$XMR faces a serious stress test.
By Maxime Laurent · 2025-09-14 14:06
$XMR faces a serious stress test.
Monero just went through a chain reorg 18 blocks deep — that’s way beyond the usual hiccup. Experts are now telling merchants to wait for more than the classic 10 confirmations before trusting payments. Patience, or risk, basically.
The founder of SlowMist put it bluntly: even if no double-spend attack happens, the possibility is enough to hang like a damocles sword over $XMR. And here’s the scary part — such attacks don’t always need a clean 51% of hashrate.
Remember last month, when Qubic’s mining pool supposedly grabbed control of Monero’s chain? Some researchers pushed back, saying it wasn’t a true 51% attack. But still, the community is now openly debating stronger defenses.
For a project built on privacy and resilience, moments like this hit deep. Monero’s strength has always been trust in its code and its community — but when the chain itself wobbles, confiance gets tested.
#Monero #XMR #Privacy #CryptoSecurity
Monero just went through a chain reorg 18 blocks deep — that’s way beyond the usual hiccup. Experts are now telling merchants to wait for more than the classic 10 confirmations before trusting payments. Patience, or risk, basically.
The founder of SlowMist put it bluntly: even if no double-spend attack happens, the possibility is enough to hang like a damocles sword over $XMR. And here’s the scary part — such attacks don’t always need a clean 51% of hashrate.
Remember last month, when Qubic’s mining pool supposedly grabbed control of Monero’s chain? Some researchers pushed back, saying it wasn’t a true 51% attack. But still, the community is now openly debating stronger defenses.
For a project built on privacy and resilience, moments like this hit deep. Monero’s strength has always been trust in its code and its community — but when the chain itself wobbles, confiance gets tested.
#Monero #XMR #Privacy #CryptoSecurity
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