[ANN] QRL - Announcing the Quantum Resistant Ledger

[drawingthesun]

What is the value proposition? That's it is secure against quantum attacks?

Surely all crypto will eventually be upgraded to be secure against quantum attacks though?

If you believe why QRL will have a lead on other crypto advancing with similar technologies via upgrades/forks, can you please explain it a little like I am 5.

Really interested in this btw.

[mladen00]

interesting project

will put some btc in

[Kalo12]

Dear Sir,

Who is Peter Waterland? It is important to know as he is listed as a blockchain developer in your project. And an editor of The Quantum Resistant Ledger on https://medium.com/@surg0r  But I see the same guy with the same picture also listed as a gastroenterology surgeon at Russells Hall Hospital  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Waterland2  where he published articles on erectile dysfunction Please clarify! This seems a little strange ..

Thank you

[QRL]

That is the same guy. He is a true Renaissance man and he has been passionate about blockchain development since the creation of Ethereum.

[QRL]

What is the value proposition? That's it is secure against quantum attacks?

Surely all crypto will eventually be upgraded to be secure against quantum attacks though?

If you believe why QRL will have a lead on other crypto advancing with similar technologies via upgrades/forks, can you please explain it a little like I am 5.

Really interested in this btw.

The resistance against quantum attacks is just one aspect of the value proposition. However, this does have a significant value by itself, which is discussed in our medium  blog. We are also very excited about the unification of this with a Post quantum messaging layer. This will create the foundation for a number of additional use cases by providing a secure end to end encryption that can pass messages, data and digital assets.

Retroactive decryption is also a major issue with the current blockchain design and even a 10% vulnerability due to legacy accounts and transactions can have a substantial impact. We also have a medium post further delving into this rationale. This is not an issue we would have because we designed with long term security from Genesis.

[drawingthesun]

What is the value proposition? That's it is secure against quantum attacks?

Surely all crypto will eventually be upgraded to be secure against quantum attacks though?

If you believe why QRL will have a lead on other crypto advancing with similar technologies via upgrades/forks, can you please explain it a little like I am 5.

Really interested in this btw.

The resistance against quantum attacks is just one aspect of the value proposition. However, this does have a significant value by itself, which is discussed in our medium  blog. We are also very excited about the unification of this with a Post quantum messaging layer. This will create the foundation for a number of additional use cases by providing a secure end to end encryption that can pass messages, data and digital assets.

Retroactive decryption is also a major issue with the current blockchain design and even a 10% vulnerability due to legacy accounts and transactions can have a substantial impact. We also have a medium post further delving into this rationale. This is not an issue we would have because we designed with long term security from Genesis.

Thank you for your reply

[loveyouforever]

When will QRL be listed on Exchange?

[mfgex]

Question for the lurkers:
We are toying with the idea of distributing a customised PI with our pre-sale planned launch (think aluminium case with logo engraved) to act as a plug and play hardware node which automatically stakes on the network. Early experience from two of our developers is that the test node runs well on a PI 2 and at this point we are tinkering with validation rules and node behaviour so it is unlikely to require more extravagant hardware going forward.

Is this something people find appealing? I personally think it sounds pretty cool :-) (examples of similar cases can be seen at: http://www.raspberry-pi-case.com)

Inca

http://theqrl.org

sorry if i'm late to the party but just found out about QRL and yes! this sounds cool (the PI i mean, and QRL also of course )

[crema]

Hello

I see that Dr Peter Waterland and Dr JP Lomas are core develeppers. These people are doctors in medecine. When did they learn about coding/Quantum computing?...

[richwang01]

Hello

I see that Dr Peter Waterland and Dr JP Lomas are core develeppers. These people are doctors in medecine. When did they learn about coding/Quantum computing?...

There are some other developers who are good at Quantum computing, I think.
@Peter, can you reveal more information about this?

[titan20]

" Presale terms

This is an initial invitational offering to participants on our ‘interested list’ which will then open to the public ICO only if we fail to reach our cap. Should the cap be reached during this private phase every participant will be included proportionally and any excess returned.

This presale runs until the 24th May 2017."


What is private about this presale phase? I did not get an invitation just saw this on your public website.

Could you elaborate on this?

Cheers!

[ninjaboon]

found your project via https://www.smithandcrown.com/sale/quantum-resistant-ledger/

will perform a due d before investing. good luck team.

[Lernerz]

I continue to observe the development of the project. Quantum computers are coming. Therefore the project is justified.

[crema]

When will QRL be listed on Exchange?

That is certainly the plan.

Hello

I see that Dr Peter Waterland and Dr JP Lomas are core develeppers. These people are doctors in medecine. When did they learn about coding/Quantum computing?...

There are some other developers who are good at Quantum computing, I think.
@Peter, can you reveal more information about this?

Sure. I have a background in medicine (which i am proud of) but have been coding for 20 years. I have been in bitcoin since late 2012 and am an early stage ethereum investor. I got excited by the cryptography in hash-based signatures last year and do what I do sometimes and dived in and ended up coding a complete library of quantum-safe signatures. I got all the papers and a few books on post-quantum crypto and discussed with key cryptographers in the space like Andreas Huelsing before deciding actually a blockchain built to be completely post-quantum secure was a viable proposition and wrote the white paper.

Remember we aren't doing quantum computing - we are building systems to defeat a quantum (and classical) computer. Hash-based signatures (and by extension our hash-based proof-of-stake algo built on similar principles) are standing on the shoulders of those who have already researched this in detail. I think our project is unique and will add significant value to the crypto-asset space - a space which I view as the cutting edge in fintech.

I should add although I started the project we have a growing team with some who are far more qualified than I (we have a post-quantum cryptographer on the team) and as we are close to our minimum funding target after 3 days (out of 24) I am sure we will build a ledger which could easily carry significant value as well as offer truly exciting PQ-secure data functions.

Thanks for the interest.

Inca

Thanks for the questions.

Thank you very much for your answer.

One can guess that soon after you will appear other quantum resistant blockchain projects. How do you prepare yourself to face that competition? The question can be asked another way: what governance do you propose to make sure that your protocol will evolve to stay at the top level?

Thank you again

[cryptodv]

Hello Inca, projects sounds legit. I'm in. Good luck! 

[btcma]

ICO is it over?

[onemanatatime]

Where can i find out more information about how to get QRL tokens?

[Johnny00]

ICO is it over?

it's just starting. https://theqrl.org/

[cryptodv]

dev, is there an auto slack invite available? I participated in the pre sale.

[noms]

This sounds like it has the potential to be a very interesting project. Registering and keeping an eye on it...