QRL Weekly, 2024-January-23
23rd January 2024
Weekly Development Snapshot
- Added fix related to configuration issues
- Updated protobuf stub files to support the new configuration changes
- Reset Zond Beta testnet with new configurations
- Released v0.1.1 for both zond and qrysm related binaries
- Tests for the beacon-client still in progress
- Dilithium5 JS package refactored to provide both CommonJS and ESM/MJS support with integration test / demo of use repo
- Tests of and enhancements to Windows installer package
- Documentation update
- Explorer routing complete with basic transaction info underway
Quantum News
Taiwan connects its first home-grown quantum computer to the internet
On 24 Jan 2024: A January 19 announcement of the connection reveals that the machine has five qubits and is available as a test bed for the university's project collaborators, with other researchers able to use it as a development platform for their own efforts using the machine's ultra-low temperature CMOS and parametric amplifiers. Collaborators include the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, so this machine's success may assist US quantum development efforts. - theregister.com
Breakthrough in quantum computing with stable room temperature qubits - Advanced Science News
On 19 Jan 2024: Scientists achieve groundbreaking room-temperature quantum coherence for 100 nanoseconds, propelling molecular qubits closer to practical quantum computing. - advancedsciencenews.com
23rd January 2024
