# Community > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). This markdown index mirrors [the canonical HTML page](/categories/community/). ## Community NEWS AND UPDATES - [The 12 Days of Zond Festivities](/blog/the-12-days-of-zond-festivities.md) For 12 days in a row, we’re hosting a mix of daily activities, mini challenges, announcements, and opportunities to win daily prizes. The digital festivities are all centered around the future of post-quantum security within our amazing community. - [Announcing the 12 Days of Zond](/blog/announcing-the-12-days-of-zond.md) In the spirit of the holiday season, we’re bringing the community together with 12 Days of Zond - a celebration of creating, learning, and sharing in the joy that holding post-quantum digital assets brings…with easy ways for everyone to join in. - [Celebrating Six Years of Post-Quantum Security: The Journey of QRL](/blog/celebrating-six-years-of-post-quantum-security-the-journey-of-qrl.md) As we mark the sixth anniversary of the Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL), it’s a moment to reflect on our journey, celebrate our achievements, and look towards an even brighter future. - [Celebrating five years of QRL](/blog/celebrating-five-years-of-qrl.md) Celebrating five years of QRL and quantum computing progress since QRL genesis. - [Quickly setup nodes with QRL Cannon](/blog/quickly-setup-nodes-with-qrl-cannon.md) — qrl-node QRL nodes can now be launched from the cloud without the need for technical knowledge. Simply follow the instructions at qrlcannon.net, and with a nominal fee (in QRL), launch nodes to help the network and become a part of the QRL network today! - [Celebrating four years of QRL](/blog/celebrating-four-years-of-qrl.md) Celebrating four years of QRL and quantum computing progress since QRL genesis. - [Post-quantum secure Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and EVM compatible smart contract platform to be revealed at the QRL hackathon 2022](/blog/qrl-hackathon-2022.md) — hackathon We are excited to announce that a hackathon event is planned for September 2022 at the end of the summer. The most recent network upgrade will be revealed at this event, along with public devnet Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and EVM-compatible smart contract functionality. Finally, developers and the general public will be able to create and use exciting web3 functionality within the QRL protocol. - [Calling on all NFT Platform Providers](/blog/calling-all-nft-platform-providers.md) — nfts We’re calling on all developers to be the first NFT platform providers for Quantum Secure NFTs. Full NFT genesis launch is expected later this year. For those who have interest, please contact info@theqrl.org with interest in building out an NFT provider platform. - [Why do you run a QRL node?](/blog/reasons-to-run-a-qrl-node.md) Noted reasons include added Security, Decentralization, and Speed of API calls. - [QRL Winter Hackathon Results](/blog/qrl-winter-hackathon-2021-results.md) QRl Winter Hackathon 2021 Overview QRL has had a rich API and documentation since mainnet, so it’s been long overdue that we hosted a hackathon to encourage people to build on our platform. The winter hackathon was laid simply out into projects and daily rewards with projects being larger endeavors eligible for a pot of up to 9000 QRL, and daily rewards given out to QRL related activity. By the end of the hackathon, 11 175.73 QRL was distributed, with 2175.73 going to daily rewards, and the other 9000 QRL awarded to project leads. - [QRL Winter Hackathon 2021 Projects Overview](/blog/qrl-winter-hackathon-2021-projects.md) Not just about code. The QRL Winter Hackathon is about having fun and digging into whatever you want to dig into. Come join us! - [Community qrllight wallet release version 1.4](/blog/community-qrllight-wallet-release-version-1.4.md) — qrllight qrllight wallet v1.4 is released which features both mainnet/testnet support, a slaves.json implementation, and several bug fixes. Feedback is desired! - [QRL Winter Hackathon 2021](/blog/qrl-winter-hackathon-2021.md) The QRL Winter Hackathon opens today for everyone: Professionals, amateurs, people with tech backgrounds, without tech backgrounds - join us for a collaborative and festive season! - [Celebrating three years of QRL](/blog/celebrating-three-years-of-qrl.md) Celebrating three years of QRL and quantum computing progress since QRL genesis. - [Introducing the new QRL Tipbot](/blog/introducing-the-new-qrl-tipbot.md) — tipbot From the contributors: We’re releasing the QRL tipbot with the goal of fostering a positive, rewarding atmosphere to those that have contributed to, and continue to contribute, to the project. - [QRL Refresh Merchandise Design Contest Entries](/blog/newqrl-merchandise-design-contest-entries.md) We were seeking passionate designers and designs for QRL merchandise and passion was delivered! - [Announcing QRL Ask Me Anything (AMA), hosted by Michael Strike](/blog/announcing-qrl-ask-me-anything-hosted-by-michael-strike.md) Including a competition with reward for the most relevant technical QRL question asked, read more to find out! - [Last Month at QRL — June 2020](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-june-2020.md) — audit, proof-of-stake, enqlave QRL AMA, Two year mainnet anniversary, Job opening for in-house marketing position, enQlave - audit imminent, Proof-of-Stake is back - devnet soon - [The QRL Contributors](/blog/the-qrl-contributors.md) Contribution is the backbone of any opensource project like The QRL, and is emergent from the community that surrounds it. - [April Community Nomination Award](/blog/april-community-nomination-award.md) As we noted in our most recent “Last Week in QRL” blog, we had not yet received a statement from this month’s award recipient, so we held off on announcing them in our usual manner. Now, without further ado… - [QIP-007 - Support Tokenization of Securities](/blog/qip-007-support-tokenization-of-securities.md) An introduction to the newest QIP - [Community Nominations](/blog/community-nominations.md) Our community contains an amazing assortment of people that have a wide range of professions and origins. Many of those people continually go above and beyond in improving QRL and furthering Quantum Computing Awareness in the blockchain space. It’s time we recognised these people who go above and beyond, which we will do with nominations. Nominations are a way for the community to point out other community members on a weekly basis who contribute positively to QRL or Quantum Computing in general. Of these people that the community points out, one will be selected to be nominated to receive 250 Quanta. - [The QRL Core Contributor Ask Me Anything (AMA) Summary](/blog/ama-ask-me-anything-summary.md) As we noted in our most recent “Last Week in QRL” blog, we had not yet received a statement from this month’s award recipient, so we held off on announcing them in our usual manner. Now, without further ado… - [It takes a community to raise a crypto](/blog/it-takes-a-community-to-raise-a-crypto.md) I’m happy to be formally advising and assisting the QRL project. In late 2013 I co-founded the Counterparty project. Counterparty pioneered the first working decentralized exchange technology, as well as some of the earliest blockchain-based financial contracts, and hosted many of the first Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). I am also an original pre-sale QRL investor and have not sold a single quanta from my initial investment.