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Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
Enigma was unbreakable.
Until a machine broke it.
Bitcoin has a machine coming for it too.
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
The bunker was built in 2018. Hash-based from genesis, just like the doctor ordered.
Meet the quantum-safe vault.
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
🎁 QRL GIVEAWAY
Three random winners will receive 5 $QRL each!
To enter:
✅ Follow me
✅ Reply “$QRL” or “QRL” below
Ends: 16 October 2026 at 23:59 UTC.
Open to ages 18+, where legally permitted. Free entry. One entry per person.
Winners announced here shortly after closing and contacted by DM from this account. Keep DMs open! Respond within 7 days with a valid QRL address to claim.
🔒 I will never ask for payment, seed phrases or private keys.
Personal giveaway, not affiliated with X or the QRL Foundation.
#QRL #QuantumSafe #Giveaway
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
Are you a Solidity developer?
Your next project could be built for the post-quantum era.
QRL 2.0 is EVM-compatible, so you can start building with familiar Solidity tooling today.
@QRLedger
Explore the Testnet Getting Started guide:
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
52% BROKEN!
The 500 QRL ECDSA.fail community bounty has been won!
Huge congratulations to @franklyteddy (teddyjfpender on ECDSA Fail), who was the first to break the 52% target with a score of:
1,258,525,947
952,707 T × 1,321 Q
≈ 58.0% ahead of Google’s classified circuit
Amazing progress. Thanks to everyone pushing the frontier forward!
Original bounty details: reddit.com/r/QRL/s/IQPb8iO15…
@QRLedger @eigenlabs #QRL #ECDSA #PostQuantum #QuantumSafe
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
Already running nodes in crypto?
QRL 2.0 is moving to Proof-of-Stake, with 40,000 QRL required to run a validator.
For those looking to position for a node ahead of mainnet, QRL is also available OTC through DV Chain for larger transactions.
Show your interest:
dvchain.co/ContactUs
Prepare today. Run tomorrow. $QRL
@QRLedger @DV_Chain #Crypto #Validator #QuantumSafe
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
QRL announces @trailofbits has published its independent security assessment of go-qrllib, the cryptographic heart of QRL 2.0.
15 findings identified (1 High, 4 Low, 10 Informational). All resolved.
theqrl.org/press/qrl-announc…
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
I wonder when we'll begin to see the impact of the ECDSA.fail challenge. I expect we'll see new records soon.
$QRL
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
At least 1,200 people died of heatstroke in France last Wednesday, mostly elderly people indoors.
Even crazier, about 70,000 Europeans die from the same every year, akin to a bi-weekly 9/11. Eurobros, please vote for leaders who will let you open your windows and install A/C!
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
Eight years ago, QRL mainnet launched with a conviction that felt early at the time: quantum resistance belongs at the foundation, not on the roadmap someday.
Since then, QRL has kept doing what secure infrastructure should do: operate, endure, and prove itself over time. Now, as post-quantum standards mature and quantum timelines compress, the industry is catching up to a risk QRL was built around from genesis.
QRL's anniversary is both a milestone and a signal of where quantum-safe infrastructure is headed next.
Read more: theqrl.org/blog/celebrating-…
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
the white house.
the department of war.
google.
ibm.
ionq.
microsoft.
all talking about quantum.
but sure… quantum risk is still “20 years away”. 🤷♂️
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
🇫🇷 A GOVERNMENT JUST DECLARED BITCOIN'S ENCRYPTION OBSOLETE
France's cyber agency won't certify any security product without quantum-safe encryption after 2027.
It never mentions crypto. Not once.
But Bitcoin and Ethereum run on the exact algorithm France just rejected.
Elliptic curve cryptography.
The clock on "harvest now, decrypt later" just started ticking louder.
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
This makes the direction of travel crystal clear.
If governments are transitioning to NIST-approved post-quantum cryptography, blockchain networks will eventually need to do the same. Quantum-safe security is becoming a requirement, not a nice-to-have.
$QRL (Quantum Resistant Ledger) was built specifically for this future and already uses NIST-approved quantum-resistant cryptography. It's one of the few projects that has been preparing for the post-quantum era from day one.
Worth noting: $LMT Lockheed Martin referenced QRL technology in one of its patents, highlighting that post-quantum security is being taken seriously far beyond the crypto industry.
@QRLedger
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
The Quantum Resistant Ledger ($QRL) is the world's leader in post-quantum secure blockchains.
Open source. Externally audited. Free for anyone to verify.
Comically impressive that there's a nationwide outage of @TD_Canada for half a day now and there's zero acknowledgement or reporting from TD.
Might be an underhanded acknowledgement that they don't provide a critical enough service to warrant accurate status updates?
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
Quantum Resistant Ledger ( $QRL ) @QRLedger
They promised a quantum-resistant blockchain since genesis.
They delivered it.
Referenced by Google Quantum AI
quantumai.google/static/site…
Cited in a Lockheed Martin patent
patents.google.com/patent/US…
Fully transparent & verifiable - though supply verification on @CoinMarketCap is still pending despite all details submitted.
Jack Matier | Ω retweeted
Bitcoin has at least 186.7 million UTXOs that need migrating to post-quantum cryptography before quantum computers break ECDSA-256.
The absolute minimum time to do this from my research paper, packing every block optimally, zero normal transactions, is 76 days. That's not realistic. It's a theoretical floor.
In reality, Bitcoin still needs to process normal transactions during migration. So the question becomes: given a quantum computing deadline, what percentage of every block must be reserved for upgrade transactions?
If we take IonQ's roadmap (~1,600 logical qubits by end of 2028), that's roughly 1,032 days from today. The minimum block space required: ~7.4% of every single block, starting now.
But that assumes migration starts today. It hasn't. There's no agreed signature scheme, no consensus on an upgrade path, and historically Bitcoin upgrades take years of debate (remember SegWit?). Every day of delay pushes that percentage higher.
I've built an interactive calculator where you can adjust the deadline yourself and see what it means for Bitcoin's capacity.
Links in the description
Calculator: josephkearney.co.uk/bitcoin-…
Full paper: arxiv.org/abs/2410.16965
