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Last week in quantum: @Starknet backed research into becoming an independent post-quantum Layer 1. More than 93.5% of voting power backed the research, across 2,800+ wallets, and StarkWare didn’t vote. It’s research only. Any actual move needs a second vote, and a whitepaper draft is expected in November. Quantum risk entered the insurance conversation. @projecteleven named Relm Insurance a development partner for Strongpoint, its custody product, to explore how post-quantum security could factor into digital asset underwriting. No premium or policy changes have been announced. @QuantinuumQC reported a new error-correction record. Its Helios system reached 99.9995% logical memory fidelity per cycle, about 10 times better than its own September result. That figure measures memory reliability, not a complete computation. The team also demonstrated improving logical gate accuracy, though further work remains to scale all the components needed for universal fault-tolerant computing. Postquant Labs launched the Quip Virtual Machine. The QVM provides a shared programming environment for quantum annealers, gate-based quantum computers, and classical machines, with a maximum cost quoted before execution. It is live on @quipnetwork’s Aglais testnet. Post-quantum readiness increasingly needs evidence. Chains need tested migration plans. Custodians need controls insurers can assess. Quantum hardware needs reliable computation beyond memory benchmarks. The useful question is what each announcement actually demonstrates.

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Crypto agility matters because no one can prove today’s post-quantum schemes will hold forever. If one fails, systems need a way to switch without starting over. “All our eggs are kind of in one basket there. We don’t have another solution if that goes wrong.” @conordeegan of @projecteleven on why the post-quantum transition needs a backup plan.

Last week in quantum The Quantum Alliance launched to define quantum readiness Ten contributors from nine organizations, including Quantus CEO @YuviLightman, launched the Quantum Alliance, an open standards body for post-quantum readiness in blockchain. It will publish a public definition of quantum readiness, open test criteria, and reference designs for migration. Starknet opened a vote on researching an exit from Ethereum @Starknet opened a non-binding poll on whether to research becoming an independent post-quantum L1. Starknet targets full quantum resistance by 2027, and its bridge and data availability currently move on Ethereum’s schedule. A Yes vote starts research only. The poll closes October 22. AI designed more efficient quantum circuits @AnthropicAI, working with researchers from Harvard and @QueraComputing, had Claude design circuits for eight quantum computing tasks. Each design beat the best previously published one. One design for elliptic-curve point addition, the core step in quantum attacks on ECDSA, uses 17 times fewer gates than the smallest previous design. It reduces what a quantum algorithm needs to run. Google made a key quantum ingredient far more reliable Quantum computers need special “magic states” to run the full range of algorithms, including the kind that could one day break today’s encryption. They’re hard to make. Earlier estimates said producing them could take up to 95% of a machine’s qubits. In a paper published in Science, Google showed a new method on its Willow chip that cut errors in these states about 40-fold. Google says it still has to work at larger scale. Singapore set quantum-safe deadlines Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency asked critical infrastructure operators to submit migration plans by March 2027 and finish migrating by the end of 2031. Other exposed organizations are encouraged to finish by 2035. A grant for quantum-safe pilots opens November 1. Germany set its own post-quantum timeline Germany’s interior ministry, digital ministry, and federal security agency BSI published a national guideline implementing the EU’s post-quantum roadmap. High-risk systems should be quantum-safe by the end of 2030, with the rest largely migrated by 2035. It also calls for crypto-agility, so cryptography can be swapped quickly as threats change. Governments are setting dates. Researchers are making quantum computers easier to build and their algorithms cheaper to run.

Proud to be part of the Quantum Alliance. @YuviLightman is one of its founding contributors, helping build standards that make post-quantum readiness verifiable.

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“Post-quantum” is now a marketing buzzword. We’re here to separate the legit tech from the vaporware. Today, ten contributors from across the industry launch the Quantum Alliance. This open standards body will define blockchain quantum readiness. Contributors submit proposals and earn support through evidence and working code. Founding contributors: @YuviLightman, @QuantusNetwork @MehowHacks, @Americanfort_io @HiokiLeona, @intmaxIO @aaron1sme, @KeystoneWallet @SebastienGllmt, @midnightfdn @cadillion and @rcarback, @quipnetwork @PQA_Rich, @PQabelian @bizdevving, @thevault_soft @katina_messinis, @hackenclub thequantuminsider.com/2026/1…