# QRL Weekly: Featuring QRL Zond beta-testnet v1 release, 2024-January-16

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Published: 2024-01-16
Updated: 2024-01-16



Author: The QRL Core Contributors
















QRL Zond beta-testnet v1 Released 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.
Blog - Project Zond: QRL’s next generation network, with EVM compatibility reaches beta-testnet Press Release - The Quantum Resistant Ledger Unveils Beta-Testnet of Zond: A Quantum Secure, Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Weekly Development Snapshot CI/CD pipeline completed for the Go-zond & Qrysm. Deposit command added to the CLI tool, to broadcast the staking deposit transaction. Tested deposit command as well as stake validator activation in a private network. Updated some of the parameters to reduce the time required for the new stake validator activation. Updated genesis & config files for public testnet release. Docs, scripts & utilities to support Beta-Testnet launch Quantum News China uses foreign machines to make quantum computers On 11 Jan 2024: A Chinese company has made a 72-qubit superconducting quantum chip with foreign machines as the United States's curbs failed to slow China's development in this area.
Origin Quantum, a Hefei-based quantum computer maker, on January 6 officially launched its third-generation quantum computer called Wukong, which uses the name of the Monkey King in Chinese mythology as the superhero can transform into 72 different forms. - asiatimes.com
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