Qubic Second Halving Approved, Locked In for Epoch 227

Steady attention without excessive speculation.

The vote raises the protocol’s burn rate to 77.5% of all weekly emissions. As a result, net new supply drops from 450 billion to 225 billion $QUBIC each week.

What the Quorum Approved

The Quorum is Qubic’s governing body of 676 Computors. Mining performance determines which validators win those seats, and a valid decision needs at least 451 votes.

On June 3 at 13:03 UTC, the official @_Qubic_ account confirmed the result. According to the announcement, “The Quorum has spoken,” and the second halving is approved and locked in for Epoch 227.

The proposal first appeared on GitHub on May 27. The team then presented it in the May 28 All-Hands recap and scheduled the Computor vote.

Computors voted on the GitHub option titled “Yes, adjust computor donation in EP227.” Roughly 400 Computors backed the change, according to community reports.

How the Qubic Second Halving Works

A Qubic halving does not cut the raw token reward. Instead, raw weekly emissions stay fixed at 1 trillion $QUBIC.

Before any tokens reach miners, Computors, the CCF, or QEarn, the SupplyWatcher smart contract burns a set share. The Qubic second halving simply raises that share.

At present, the contract burns 55% of weekly emissions. From Epoch 227, it will burn 77.5% instead.

In practice, the network destroys 775 billion $QUBIC every week after the change. Those tokens never enter circulation.

The math is straightforward. The contract takes the fixed 1 trillion raw emission and removes 775 billion before distribution. Then it splits the remaining 225 billion among the usual recipients.

Those recipients are the miners who secure the network, the Computors, the Community CCF treasury, and QEarn, the protocol’s locked savings program. So a bigger burn leaves a smaller pool for all four.

Why This Is the Opposite of a Bitcoin Halving

Bitcoin’s halving cuts the block reward itself. Qubic takes a different path.

The raw emission stays the same, while the burn percentage climbs. So the visible effect matches a Bitcoin halving, lower net issuance, but the underlying mechanism differs.

Qubic describes $QUBIC as computational energy for its useful Proof-of-Work and AI network. By burning more at the source, the protocol slows how fast new supply reaches the market.

Net Emissions Fall to 225 Billion

The headline number is the net emission rate. Today the network adds about 450 billion $QUBIC in new supply each week.

After Epoch 227, that figure halves to 225 billion. In other words, weekly dilution drops by half while raw issuance holds steady.

This mirrors the first halving at Epoch 175 on August 20, 2025. That change raised the burn rate from 15% to 55% and cut net emissions from 850 billion to 450 billion.

Each halving lands exactly 52 epochs apart, or once per year. So the second halving arrives a full year after the first. The published schedule then keeps that yearly cadence, easing net emissions lower with each step.

Supply and the 200 Trillion Cap

Qubic runs on a hard cap of 200 trillion $QUBIC, which a 2024 community vote established. Current explorer data puts circulating supply near 139.19 trillion.

Burned supply already sits around 44.69 trillion, according to the Qubic explorer. After Epoch 227, that burned total should climb faster each week.

A lower net emission rate means the network approaches its cap more slowly. For holders, that points to slower dilution from the current pace.

Readers can verify the shift on-chain. The Qubic explorer publishes circulating and burned supply for each epoch under its network view. After Epoch 227, the weekly change in burned supply should roughly double.

Miner Concerns and Market Reaction

Reaction on X has been mostly bullish, with many users framing the vote as a supply shock. Still, the response is not unanimous.

Some community members note that 225 billion a week is still a large figure. Others question long-term miner rewards as the burn share keeps growing.

One reply pointed to the first halving, which several traders blamed for a sharp price drop. That claim reflects community sentiment rather than confirmed causation.

Community accounts amplified the news within hours. The account @HelloQubic shared a chart and summarized the drop from 450 billion to 225 billion. The Polish-language account @Qubic_Poland echoed the same figures.

For now, the market shows little movement. $QUBIC trades near $0.00000047, with a market cap around $65 million and 24-hour volume close to $2 million.

Because the halving is still more than ten weeks away, any supply effect remains forward-looking. None of this is financial advice.

What Happens at Epoch 227

Epoch 227 begins around August 19, 2026, exactly 52 epochs after the first halving. At that point, the SupplyWatcher adjustment activates automatically at the protocol level.

The explorer’s burned-supply figure will update on its own once the new rate takes effect. The published tokenomics schedule then continues with further halvings every 52 epochs, tapering net emissions over time.

Until then, traders and miners can track each weekly epoch on the Qubic explorer. The next milestone to watch is simple, the first burn under the new 77.5% rate.