QRL Weekly, 2024-July-16

Weekly Development Snapshot

QRL Zond

• Reviewed code for RecoverFromBlocks, MakeSigner, cacher.Recover, beacon.VerifyHeaders, VerifyEIP1559Header, VerifyGaslimit, CalcBaseFee, ValidateBody & skipBlock in Go-Zond
• Review in progress for insertChain in Go-Zond
• More unit tests for Go-Zond in progress

QRL File Tools (QRLFT)

• New qrlft command to generate new keypairs & hexseed - released via CI
• Browser signing UI complete, final few stages underway before dilithium tool feature complete

Quantum News

Mysterious quantum computing restrictions spread across multiple nations & UK cites national security risks

On 06 Jul 2024: Several countries, including France, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, and Canada, have imposed identical export restrictions on quantum computers with more than 34 qubits due to national security concerns, despite current low capabilities of the technology, likely influenced by their participation in the Wassenaar Agreement. - tomshardware.com

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