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