Qubic says it will begin its Dogecoin push on April 1, marking the next phase of the mining strategy that first gained attention with its campaign against Monero. The big question is whether Qubic can turn Dogecoin mining into a live demonstration of its broader thesis: that external proof of work can be pulled from a decentralized computer network and used to power the Qubic token economy.
In a series of posts over the weekend, Qubic framed the release as both a product launch and a stress test. “All the shares of Dogecoin mined through the Qubic network are verified by Oracle Machines: independent computers distributed in each network that verify the share separately. Up to 13 oracles per transaction. If the result exceeds the number of Byzantine fault tolerance quorum (agreement from 476’s computers) it is approved by 67’s chain-chain.”
Qubic To Launch Offensive Dogecoin Mining On April 1st
The team added that Oracle Machines went live on the mainnet on February 11 and described Dogecoin mining as “the first real-world external use case built on top of this system.” Those claims are consistent with Qubic’s technical updates from March, which said Dogecoin mining was on track for a mainnet launch on April 1 and positioned it as a real-world stress test of the network’s computing stack.
April 1, 2026 #DogeMeetsQubic pic.twitter.com/dZ3pYibOs7
– Qubic (@_Qubic_) March 22, 2026
Dogecoin ASICs will be able to mine Qubic and earn higher rewards, while mined DOGE will be sold to buy QUBIC on the open market. Part of the purchase, it said, will be recycled into mining propellants, while “the rest will be burned,” with the express purpose of decommissioning QUBIC. Dogecoin’s official Qubic mining commentator similarly says the community is still finalizing how mining money will be split between ASIC miners, computers, and wider network incentives.
That makes the April 1 launch more than a simple mining merger. Qubic has been arguing for months that Dogecoin is changing its operating model because ASIC-based Scrypt mining can work in parallel with CPU- and GPU-based AI training of the network, rather than switching between workloads as it did previously with Monero.
“ASIC miners run Dogecoin. CPUs and GPUs continue to train Aigarth. Both contribute to the network. No one replaces the other,” Qubic wrote in his March 3 commenter. “The same authentication framework can provide price feeds, cross chain data, or any external information that smart contracts need to act on.”
The background is Qubic’s highly controversial Monero campaign. In August 2025, the project published a post titled “Qubic Performs 51% Monero Network Takeover Demonstration,” saying it had reached a large hashrate and reorganized the chain. But that version did not hold up well under later scrutiny.
A recent independent analysis put Qubic’s effective share at around 28% to 35%. Even Sergey Ivancheglo eventually admitted that the project “should be converted to a ‘34% attack,'” nodding to the fact that the strategy looked more like selfish mining than direct majority control.
Dogecoin was not a sudden pivot. By mid-August 2025, after the Monero episode, the Qubic community had already chosen Dogecoin as their next target for the “next mining era,” Ivancheglo indicating that the transition would take months of development. Qubic’s January and March 2026 updates show that the timeline is now converging on launch: planning began in January, testing progressed in March, and the transmitter is already live for test operations.
At press time, DOGE traded at $0.09.
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