Monero’s ’Largest’ Reorg Yet Erases 36 Minutes of Transaction History
Monero just hit rewind—hard. The privacy-focused blockchain's largest-ever reorganization wiped out a whopping 36 minutes of transaction history. That's not a glitch—it's the network's consensus mechanism doing exactly what it's designed to do when conflicts emerge.
How It Went Down
A chain split forced nodes to choose sides—and the shorter chain got orphaned. No double-spends detected, but the event highlights both the strength and strangeness of decentralized governance. Miners effectively voted with their hashrate, and the longer chain won. Classic crypto democracy in action.
Privacy Chains Play by Different Rules
Unlike transparent ledgers, Monero's opaque transaction history means there's less audit trail to worry about—but also less clarity about what exactly vanished. The network's stealth addresses and ring signatures do their job almost too well. Even the participants might not know their transactions got rolled back.
Finance Traders Shrug—Again
Another day, another crypto quirk that would've triggered stock exchange halts, congressional hearings, and SEC lawsuits in traditional finance. Meanwhile, XMR's price barely blinked. Because in crypto, a 36-minute history rewrite is just Tuesday—not a crisis. Maybe traditional finance could learn something about resilience. Or maybe they'll just keep writing worried reports.
