Qubic All-Hands Recap: January 8, 2026

The first Qubic All-Hands of 2026 brought nearly 2,000 community members together for updates across science, core technology, ecosystem incubation, and marketing. Here's everything you need to know.

Scientific Team Updates

The Neuraxon project continues to evolve at a rapid pace.

Neuraxon Life 2.1 Research now captures time series data instead of simple snapshots. The previous dataset stored one million Neuraxons across roughly ten thousand games, but each game ran for just one single round. The new approach tracks what happens between time steps, recording how individual Neuraxons develop through extended sessions of 75+ rounds.

One Neuraxon named "AC" has been living for 75 rounds straight, with its best fitness score (0.304) occurring at round 29. The scientific team is analyzing how these agents develop over time, examining which architectures and parameters work best within the trinary state model. Unlike traditional binary systems, Neuraxon uses three states: inhibition (red), excitation (green), and neutral (gray).

The Neuraxon Intelligence Academy launched this week. Volume 1 explains why intelligence computes in real time rather than discrete steps like traditional LLMs such as Chatgpt The academy will include interactive simulations that let users manipulate model parameters one feature at a time.

Scientific blog posts will now connect external AI research papers to Qubic's work. The team referenced “Benchmarking World-Model Learning” as an example, a paper arguing that LLMs, such as Claude, Gemini, or Grok, lack true internal world models.

A new research paper targeting end-of-January conference submissions is nearly complete. Physical applications are planned for February.

Core Tech Updates

The tech roadmap covers January through March 2026 with detailed milestones across multiple projects.

Qubic Oracle Machines

Protocol review and mock testing are complete. Testnet testing is currently in progress.

The mainnet base launch shifted from January 14 to January 21 after mock testing revealed some optimization requirements. This "base launch" will provide a null Oracle for testing the full pipeline.

Timeline:

• January 21: Mainnet base launch

• January 28: Revenue factor for oracle replies

• February 4: Oracle subscriptions go live

• February 11: Revenue activation

Once subscriptions launch, the Oracle project will be considered complete from the core tech side. Computors will be obligated to run Oracle machines, and their revenue will depend on Oracle performance.

Execution Fees

Deployed to mainnet in December with no issues. The website contracts.qubic.tools displays current execution fees, contract burns, and reserve deductions in real time.

Computors will adjust their execution fee multiplier based on these numbers. The mainnet will go-live on January 14 which will activate real deduction of execution fees, accelerating smart contract burns.

New Algorithm

The new algorithm for AI miners goes live January 21. This update introduces the capability to run multiple mining activities simultaneously.

Bob/Lite Nodes V1

The V1 phase formally closes on January 14. "Network Guardians" Program started on December 31.

Dogecoin Integration

Design and architecture planning kicks off mid-January. Once planning completes, the project will appear on the core roadmap with specific milestones.

The transition from XMR to Doge will include a brief overlap period where both run together before XMR shuts down. The current plan points toward 24/7 mining for both Qubic and Doge, with the network eventually supporting multiple mining tasks at once.

Client and Integration Updates

• Explorer: Now displays transaction content (raw data), with visualization coming next

• Mobile Wallet: Both iOS and Android versions updated. Apple finally approved the iOS version with the integrated dApps page

• RPC API Documentation: Rebuilt using Scalar for cleaner, more usable docs

• General Documentation: Old content removed, latest updates added

Incubation Program Updates

The incubation program is operating normally after brief governance uncertainty in late December. A new proposal established common ground, and operations resumed on January 1.

What Changed

Technical QA: CoreTech now assigns a developer to each project for technical quality assurance. The incubation PM handles functional and documentation QA.

Community Access: MVP-ready builds will be shared with the community after milestone 2 or 3 is achieved. Previously, nothing was released until a product reached full production readiness. This change lets teams validate community fit and gather feedback earlier.

Decision Board: A new strategic decision board is being formed to evaluate incubation proposals. The previous community voting process, while more engaging, didn't consistently reflect community interests because voters varied each cycle. Board members will need significant Qubic holdings, familiarity with the tech stack and roadmap, and cannot be direct beneficiaries of incubation funds.

Project Status

Solana Bridge: Milestone 1: QA is ongoing and completion is expected within a week and a half.

Vottun Bridge: Delayed. Milestones 2 and 3 (smart contract review) are in QA. The review ensures alignment with CoreTech and computor standards, not a full security audit. A third-party audit follows QA approval. The decision board is also reviewing the operational agreement between Qubic and Vottun.

OTC Escrow: Full delivery expected by January 15, with QA starting immediately after.

Qbuild: Milestone 2 approved after a demo on Monday. Milestone 3 is on hold pending CoreTech feedback.

Qswap Frontend: On track, currently developing milestone 2 with a slight delay from the governance pause.

Nostromo: Re-opened. The smart contract deployed and middleware integration completed, but the team discovered an issue afterward. No response from Nostromo since December 30. Payment remains frozen until the platform runs as expected.

Marketing Updates

Performance Metrics (December 1 – January 5)

Organic Results:

• 637 new opt-ins via OptinMonk

• 853,900+ impressions across X and LinkedIn

• 52,000 unique website visitors

Paid Results:

• 7,249,550 X ad impressions

• $3,511 total ad spend

For context, one PR company quoted $31,500 for an estimated 700,000 impressions. 

Qubic achieved over 8 million combined impressions for roughly one-ninth of that cost.

Engagement

Total interactions on X and LinkedIn exceeded 45,000. December brought 39,000 interactions. The first five days of January added another 6,600.

January Momentum:

• Impressions up 29%

• Likes up 56%

• Reposts up 78%

Top-performing content themes: Neuraxon scientific breakthroughs, AI and mining education, epoch profitability reports, livestreams, AMAs, and ecosystem milestones.

Recent Accomplishments

• Mining Academy went live

• Text-to-speech added to all blog posts. Test the feature here.

• SEO and keyword optimization underway

• Behavioral opt-ins optimized across pages

• Qubic EngageBot relaunched with 12 days of giveaways

• Hack the Future hackathon post-marketing completed

• Content calendar built for future planning

• All social content scheduled through Metricool for data tracking

• New design team hired

• PR companies under evaluation for Neuraxon and Doge Mining publicity amplification

• Whitepaper sections 1-5 complete, awaiting internal review

• New homepage design finished and ready to deploy

• CryptoXR event page launched for mid-January France event

• Second developer added to the team

What's Next

• New homepage launch (targeted for this week)

• Social banners updated to match new design

• Text-to-speech for all academy modules

• Behavioral opt-ins on all blog articles

• Continued SEO work

• Bi-monthly All-Hands and proposal AMAs

• CryptoXR event support

• PR partnership proposal for Neuraxon and Doge Mining visibility

• Full whitepaper skeleton delivery to tech team

• Google Looker Studio for centralized analytics

• New video creator hire in progress

Thanks to nearly 2,000 community members who joined live. The next All-Hands will follow in two weeks. RSVP Here