Weekly Updates

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Fixed some e2e tests (such as validators_vote_with_the_majority) for qrysm
• Fixed unit tests for updated proto files in Qrysm
• Work in progress with tests for Qrysm to have further code coverage

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Qrysm unit tests are in progress for beacon-chain packages such as forkchoice, monitor, rpc and state
• Fixed several Qrysm unit tests for cache, gateway, p2p, sync, core
• The new code is being reviewed to before we begin making further changes

Weekly Development Snapshot

• More unit tests and integration tests are being added for qrysm
• Several unit tests have been fixed for qrysm
• Deprecated commands from qrysmctl have been removed
• Several non required dependencies have been removed from qrysm
• update to explorer back end to support more rpc calls
• functional wallet create/send/receive wallet UI component improvements
• import/export of gzond node-compatible wallet files in progress
• explorer indexing research

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Code related to derived and remoteweb3signer has been disabled
• Removed deprecated validator web ui code
• Fix unit tests
• Removed all the codes related to forks other than Capella
• Removed old db migrations
• Renamed the Duties field with CurrentEpochDuties
• Overrided the SecondsPerSlot config field for tests on the validator side that rely on functions such as waitToSlotTwoThirds to have them run much faster
• new explorer/wallet middleware routes to support fee calculation in testnet wallet
• transaction UI work in testnet wallet
• interaction with middleware for automated transaction metadata population
• offline signing of transactions complete

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Updated several E2E tests for qrysm
• Removed AggregatePubKey from sync committee
• Removed non required code related to aggregateKeyRoot from sync committee
• Updated parameters and field parameters for minimal config
• Updated proto files and bazel files
• Demo repo using @theqrl/web3 package to show how to send transactions via nodejs
• Explorer working for latest block / address / transactions. Block by search in progress
• Smart contract example instructions / demo repo updated to Testnet release version
• Release of cli tool to extract hexseed from Zond Testnet node data files (https://github.com/theQRL/hexseed-from-address)
• qrypto.js maintenance update
• Basic wallet to send Zond Testnet QRL in progress

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

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

• Pre-compiled deposit root contract has been created.
• Deposit contract has been updated to use the pre-compiled deposit root contract to reduce the gas cost required for the calculation of deposit root.
• Implementation of CLI tool that allows broadcasting deposit data file having multiple deposit transactions is in progress.
• CI/CD configurations in progress.
• Unit tests for the beacon-client still in progress.

Zond Testnet Explorer

• Front and backend architecture & scaffolding
• Latest block data
• Address balance
• Interactive metadata navigation
• Configurable API endpoint

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Added more logging during P2P handshake
• Necessary changes made to zond-contract-example using new web3.js and cryptography libraries
• Successfully tested smart contract deployment, on-chain and off-chain calls
• Unit tests for the beacon-client still in progress

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Fixed peer pruning issue related to disconnected peers, which was stopping new nodes from same ip to connect with the bootstrap nodes.
• Tested api to add/remove/list trusted peers.
• Unit tests for the beacon-client still in progress.