Celebrating Six Years of Post-Quantum Security: The Journey of QRL

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QRL Monthly: feat. QRL Listing on LBank, February 2024

Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) is now listed on LBank Cryptocurrency Exchange, a major step that expands our blockchain’s reach and offers our community exciting new trading opportunities. The QRL Foundation’s joins the PQCA in its commitment to advancing post-quantum cryptography, ensuring the security of digital assets against emerging quantum threats. Finally, dive into the world of cryptography with “History of Cryptography: Behind The Code - Episode 5” or listen to the Twitter/X Spaces with Web3 Global, exploring the evolution and future of cryptographic security in the age of quantum computing.

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QRL Joins Forces with LBank!

We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone for Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) with a listing on LBank Cryptocurrency Exchange — bringing QRL to a broader audience and providing our community with more opportunities to engage with our blockchain.

Additional details below:

  • Deposit Open: February 29th, 12:00 UTC
  • Trading Open: March 1st, 12:00 UTC
  • Withdrawal Open: March 2nd, 12:00 UTC

Check out the listing announcement or join the trading event hosted by LBank. Plus, keep an eye out for upcoming opportunities with Learn to Earn and Flexible Staking.

QRL Foundation Joins PQCA to Boost Post-Quantum Cryptography Adoption and Innovation

The QRL Foundation is happy to be a member of PQCA, a linux foundation project to advance the adoption of post-quantum cryptography, by producing high-assurance software implementations of standardized algorithms, and supporting the continued development and standardization of new post-quantum algorithms with software for evaluation and prototyping.

This proactive approach ensures that as quantum computing becomes more prevalent, our digital assets, financial transactions, and data remain secure against potentially groundbreaking quantum threats.

Media

History of Cryptography: Behind The Code - Episode 5

Here in Episode #5, we move all the way from early days of the internet through the how Digital Signature Algorithms work and what the future may look like for cryptographic security once sufficiently powerful enough quantum computers arrive in the future.

Twitter/X Web3 Global

We have also partnered with Web3 Global - @web3globalmedia, and explored engaging topics that resonate with both enthusiasts and skeptics of blockchain technology. Our first episode, we debated the pros and cons of “What Makes Crypto Fun,” and delved into the excitement and innovation driving the world of cryptocurrency. In the second episode, we tackled the debate on “Doxxed or Undoxed, Which is Better?”, or transparency versus anonymity in blockchain projects.

Quantum News

Apple adds PQ3 quantum-resistant encryption to iMessage

On 27 Feb 2024: - bleepingcomputer.com

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DeepMind taps the power of its AI to accelerate quantum computers

On 26 Feb 2024: - thenextweb.com

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Russian Scientists Expect a 50-Qubit Quantum Computer by End of 2024

On 24 Feb 2024: - thequantuminsider.com

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NVIDIA Accelerates Quantum Computing Exploration at Australia's Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

On 18 Feb 2024: - nvidianews.nvidia.com

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Breakthrough in single-photon integration holds promise for quantum computing, cryptography

On 13 Feb 2024: - phys.org

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Reducing the Number of Qubits in Quantum Factoring

On 13 Feb 2024: - iacr.org

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US firm plans to build 10,000 qubit quantum computer by 2026

On 05 Feb 2024: - interestingengineering.com

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Changelog

theQRL/theqrl.org

QRL Weekly, 2024-February-13

  • [90d84] Quantum news update
  • [df894] Add membership to PQCA
  • [3d28b] Fix LoE link
  • [30750] QRL Weekly, 2024-February-13

QRL Monthly, January 2024

  • [d1978] QRL Monthly, January 2024
  • [4e631] Quantum news update
  • [cf138] Discord link changes
  • [a1958] QRL Weekly, 2024-February-06

Update discord invite link

  • [7b4a8] QRL Monthly
  • [1015d] QRL Monthly
  • [2149e] Merge remote-tracking branch ‘upstream/main’
  • [68853] Update invite link

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