QRL Weekly, 2025-May-06

Weekly Development Snapshot

Go-qrllib updates

• Implemented new address format of 24 bytes instead of 20 bytes to eliminate ambiguity with Ethereum related blockchains
• Address generation algorithm changed for both XMSS and Dilithium
• Added 3 bytes descriptor which is a bit different from the legacy QRL descriptor, to differentiate between cryptography used for signing & metadata related to cryptography
• Verify function for both XMSS and Dilithium will now need descriptor
• Cryptography and wallet implementation has been separated out into different packages
• Legacy XMSS wallet implementation has been separated out into a different package, along with the new XMSS wallet implementation for Zond.
• More unit tests added

Other updates

• Unit changes for Zond web3.js in progress
• zondjs a new repository being developed for VortexIDE
• API and backend code are being developed to fetch and store data from Zond blockchain to database