# Technical > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). This markdown index mirrors [the canonical HTML page](/categories/technical/). ## Technical NEWS AND UPDATES - [Post-Quantum Cryptography Before the Hype, Dr. Joseph Kearney’s Journey](/blog/post-quantum-cryptography-before-the-hype-dr-joseph-kearneys-journey.md) Dr. Joseph Kearney on a decade of post-quantum cryptography research, and the migration problem facing every quantum-vulnerable blockchain. - [The Core Problem With Migrating Classical Blockchains To Post-Quantum Cryptography](/blog/the-core-problem-with-migrating-classical-blockchains-to-postquantum-cryptography.md) Post-quantum cryptography expert, Dr. Joseph Kearney, joins for a conversation that goes deep into the Core Problems faced when Migrating Classical Blockchains To Post-Quantum Cryptography - [Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Without a Soft Fork? It's Clever. But Read the Fine Print](/blog/quantumsafe-bitcoin-without-a-soft-fork-its-clever-but-read-the-fine-print.md) A new paper from StarkWare presents a scheme for quantum-safe Bitcoin transactions using nothing but existing consensus rules. It is genuinely inventive. It is also, by its authors’ own admission, a last resort. - [Two Papers Just Changed the Quantum Threat Conversation. Here's What They Actually Say](/blog/two-papers-just-changed-the-quantum-threat-conversation-heres-what-they-actually-say.md) On 30 March 2026, two papers from overlapping author groups landed within hours of each other. Together, they represent the most significant single-day contribution to quantum cryptanalysis of blockchain systems to date. The community should engage with them seriously, and precisely. - [Google Just Set a 2029 Deadline. Bitcoin and Ethereum Aren't Ready](/blog/google-just-set-a-2029-deadline-bitcoin-and-ethereum-arent-ready.md) Google has set a 2029 target for post-quantum migration. This week, the Ethereum Foundation published its own roadmap. Bitcoin’s first proposal was merged last month. The timelines tell very different stories. - [Building the Quantum-Safe Bridge: QRL 2.0 Audit Ready Q1 2026](/blog/qrl-2.0-building-the-bridge-to-the-next-era.md) As cryptographically relevant quantum computers move from “decades away” to a 2027-2033 reality, the $300B+ EVM ecosystem needs a secure destination fast. QRL 2.0 provides a quantum-safe, EVM-familiar migration path built on seven years of proven quantum-resistant technology, with Testnet V2 launching Q1 2026, and audits to follow towards a successful QRL 2.0 mainnet release. - [How QRL’s Project Zond Will Onboard the Next Wave of Developers – AMA with Lead Developer Kaushal](/blog/how-qrls-project-zond-will-onboard-the-next-wave-of-developers-ama-with-lead-dev-kaushal.md) In this QRL AMA session, Kaushal takes center stage to explain Project Zond’s technical breakthroughs, detailing the shift to post-quantum cryptographic standards like SPHINCS+ and demonstrating how developers can easily port Ethereum contracts to the new quantum-resistant platform. His hands-on responses during the AMA highlighted Zond’s developer-friendly tools and migration process while fielding community questions about building the first post-quantum secure dApps. - [Embracing SPHINCS+: A Strategic Shift for QRL Project Zond](/blog/embracing-sphincs-a-strategic-shift-for-qrl-project-zond.md) We’re transitioning from stateful XMSS to NIST-standardized SLH-DSA/SPHINCS+ (FIPS 205), eliminating state-management risks and simplifying development, without delaying release, positioning QRL Project Zond as the quantum-resistant standard for the enterprise. - [Sunsetting the QRL Mobile Wallet](/blog/sunsetting-the-qrl-mobile-wallet.md) The QRL Wallet will be delisted from app stores on May 30th, 2025. Current users on both iOS and Android devices will still be able to access the app if already installed, but it will no longer be available for download. - [QRL Monthly, December 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-december-2024.md) QRL Zond advances beyond quantum resilience with extensive end-to-end testing, terminology updates to reflect a quantum-resistant ecosystem, seamless Vortex IDE integration for developers, and progress in Ledger hardware wallet support. Stay ahead of the quantum threat as we prepare to launch QRL Zond Testnet V1 in Q1 2025, ensuring a secure and scalable blockchain future. - [QRL Monthly, November 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-november-2024.md) We’ve made significant progress this month in bolstering the security and usability of QRL Zond. Key advancements include validator reward simulations, a new address format, cryptography library updates, and improvements to wallet provider tools for easier developer integration - [QRL Monthly, October 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-october-2024.md) Explore QRL’s latest updates, including a call for post-quantum panel guest recommendations, a beginner’s guide to the quantum threat in blockchain, advancements in post-quantum secure blockchain criteria, and exciting progress on the Zond Chrome Extension Wallet and validator reward systems. - [QRL Monthly, September 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-september-2024.md) Over the past month, QRL Zond Testnet updates include more testing, enhanced Chrome Extention wallet support for ERC20 tokens, and further optimizations - [QRL Monthly, August 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-august-2024.md) Discover the next-generation, quantum-resistant Zond Wallet Extension, a promising alternative to MetaMask, designed for secure transactions and identity protection in the evolving Web3 space. In case you missed it, listen Michael Strike and Ryan Malinowski talk about all things quantum and blockchain in a SwapSpace huddle and in the blockchain dialogues podcast - [QRL Monthly, July 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-july-2024.md) Join us for a discussion on the future of QRL in an AMA session with lead developer Kaushal Kumar Singh where we cover Zond development and timeline. Hear what the industry is saying with our QRL Post-Quantum Panel with Anastasia Marchenkova and Konstantinos. Finally, our community sticker contest has concluded, view the entries and find out how to not miss out on more events! - [QRL Monthly, June 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-june-2024.md) — nfts Ongoing code reviews QRL Zond. Block Indexer transaction storage enhancements are now complete, and an internal taste of QRL File Tools (QRLFT). - [QRL Monthly, April 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-april-2024.md) Project Zond: XMSS JS Code Development, P2P Code Review and code streamlining involving removing non-essential beacon parameters, deprecated CLI flags, and more - [QRL Monthly, March 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-march-2024.md) Recently, QRL expanded its market presence by listing on XT.COM, offering multiple trading pairs and demonstrating its growing relevance in the crypto space. Alongside market expansion, QRL continues its technical prowess with advancements in the Qrysm and Go-Zond projects, focusing on comprehensive development and testing to ensure robust quantum resistance. - [QRL Monthly: feat. QRL Listing on LBank, February 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-february-2024.md) 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. - [QRL Monthly, January 2024](/blog/qrl-monthly-january-2024.md) QRL Zond beta-testnet is released, a huge step towards reviving a proof-of-stake protocol with EVM smart contract compatibility. Don’t miss the release AMA with main developer Kaushal Kumar Singh. Interested in the history and development of digital signature algorithms (DSAs)? Behind the Code episode 5 explores their evolution and role in securing everything from email to blockchains. - [Project Zond: QRL's next generation network, with EVM compatibility reaches beta-testnet](/blog/project-zond-qrls-next-generation-network-reaches-betatestnet.md) — proof-of-stake We are pleased to announce the release of QRL Zond beta-testnet v1, an important step towards allowing blockchain developers to create dApps with EVM smart contract capability and a robust web3 API on a quantum safe backbone. Read more in our blog or jump in right away by going to Test Zond. - [QRL Monthly, December 2023](/blog/qrl-monthly-december-2023.md) Iain Wood, the new operational manager, takes on the strategic leadership goals including community growth and finalizing the project’s roadmap. QRL Zond enters final work before a public beta-testnet is released - [QRL Monthly: feat QRL Zond private beta-testnet - October 2023](/blog/qrl-monthly-feat-qrl-zond-private-betatestnet-october-2023.md) QRL Zond moves to a private beta-testnet with quantum resistance and EVM-compliant smart contracts with a public beta-testnet on the horizon. Community project, Q-day.org investigates the fascinating intersection of quantum computing and cryptocurrency - [History of Cryptography, behind the code - Episode 4](/blog/history-of-cryptography-behind-the-code-part-4.md) Here in Episode #4, we move from the unveiling of the NSA in the early 1950’s through the 1990’s early internet era and Digital Signature Algorithms - [QRL Monthly: feat. QRL Mobile Wallet Release by Volt Development - September 2023](/blog/qrl-monthly-september-2023.md) Volt Development’s long-awaited QRL Mobile Wallet is now available. The QRL Zond beta-testnet is nearing completion, and we’d like to welcome Ricardo Geraldes as a Senior Software Engineer. - [QRL Monthly: feat QRL Documentation Revision - August 2023](/blog/qrl-monthly-august-2023.md) The QRL documentation is currently being revised with the aim of enhancing user engagement and facilitating development. QRL Zond continues to advance with go-zond-types, wallet-types, staking-deposit-cli, and wallet-encryptor-keystore. Finally, the third episode of “History of Cryptography: Behind The Code” discusses Enigma and Alan Turing. - [History of Cryptography, behind the code - Episode 3](/blog/history-of-cryptography-behind-the-code-episode-3.md) In this episode of History of Cryptography, we discuss the German engineer Arthur Scherbius’ Enigma machine, which was initially intended for commercial usage but ended up playing a crucial role in the war. Throughout the war, the decoding of Enigma continued to give crucial intelligence, assisting the Allies in foreseeing German naval movements, fending off U-boat raids, and carefully planning their military actions. - [QRL Monthly: feat second phase of grants programme - July 2023](/blog/qrl-monthly-feat-second-phase-grants-programme-july-2023.md) Introducing Volt Development’s QRL Mobile Wallet and the rollout of the second stage of the grants programme. Better wallet address format is proposed, and the Zond beta testnet is almost ready to roll out. - [QRL Monthly: Feat. The History of Cryptography - May 2023](/blog/qrl-monthly-feat-the-history-of-cryptography-may-2023.md) — proof-of-stake Cryptography history, including ancient cyphers like the at-bash, scytale, polybius square, and the Caesar cypher. Fusion signatures in the QRL ecosystem, project Zond development, and a special AMA with Geometry Labs! - [History of Cryptography, behind the code - Episode 1](/blog/history-of-cryptography-behind-the-code-episode-1.md) — nfts From the ancient Romans to the battlefields of World War II, ciphers have been the custodians of humanity’s most valuable secrets, guarding them against the relentless pursuit of those seeking to exploit them. With each passing century, ciphers have evolved and developed, driven by an unyielding conflict between those who seek to secure the purity of information and those who seek to exploit it. I’m Michael Strike, join us as we explore this fascinating blend of art, science, and mystery, from ancient substitution and transposition methods to modern algorithms based on advanced mathematics and computer science. Get ready to be captivated by the wonder and intrigue of cryptographic ciphers, a timeless reminder of the enduring power of secrets and their keepers. - [Last Month at QRL - April 2023](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-april-2023.md) A substantial amount of effort has been invested in Zond (our forthcoming Proof-of-Stake/smart contract upgrade). Areas touched include the consensus engine, validator client, chrome extension, and other tools, improving the system’s overall efficiency, security, and developer friendliness - [Last Month at QRL March 2023](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-march-2023.md) Geometry Labs has developed highly aggregatable Fusion digital signatures for the QRL ecosystem with funding from the QRL Foundation’s grants programme. Crypto.js Dilithium5 is in devnet and Neven’s law, explained! - [Announcing Fusion Post-Quantum Digital Signatures](/blog/announcing-fusion-post-quantum-digital-signatures.md) Geometry Labs has developed highly aggregatable Fusion digital signatures for the QRL ecosystem with funding from the QRL Foundation’s grants programme. A formal specification and parameterization of the Fusion signature scheme is currently being developed by Geometry Labs; once complete, these algorithms will be made available to the public as open source software and shared with NIST for consideration as a possible standard. - [Michele Mosca and The Power of Mosca's Theorem: How It Helps Us Grasp the Quantum Threat](/blog/grasping-the-quantum-threat-with-moscas-theorem.md) Michele Mosca is a well-known mathematician and computer scientist who has made important contributions to the field of quantum computing. The theorem that is named after him helps us understand how dangerous quantum computers can be and the timeline to update systems - [Last Month at QRL - December 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-december-2022.md) Highlights QRL Grant Programme The QRL Foundation is committed to creating an open-source, secure and resilient blockchain protocol, which is why, last month, the QRL Foundation launched the QRL Grant Programme and is seeking to support a proliferation of at least ten projects with small grants over the next year Our program is geared towards equipping developers, companies and teams with the necessary tools to create resourceful projects built on QRL, ultimately expanding its user base. Are you a budding innovator? Do you have an innovative project idea that could leverage quantum-resistant cryptography? Then what are you waiting for? Apply for the QRL Grant Programme now and give your idea that extra boost it needs to become a reality! - [Last Month at QRL - November 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-november-2022.md) — events Don’t miss out on the QRL Games Winter Hackathon 2022 happening this month! Find a bug or want to help bug hunt? The QRL Foundation is excited to launch the QRL Bug Bounty Programme that aims to encourage and reward platform improvements. - [Last Month at QRL - October 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-october-2022.md) Highlights Strategic update: The Sleeper Must Awaken Today, crypto is so much more than just a peer-to-peer value transfer, with DeFi, NFTs, DAO’s, DEX’s and more coming into the space over the last few years. The market capitalization has exploded and blockchain technology is on the verge of entering the mainstream. QRL, being well into its 7th year of existence, is changing with that, introducing smart-contracts for programmable assets, and Proof-of-Stake as a more efficient and robust consensus mechanism. - [Last Month at QRL - September 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-september-2022.md) — proof-of-stake The official Public Devnet Launch of Zond with EVM Smart Contracts and Proof-of-Stake! A number of interesting ideas were presented at the first real-world QRL Hackathon in 2022, and the community was fantastic. The winning entry, QRLPay, won with being a simple, quick-to-deploy, lightweight QRL payment processor and woocommerce website that connects to your own QRL node - [QRL Hackathon 2022 Entries](/blog/qrl-hackathon-2022-entries.md) With the final day of the hackathon upon us, we’re happy to reveal the projects that’s being worked on and for the team and community to take a vote on some of your favourites for Best Ecosystem Improvement. Voting will be taking place in our Discord between 2pm and 3:30pm Amsterdam time (UTC) and be weighted 50/50 between the team and the community. Please vote responsibly. 100,000 QRL is at stake so vote responsibly! - [Introducing a powerful post-quantum safe public devnet pre-release with Ethereum Web3 ecosystem compatibility](/blog/zond-public-devnet-prerelease.md) — proof-of-stake, smart-contracts Anyone is now able to run their own Proof-of-Stake node connected to the public devnet network, stake, and enjoy many of the pleasures of the web3 ecosystem, all while knowing that it was created with longevity and security in mind. - [Last Month at QRL - August 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-august-2022.md) — pos, smart-contracts, events The QRL Hackathon 2022 has officially begun, opening the doors for everyone from institutions to individuals to be able to build post-quantum secure web3 applications more through Ethereum compatible smart contracts. Interested? Join the hackathon today. - [The QRL Hackathon 2022 Begins](/blog/the-qrl-hackathon-2022-begins.md) — nfts The team at QRL is delighted to announce the ‘Build on QRL Protocol’ hackathon event has officially begun! We’re beginning the Hackathon with Team Building & Ideation (Stage 1). The importance of this stage is threefold: For you to understand Hackathon Rules & Guidelines Register (if you haven’t already)! Join Discord for Team Building to inform us if you’ll be in-person/online, ability to form teams/ideate/ask us questions/and so on. Click on the link here to Get Started - [Last Month at QRL - July 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-july-2022.md) Another developer joins QRL to work on project Zond with more to come! The Hackathon registration is open for everyone of all skill levels to build on the QRL. Make sure you don’t miss out on our talk about QRL, Geometry Labs, and NIST Working in parallel to create post-quantum resistant cryptographic algorithms. - [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! - [Last Month at QRL - June 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-june-2022.md) — qrllib Highlights Celebrating four years of QRL On June 26th 2018, and after two years of meticulous development followed by several third-party audits, the first enterprise-grade post-quantum secure blockchain using the signature scheme, XMSS, was released to the world, called the Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL). As visionaries, we had the foresight to use XMSS which is currently a NIST recommendation, along with an extensible address format for crypto-agility. Right out of the gate we launched with a 100% post-quantum secure address space with GUI wallets for Mac, Windows, and Linux and support for tokens, notarisation, and an amazing api and documentation. The future of the QRL protocol is an eco-friendly public blockchain driven by proof-of-stake that provides users with post-quantum safe transactions and Turing-complete smart contract capabilities. Project Zond aims to harness this vision, and is something we’ve been quietly working on since the release of the codebase and open call for research grants. - [Techniques for efficient post-quantum finance (Part 4: reducing storage requirements)](/blog/techniques-for-efficient-post-quantum-finance-part-4-reducing-storage-requirements.md) — proof-of-stake In this fourth article from The QRL Foundation and Geometry Labs on exploring various methods for constructing scalable post-quantum technology, we take a look at reducing node storage requirements without compromising blockchain verifiability. - [QRL zero-day coinbase exploit post-mortem](/blog/qrl-zero-day-coinbase-exploit-post-mortem.md) A detailed disclosure of the recent zero-day coinbase exploit and emergency network fork response. - [Last Month at QRL May 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-may-2022.md) — hackathon Highlights QRL Hackathon 2022 Location & Date The city of Amsterdam will play host to the QRL Hackathon 2022, and it is with great pleasure that we are able to share this information with you. When: September 21 - 22, 2022 (Wednesday, Thursday) Where: Atrium Meeting Centre Strawinskylaan 3001 1077 ZX Amsterdam There we’ll be reveailing the future of post-quantum resistant blockchains, an environmentally friendly proof-of-stake driven public blockchain with a fully decentralised network, offering users provably post-quantum secure transactions and Turing complete smart contract capabilities. - [Techniques for efficient post-quantum finance (Part 3: adaptor signatures)](/blog/techniques-for-efficient-post-quantum-finance-part-3-adaptor-signatures.md) — proof-of-stake This is the third article in a multipart series from The QRL Foundation and Geometry Labs exploring novel one-time adaptor signature scheme, designed to enable payment channels and decentralized trustless cross-chain atomic swaps (QRL↔BTC, QRL↔ETH, QRL↔ZEC, etc.) - [Last Month at QRL - April 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-april-2022.md) Last month the QRL team was excited to announce the September 2022 hackathon unveiling PoS and EVM compatible smart contracts. Geometry Labs, in partnership with QRL, released the first part of techniques for efficient finance series with more to come! - [Techniques for efficient post-quantum finance (Part 2: signature aggregation)](/blog/techniques-for-efficient-post-quantum-finance-part-2-signature-aggregation.md) — proof-of-stake This is the second article in a multipart series from The QRL Foundation and Geometry Labs exploring signature aggregation, a critical component for reducing the on-chain footprint for blockchains using the proof-of-stake consensus with many validators - [Techniques for efficient post-quantum finance (Part 1: digital signatures)](/blog/techniques-for-efficient-post-quantum-finance-part-1-digital-signatures.md) — proof-of-stake The first part of a series for developing efficient post-quantum finance in an adversarial world. In this article, we look at how to efficiently implement lattice-based digital signature schemes. We show how they can be made more efficient with sparse keys, and link to a python package that employs these signatures. - [Last Month at QRL — March 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-march-2022.md) — nfts, qrllib, qrl-cli Post-quantum safe Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have arrived on the testnet & the significance of post-quantum resistant NFTs. Providers / marketplaces are the missing piece! QRLLIB Rust port nearly complete. JSON output for the QRL-CLI, and a New QRL Explainer deck. - [Last Month at QRL — February 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-february-2022.md) — proof-of-stake QRL Mainnet v3 landed successfully! Geometry Labs were pleased to release ’lattice-algebra’, an elegant, high-performance cryptographic library. - [QRL Mainnet Version 3 (codenamed Cesium) hard fork has been successful!](/blog/qrl-mainnet-v3-successful.md) One step closer to truly decentralised governance. This hard-fork integrates QIP-016 to reduce the emission rate of the network after successfully being approved through an on-chain vote. - [Introducing lattice-algebra: An elegant, high-performance post-quantum cryptography library](/blog/lattice-algebra-library.md) — proof-of-stake QRL, in partnership with Geometry Labs, are excited to announce a new lattice-algebra library for efficient, elegant, and high performance post-quantum secure cryptography. - [Last Month at QRL - January 2022](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-january-2022.md) QRL Mainnet V3.0 (codename Cesium) has been released, a look and appreciation of QRL Community Code Initiatives, the World’s 1st Steampunk Quantum Computer Resistant Blockchain Node, and a plethora of code updates! - [QRL Mainnet v3.0 has been released! (Codename: Cesium)](/blog/qrl-mainnet-release-version-3-cesium.md) — qrl-node We’re happy to announce that QRL Mainnet Version 3 (Cesium) has been released and will be activated at block height 1,938,000 which has an estimated target time of February 25th, 2022 - [Last Month at QRL — December 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-december-2021.md) The QRL Winter Hackathon. On-chain NFT’s coming to QRL. QIP-017 (wallet v3 format), wallet v1.8 release, and a lot more! - [NFT support is coming to QRL - Calling on all NFT artists who wish to be part of the genesis run to apply!](/blog/announcing-preliminary-quantum-secure-nfts-and-cta.md) — nfts QRL is happy to announce preliminary support for NFTs on the QRL blockchain on devnet and are putting out a call to all NFT artists to be the genesis run of Quantum Secure NFTs - [QRL Wallet Release version 1.8](/blog/qrl-wallet-release-1.8.md) — qrl-wallet Support for Apple Silicon and Windows 11, Filtered Tokens, and Nodejs & meteor version updates - [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! - [Last Month at QRL — November 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-november-2021.md) — enqlave, qrl-wallet, qrllib, qcryptonight More developers and developer expansion update, QIP-016 APPROVED, and the Quantum Computing race heats up - [Last Month at QRL — October 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-october-2021.md) — qrl-wallet Seminal on-chain voting commences. Original developer, Charlie, resumes development on EnQlave, and UAE developer expansion kicks off - [Guide to voting on QRL Improvement Proposal #016](/blog/guide-to-voting-on-qip-016.md) It’s important you read this to vote! - [QRL Improvement Proposal 016 (QIP-016) Pre-vote Synopsis: Reduce emissions rate of the network](/blog/qip016-reduce-emission-rate-of-the-network-prevote-synopsis.md) — qip To reduce the emissions rate of the network by a multiplication factor of 0.4x which has been determined through both network and transaction analysis, and with regards to the future economic incentives of Proof-of-Stake. - [Last Month at QRL — September 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-september-2021.md) — on-chain-voting Post-quantum secure decentralized on-chain voting has entered public testnet! The downsides of voting systems today and where decentralized voting fits in. - [Decentralized on-chain voting enters public testing](/blog/decentralized-on-chain-voting-enters-public-testing.md) — voting, testpilots Decentralized on-chain voting has entered public testing on $QRL - [Last Month at QRL — August 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-august-2021.md) Two part AMA with core blockchain developer Kaushal Kumar Singh. On-chain voting. QRL Improvement Proposal Refresh, and Google’s time crystal discovery is so big, we can’t fully comprehend it - [Last Month at QRL — July 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-july-2021.md) — enqlave For the month of July, 2021: The future of post-quantum cryptography with Geometry Labs, Kaushal lands in UAE to start developer HUB, QRL Wallets on Bittrex Global re-enabled, and fault-tolerant error correction quantum developments - [Post Quantum Cryptography with Geometry Labs- Part II + AMA](/blog/post-quantum-cryptography-with-geometry-labs-part-ii.md) — qrl-wallet In this QRL Show LIVE, Geometry Labs joined us to continue our discussion on the Future of Post Quantum Cryptography. We’ll cover everything from Atomic Swaps and Lattice based signatures to the questions we unroll in the AMA. - [Last Month at QRL — June 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-june-2021.md) — enqlave Celebrating three years of QRL, EnQlave UI updates and Bridge. New tokenomics repository and more quantum computing advances. - [Last Month at QRL — May 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-may-2021.md) — enqlave, node, Highlights: QRL transparency report 2020/2021, EnQlave smart contracts considered complete, the QRL show, and GlobalFoundries + PsiQuantum partnering on full-scale quantum computer - [Last Month at QRL — April 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-april-2021.md) — enqlave EnQlave progress unabated. Podcast: Bitcoin may be doomed. What can we learn from The QRL? Video: How to Mine QRL in Depth with RandomX - [Last Month at QRL — March 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-march-2021.md) — enqlave, qips EnQlave, ‘weeks, not months’ away. The QRL Tipbot released! QIP014 - Quantum Secure non-fungible Tokens (NFT)’s on the QRL blockchain - [QRL and the truth about how quantum computing is a hoax and all skeptics were right in the first place](/blog/quantum-fud-qrl-and-the-big-tech-lie.md) It’s true. They were 100% right with no mistakes whatsoever - [How do you Create a Quantum Resistant Wallet? Full QRL Wallet Walkthrough](/blog/how-do-you-create-a-quantum-resistant-wallet-full-qrl-wallet-walkthrough.md) — qrl-wallet In this episode, we walk you through a full step by step guide to creating a quantum resistant wallet. We cover creating a QRL web wallet, a QRL hardware wallet, and how to transact quanta with ease. - [Last Month at QRL — February 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-february-2021.md) — walletd-rest-proxy, enqlave, zeus, qips EQRT’s have been successfully tested over Uniswap on the Ethereum Testnet! QRL-CLI: Added Generate-Shared-Keys for the Ephemeral Messaging System. Video: The QRL Show Ft. Ethan Hansen From Quantum Computing Now - [Is Bitcoin a Ponzi Scheme?](/blog/is-bitcoin-a-ponzi-scheme.md) In this episode, we provide a quick history lesson on Ponzi schemes. We then posed the question, is Bitcoin a Ponzi Scheme? If not, what risks does it face? - [Last Month at QRL — January 2021](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-january-2021.md) — enqlave, qrl-wallet EnQlave a priority. Development Updates: Zeus, QRL-CLI, & QRL-WALLET. The Quantum Daily Podcast Ft. Michael Strike, and QRL Refresh Merchandise Design Contest Winners. - [Last Month at QRL — December 2020](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-december-2020.md) — proof-of-stake, zeus, qrl-cli XMSS NIST Approved. QRL Website and Logo Refresh in Celebration. Merchandise Design Contest with new assets. Quantascan.io released: An analytics explorer. Two new videos. The QRL Foundation joins forces with the League of Entropy. Development updates: PoS, Zeus, qrl-cli - [Last Month at QRL — November 2020](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-november-2020.md) — proof-of-stake, desktop-wallet, qrl-node Project Zond: QRL’s Proof-of-Stake code released. Zeus: A codebase for rapid QRL development. New QRL public service status page, two new videos, and more. - [Project Zond. QRL’s Proof-of-Stake code, is released to the public.](/blog/project-zond-qrls-proof-of-stake-code-is-released-to-the-public.md) — proof-of-stake And with the partnership and seminal research by the team at Insight Research, it’s only going to get better from here. - [Last Month at QRL — October 2020](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-october-2020.md) — webwallet Press — Insight Researchers Partners with the Quantum Resistant Ledger, QRL Node Update, Mobile Wallet v3 planning commences, Zeus-proxy, New Director of Advocacy — Ryan Malinowski, Quantum News, and QRL In the media. - [Last Month at QRL — September 2020](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-september-2020.md) — proof-of-stake, enqlave, audit EnQlave audit firm X41 D-Sec starts, Insight research joins QRL, Proof-of-Stake Update, Quantum computing/security news, and QRL Mentions - [Insight Researchers partners with the Quantum Resistant Ledger](/blog/insight-researchers-partners-with-the-quantum-resistant-ledger.md) — proof-of-stake Update 2021- Geometry Labs is a new company started in early 2021, who the QRL team is now working with. At launch they hired the blockchain R&D team from Insight, though they’ve since expanded with new members of the team. Separately, Insight is still continuing its original mission of education through professional training fellowships. Zug, Switzerland, September 25th, 2020 — The Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) Foundation, creator of the world’s leading quantum-secure blockchain network and digital asset platform, has partnered with Insight’s quantum cryptography research team to continue to set the global standard towards its quantum-secure Proof-of-Stake network, a progression of its quantum-secure Proof-of-Work network presently in place. - [Last Month at QRL — August 2020](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-august-2020.md) — enqlave, proof-of-stake EnQlave audit firm selected: x41 D-Sec, QRL AMA 4 part series complete, QRL Quick Qlips Contest, New Korean Social Media Ambassador, Proof-of-Stake devnet approaches: updates, new QRL pool integration, and quantum news updates. - [Last Month at QRL — July 2020](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-july-2020.md) NIST enters final ‘Selection Round’, Proof-of-Stake devnet getting closer, QRL AMA part 1 and 2 released, new Chinese social media ambassador, and QRL Fun with memes contest results! - [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 - [Last month at QRL — May 2020](/blog/last-month-at-qrl-may-2020.md) EnQlave: Quantum Secure Ethereum Wallets, QRL v2.0.5, qrl-cli updates, OCAML Smart Contracts & QIP012 - [Video - How to Mine QRL Quanta — EP006](/blog/video-how-to-mine-qrl-quanta-ep006.md) A step-by-step guide on how to mine Quanta on a windows computer - [Enqlave — the quantum safe for your crypto assets](/blog/enqlave-the-quantum-safe-for-your-crypto-assets.md) — enqlave EnQlave — the quantum safe for your crypto assets - [The QRL Bromine Hardfork - A look inside](/blog/the-qrl-bromine-hardfork-a-look-inside.md) — multisig, ephemeral-messaging-system The QRL Bromine Hardfork: A look inside - [The QRL Enqlave Project — Bringing Post-Quantum Security to Ethereum and other blockchain platforms](/blog/the-qrl-enqlave-project-bringing-post-quantum-security-to-ethereum-and-other-blockchain-platforms.md) — enqlave QRL’s Smart Contracts will bring the post-quantum security of XMSS (eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme) to mainnet Ethereum, and eventually to any other blockchain platform with sufficiently expressive smart contract capabilities. - [Announcing Ethereum Enqlave - Quantum Security for the Ethereum Blockchain](/blog/announcing-ethereum-enqlave-quantum-security-for-the-ethereum-blockchain.md) — enqlave Please note: While this page describes EnQlave, work on this project has been retired. QRL Project Zond is now the way forward, and provides many of the same benefits without a lot of the shortcomings. Back in 2017 we launched as an ERC20 token so that people can hold and trade a QRL while we built out our own quantum secure blockchain which successfully launched in Q2 of 2018. Now we’re happy to announce that in the coming year, QRL will be releasing Ethereum Enqlave, a way to secure Ethereum wallets and all of its tokens from the ever evolving threat of quantum computers. - [QRL mobile & Desktop wallet updates](/blog/qrl-mobile-desktop-wallet-updates.md) Fixes an issue with wallets unable to load transactions, account balances, or send funds. - [QRL Mainnet v2.0.1 is Released](/blog/qrl-mainnet-v2-0-1-is-released.md) Bug fixes for API GetVoteStats & GetOTS - [The QRL Hardfork blockheight has been set! Bromine code is released!](/blog/the-qrl-hardfork-blockheight-has-been-set-bromine-code-is-released.md) — multisig Blockheight is set for 942375 — approximately April 6th - [The Bromine testnet hardfork was a success! — More testing ahead](/blog/the-bromine-testnet-hardfork-was-a-success-more-testing-ahead.md) Only you can help prevent bugs on mainnet… by testing on testnet! - [Bromine Testnet is LIVE!](/blog/bromine-testnet-is-live.md) Overview, installation & running, mining, and testnet incentives/awards