# QRL Weekly, 2025-May-06

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Published: 2025-05-06
Updated: 2025-05-06



Author: The QRL Core Contributors
















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