Qubic recently staged a sustained attack (which is still going on) on the Monero Network, gaining majority control over its hashrate and triggering fears of a 51% attack that destabilized Monero’s blockchain and exposed key security vulnerabilities.
Orphaned blocks are not added to the main Monero blockchain, often due to normal competition between miners or temporary network splits. Current stats:
- 65 (9.03%) block(s) produced by known pools have been orphaned in last 720 blocks (about 24 hours).
- 68 (9.44%) block(s) produced by unknown pools or solo miners have been orphaned in last 720 blocks.
Source: https://moneroconsensus.info/
If you want to help out Monero while mine some XMR for yourself :
Easy & Fast Way:
- Head to gupax.io
- Download & install the bundle (ignore spooky malware warnings, this is literally a crypto-miner),
- Enter your xmr address
- Start p2pool, start xmrig
or
Official (detailed) way:
- Download Official Monero and P2Pool Software
- Download the latest Monero CLI or GUI wallet and node (monerod) from the official Monero website.
- Download P2Pool from its official GitHub repository (github.com/SChernykh/p2pool).
- Sync Monero Node
- Run monerod and allow it to fully sync with the blockchain. This process may take hours or even days depending on your system.
- Start P2Pool
- Launch P2Pool and link it to your Monero node and mainnet wallet address.
- Example command: text ./p2pool –host 127.0.0.1 –wallet YOUR_PRIMARY_ADDRESS –mini
- Replace YOUR_PRIMARY_ADDRESS with your Monero mainnet wallet address (do not use subaddresses).
- The –mini flag is optional and enables more frequent, smaller payouts.
- Run Mining Software (XMRig)
- Download XMRig from its GitHub page and configure it to connect to your local P2Pool node.
- Example command: text xmrig -o 127.0.0.1:3333 -u YOUR_PRIMARY_ADDRESS
- -o 127.0.0.1:3333: Connects to your local P2Pool instance.
- -u YOUR_PRIMARY_ADDRESS: Your wallet address for payouts.
- Monitor and Manage
- Monitor your node, P2Pool and XMRig for performance and stability.
- Ensure your firewall allows ports 18080 (Monero P2P) and 37889 (P2Pool P2P) for best connectivity.
