13 Sep 2025 [community]

[ANN] Monero community input needed: Temporary rolling DNS checkpoints

More community input is needed on possible deployment of temporary rolling DNS checkpoints to defend against Qubic attacks. [..] TL;DR: A malicious mining pool is disrupting the network and could cause deep blockchain re-organizations. DNS checkpoints, which have existed for emergency use in the code since 2014, could prevent deep blockchain re-organizations, but Monero’s blockchain consensus protocol would temporarily be less decentralized.

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Author: Rucknium

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