Qubic will begin a staged switch from Monero to Dogecoin mining on April 1, rolling out the change in three deliberate phases rather than flipping its network in a single jump, the team said via X (formerly Twitter).
Why it matters
Qubic frames the move as part of a broader strategy to run “DOGE + AI” simultaneously, full time. The project says the phased approach is meant to be cautious: each stage will be evaluated before proceeding to the next, with the end state being mining revenue paid entirely in DOGE while AI workloads run continuously.
The three-phase plan
- Phase 1 (starts April 1): A one- to two-epoch testing window. Revenue remains denominated in XMR, Monero mining stays active 50% of the time, and Dogecoin runs in “test mode” on mainnet at 100% while AI training continues. In short, Qubic introduces DOGE at full operational intensity without yet changing payouts.
- Phase 2 (migration): For another one to two epochs, Qubic’s mining nodes (called “computors”) can choose between XMR and DOGE revenue. XMR will begin phasing out while DOGE phases in, with a top-up applied. Qubic warned that computors opting into DOGE will no longer be eligible for XMR payouts.
- Phase 3 (final): Computor revenue becomes DOGE-only. The XMR dispatcher is switched off, DOGE and AI training both run at 100%. “No rushing. No shortcuts. Just disciplined execution,” the team wrote.
Performance upgrades ahead of launch
Qubic also touted recent network optimizations aimed at handling the April 1 transition. On March 23 the team said the mainnet became “3x faster” after core improvements that reduced tick times from 2 seconds a year ago to 1 second and now 0.6 seconds. Qubic added that “every share a miner submits gets validated through Oracle Machines in a single tick,” and that faster ticks mean quicker confirmations and a pipeline better able to handle load during the rollout.
The economics: why Dogecoin?
Qubic points to its prior Monero campaign as proof of concept: the project says it grew from under 2% of Monero’s hashrate to “51%+ dominance in a live takeover event,” generating more than $3.5 million in mining revenue and finding over 26,000 XMR blocks. Dogecoin, the team argues, represents a far larger opportunity—about 14.4 million DOGE are produced per day, which at the time of Qubic’s post equated to roughly $1.44 million in daily emission, or roughly 10x the daily emission they attributed to Monero. “The same playbook. A much bigger target,” the team wrote.
Market snapshot
At press time, DOGE traded at $0.09752.
What to watch
Observers will be watching the April 1 start for signs that Qubic’s phased approach and the recent tick-time optimizations are sufficient to execute the migration smoothly—and to see how the broader networks respond to increased DOGE mining activity.
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