Project Zond, by QRL: A blockchain engineered for the post-quantum world

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Weekly Updates

QRL Weekly, 2025-March-25

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • Bug fixed for staking deposit cli while generating new staking deposit wallets
  • Some of the upstream library for Vortex IDE is being replaced with the customized library for Zond compatibility
  • Ledger app with Dilithium 5 wallet generation, signing and signature verification integration tested on Nano Ledger S Plus & Nano Ledger X
  • Ledger WalletConnect protocol is in progress for Ledger app with Dilithium 5
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QRL Weekly, 2025-March-18

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • hypc-bin repo is still in progress to maintain the historical builds of Hyperion compiler
  • Added random mnemonic generation for the new staking deposit accounts
  • Some bugs have been identified for validator cli while importing staking wallet and currently being fixed and tested for any other bugs
  • Some upstream libraries for VortexIDE are being replaced by customized libraries to make it compatible with the Zond
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QRL Weekly: Zond Private Testnet V1 Preview (internal), 2025-February-18

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • Released Zond Private Testnet V1 Preview (internal) to the team for extended testing and documentation.
  • Full network (gzond & qrysm) running in a Docker network using the Zond Package (a Kurtosis fork) that automatically establishes state on boot, providing access to prefunded wallets and a Web3 endpoint for application development.
  • Zond Roadmap progression update

Those paying close attention might have noticed a bunch of new updates and repositories in our GitHub:

  • [New Repository] gozvmlab: Modified for ZVM; features a minimal “compiler,” tooling for trace visualization in the UI, and the ability to execute scripts against ZVMs (gzond).
  • [New Repository] FuzzyVM: A framework for fuzz testing Zond Virtual Machine implementations.
  • [New Repository] tx-fuzz: Provides helpful functions to create random transactions, enabling easy access to fuzzed transactions from within other programs.
  • [Update] go-zond: Introduced a new address format, removed obsolete byte codes, implemented bug fixes, and increased maxRequestContentLength to 10 MB to accommodate transaction-heavy blocks. Updated Go version and resource_class for macOS. Also includes Clef and CircleCI updates.
  • [Update] qrysm: Updated tests, fixed bugs, added support for the new address format, and more. Enabled testTxGeneration for 1000 transactions, updated Docker build parameters, added publish-docker-images in CircleCI, and provided Clef example configuration pointing to the Zond package’s main branch.
  • [Update] web3.js: Updated with a new address format, improved tests, and additional enhancements.
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QRL Weekly, 2025-February-11

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • Developed Zond Package that allows one to run a Zond based private network
  • Conducted stress testing and updated some parameters like max gas limit and relevant logic
  • More integration tests added for Qrysm
  • Web3 chrome extension being updated to support new changes with Zond & Qrysm, such as go-zond
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QRL Weekly, 2025-February-04

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • Vortex IDE & Web3 wallet - Implemented rpc handlers for zond_accounts, zond_requestAccounts, zond_getBalance, zond_estimateGas, zond_blockNumber, wallet_revokePermissions along with UI refactoring.
  • E2ETests are updated for large number of transactions and the issues failing the tests are being fixed.
  • Tool is being developed to start a private network of the Zond locally.
  • Ledger Device: Signing related to Smart Contract is still in progress.
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QRL Weekly, 2025-January-28

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • Vortex IDE is now able to connect zond chrome extension wallet.
  • E2ETests are in progress to simulate the new Block reward.
  • wallet.js and qrypto.js refactoring in progress for XMSS related changes.
  • Ledger Device: Token signing and other UI/UX development is still in progress.
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QRL Weekly, 2025-January-21

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • Vortex IDE: Terminal issue has been fixed. JSON RPC api are being fixed.
  • Stress tests added into the Qrysm to simulate 2600+ validators.
  • E2ETests are in progress to simulate the new Block reward.
  • Ledger Device: Dilithium signing is now working. Token signing and other UI/UX development in progress.
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QRL Weekly, 2025-January-14

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • New address format related changes finished for Hyperion, Zond & Qrysm.
  • Vortex IDE: Test support added into IDE, currently terminal is being fixed.
  • Stress tests are being added into the Qrysm to simulate 2600+ validators.
  • E2ETests are in progress to simulate the new Block reward.
  • Ledger Device: Bug fixes for signing algorithm & optimization still in progress.
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QRL Weekly, 2025-January-07

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • New address format related changes are still in progress in Hyperion, Zond, Qrysm & Web3.js
  • Vortex IDE: Smart Contract deployment is functional on VortexIDE, currently making changes to support tests on the IDE.
  • E2ETests are in progress to simulate the new Block reward.
  • Ledger Device: Signing algorithm optimization still in progress.
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QRL Weekly, 2024-December-24

Weekly Development Snapshot

  • Updates related name changes still in progress for qrysm, web3.js, go-zond
  • Remix IDE compiler is working after the modification, currently changes are in progress for deployment via IDE.
  • E2ETests are in progress to simulate the new Block reward.
  • Ledger Devices: Ledger app is now able to generate Dilithium public key and secret key after optimization, currently Dilithium signing is crashing due to memory issues, and is being optimized.
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