiots. We need your cypherpunk spirit." May still disagree on some points brought up in this video, but ok, respect. Btw it's apparent in my experience that most Monero users are also Bitcoiners. And even the ones who aren't were originally Bitcoiners. View quoted note →

"Bolstering PoW to be Resistant to 51% Attacks, Censorship, Selfish Mining, and Rented Hashpower"

GitHub

Bolstering PoW to be Resistant to 51% Attacks, Censorship, Selfish Mining, and Rented Hashpower · Issue #136 · monero-project/research-lab

There has been a lot of discussions recently on bolstering our PoW security, due to the commentary of a mining pool which is running their own modi...

Wow, I'm surprised! A relatively fair look at the recent attacks on Monero from Kratter View quoted note →

"Over the past ~two weeks (≈10,080 blocks at Monero’s 120-second target): Total reorged (orphaned) blocks: 118 Total reorg events: 85 Average orphaned blocks per day: ~8.4 Average reorg events per day: ~6.1 Share of total blocks affected: ~1.17%"

X (formerly Twitter)

johnnylaw (@Johnny_DGB) on X

Debunking the Monero “Attack” Rumors – A Data-Driven Look at Chain Stability

Qubic is saying they are going to do another "marathon" today. Don't want to set up a Monero node but still want to help defend Monero against these attacks? Three dead simple ways to mine Monero: 1. Tari Merge mined with Monero on P2Pool. Stupid simple. Just download, install, and let it run (adjust how much CPU/GPU power you want to use in the settings)

Tari

Tari is the L1 protocol powered by you. Proof of work and an ingenious app platform to put all of its power in your hands.

2. Gupax All-in-one P2Pool and XMRig GUI

Gupax - A GUI combining P2Pool and XMRig

Gupax website, presentation of the project

3. Rent hash

Mining Rig Rentals | Advanced Cryptocurrency Mining Community

Mining Rig Rentals crypto-mining rental marketplace focuses on providing a high value experience for buyers and sellers of cryptocurrency mining ri...

"Why Monero Reorgs Are Less Risky: 1: Smooth per-block difficulty adjustment Each new block’s difficulty is recalculated from a rolling median of recent blocks, preventing sudden difficulty drops that attackers could exploit. 2. Penalty for oversized blocks Larger-than-normal blocks reduce miner rewards, discouraging bloat tactics to push an alternate chain forward. 3. High chain density and short block time Two-minute block targets mean an attacker must outpace the honest network at a sustained high rate, making long-range catch-ups costly. 4. Privacy layer reduces targeting RingCT and stealth addresses hide transaction details, making profitable, targeted double-spend attempts harder to plan."

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johnnylaw (@Johnny_DGB) on X

Monitoring Monero- Real-Time Reorg Detection and Why XMR Chain Splits are Rarely Cause for Alarm.

I was curious how many colluding mining pools it would currently take to 51% attack some of the most popular PoW coins: Bitcoin: 3 Monero: 3 Litecoin: 2 Dogecoin: 2 BitcoinCash: 2 BitcoinSV: 2 Dash: 2 EthereumClassic: 1 Zcash: 1 Ironically (and interestingly) Qubic may have further distributed Moneros hashrate and broken up the dominance of the previous three major mining pools

Mining Pool Stats

Mining Pool Stats | List of known PoW mining pools with realtime pool hashrate distribution. Pools & Block Explorer