1 · Requirements
Research design 0.5.3
The design connects security, privacy, scalability, independent operation, and production incentives in one reference architecture.
Private post-quantum infrastructure
Private Digital Settlement for the Post-Quantum Era
Quantum develops the research foundation for a private, quantum-resistant settlement network—combining confidential transactions, selective disclosure, and scalable layer-1 architecture in one coherent design.
The target architecture
≥128
bit post-quantum security target
1,000+
accepted layer-1 TPS target
Private
by default at protocol level
Evidence-led engineering
Privacy by default
Post-quantum by design
Research programme
From rigorous design to verifiable infrastructure
Quantum brings specifications, comparative experiments, and verification paths together in a focused programme. Each phase creates reviewable foundations for the next.
2 · Prior art
Research direction established
Published baselines and reusable ideas are mapped into a focused comparative programme.
3 · Feasibility
T305 comparison study
The published experiment design compares authorisation, state management, and client budgets within one complete transaction relation.
4 · Next fields
Discovery, network privacy, and DAG state
Dedicated studies extend the foundation across wallet discovery, transport privacy, and deterministic state.
Design principles
Security, privacy, scale, and independent operation
Quantum treats technical capability and economic operability as one architecture challenge instead of isolated features.
Post-quantum from the ground up
Commitments, authorisation, encryption, and validity proofs are composed around a common post-quantum security target.
Privacy across the transaction lifecycle
The research programme spans values, recipients, transaction relationships, selective disclosure, and network origins.
Scalable at layer 1
The programme defines client, verifier, wire-size, and throughput targets for the complete private transaction path.
Independently operable
Throughput and recovery must remain inside a frozen, non-institutional validator budget instead of redefining the hardware after measurement.
Contestable block production
Hardware, pool templates, ordering incentives, and the long-run security budget remain explicit, independently reviewed release questions.
Research with a clear direction
The foundation of Quantum
The specification, verification plan, and comparison protocol form a transparent and publicly reviewable research foundation.
Start here
Research design 0.5.3
Quantum: Privacy-Preserving Post-Quantum DAG Protocol
The normative requirements, candidate architecture, and verification path connect the complete Quantum design in one technical foundation.
Then review the experiment
Comparative protocol 0.3.2
Stateless Versus Stateful Hash-Based Authorisation Inside a Private-Transaction STARK
A pre-registration draft for comparing full FIPS 205 SLH-DSA-SHAKE-256f with one-time and stateful hash-based baselines inside the same 2-input/2-output relation.
The comparison protocol creates a measurable decision basis for authorisation, state management, and constrained-client budgets.
Next research fields:
private note discovery, network-origin anonymity, and deterministic GHOSTDAG private-state semantics extend the publication programme.
Open research
Move Quantum forward together
Researchers and engineers can contribute cryptographic analysis, reproducible benchmarks, interoperability work, and independent implementations of the published experiments.
Contribute on GitHub