In the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency, few events have stirred the community quite like the recent power play targeting Monero, a privacy-focused, decentralized cryptocurrency designed to be untraceable and anonymous. Over the past month, the network has been at the center of an unprecedented challenge — not from a sudden attack, but from a declared and deliberate campaign against it. Back in July, Qubic, an AI-focused blockchain protocol, announced its intention to seize majority control of Monero’s hash rate. It openly stated its ambition — to dominate 51% of the mining power behind one of the leading privacy coins, a…