{
  "schema": 1,
  "project": "QTC Community Universe",
  "independent_community_review": true,
  "last_reviewed": "2026-11-06",
  "editorial_policy": {
    "scope": "Selected public primary sources; this is an unofficial community review, not the project team’s official roadmap.",
    "dates": "Commit dates record code history. Event listings record an announced programme. Neither alone proves a mainnet activation or a completed deployment.",
    "future_dates": "Only a dated primary announcement can support a scheduled event. Undated project goals carry no delivery dates."
  },
  "news": [
    {
      "id": "community-call",
      "title": "Community call announced for 8 November",
      "date": "2026-10-29",
      "date_label": "29 October 2026",
      "date_kind": "Project announcement",
      "status": "Announced event",
      "summary": "The project announced a Sunday community call alongside its second-testnet-task announcement. The published time is 12 PM Eastern Time on 8 November: 17:00 UTC / 18:00 CET in Berlin.",
      "boundary": "No meeting link is present in the verified announcement. The call is an announced event, not a completed milestone or a mainnet release.",
      "event_at": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Project announcement on X",
          "url": "https://x.com/qubitcoinx/status/2115906470554272019"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "new-testnet",
      "title": "A Qubitcoin-specific testnet",
      "date": "2026-10-29",
      "date_label": "29 October 2026",
      "date_kind": "Code history",
      "status": "Documented in source",
      "summary": "The official node source introduces a separate Qubitcoin testnet genesis and network identity. Its release notes distinguish the new testnet from the inherited Bitcoin testnet configuration.",
      "boundary": "This date records the source commit. It does not establish a binary release date or confirm that every participant has upgraded.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Node source change",
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/qubitcoin/commit/6c4f95a4c9b8975526fc7cb2eb32c721ab178cde"
        },
        {
          "title": "Version-pinned testnet notes",
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/qubitcoin/blob/6c4f95a4c9b8975526fc7cb2eb32c721ab178cde/doc/release-notes.md#new-testnet"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "deqode-testnet",
      "title": "Deqode: a second task on testnet",
      "date": "2026-10-29",
      "date_label": "29 October 2026",
      "date_kind": "Code and project announcement",
      "status": "Testnet",
      "summary": "The testnet specification schedules task 1, deqode, from height 5. This CPU-based stabilizer-code decoding task has a corresponding miner implementation. The project also announced the second task as live on testnet.",
      "boundary": "Task 1 is a testnet change. The cited node revision keeps QHash task 0 on mainnet; no deqode mainnet activation date is established here.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Deqode parameters",
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/qubitcoin/blob/6c4f95a4c9b8975526fc7cb2eb32c721ab178cde/doc/deqode.md#parameters"
        },
        {
          "title": "Miner implementation",
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/qubitcoin-miner/commit/9d14c14733a770b2d4688c67b12ec82ec16e6cb8"
        },
        {
          "title": "Project announcement",
          "url": "https://x.com/qubitcoinx/status/2115906470554272019"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qhash-cpu",
      "title": "QHash gains a CPU backend in the miner source",
      "date": "2026-10-29",
      "date_label": "29 October 2026",
      "date_kind": "Code history",
      "status": "Documented in source",
      "summary": "The official miner repository adds qhash-cpu, including its implementation, algorithm registration and selectable build task. This provides another published implementation option for QHash.",
      "boundary": "Source support does not guarantee that a particular binary includes this backend, and says nothing about profitability or comparative performance.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "CPU-QHash source change",
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/qubitcoin-miner/commit/62b3d51395ce2e2bda0d4ca56368842f4c11b6a9"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "milestones": [
    {
      "id": "qpow-preprint-2022",
      "date": "2022-04-22",
      "date_kind": "arxiv_first_submission",
      "title": "qPoW research preprint",
      "limited_claim": "Mikhail Y. Shalaginov and Michael Dubrovsky submitted a quantum-compatible proof-of-work proposal using parametrized quantum circuits; the paper reports a four-qubit superconducting demonstration.",
      "limitation": "Research precursor; this date does not establish a Qubitcoin network launch. The displayed current paper is v2, revised 4 May 2022.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.10643",
          "title": "Quantum Proof of Work with Parametrized Quantum Circuits",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "arXiv v1 submission history: 22 April 2022, 11:26:16 UTC; abstract describes the proposal and demonstration."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qubitcoin-concept-2024",
      "date": "2024-08-11",
      "date_kind": "project_article_publication",
      "title": "The Qubitcoin concept is described",
      "limited_claim": "Superquantum published an explanation of Qubitcoin, combining classical hashing with quantum-circuit simulation and outlining a bring-your-own-solver approach.",
      "limitation": "The article contains proposals and aspirations. Its roadmap is not proof that every described capability or collaboration was delivered.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://superquantum.medium.com/boost-quantum-simulators-with-your-hashpower-c8142ad73894",
          "title": "Boost Quantum Simulators with Your Hashpower",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Dated 11 August 2024; credits David Nizovsky, Daniil Shatokhin and Mikhail Shalaginov."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "qubitcoin-launch-event-2024",
      "date": "2024-10-29",
      "date_kind": "project_launch_event_listing",
      "title": "Qubitcoin launch event",
      "limited_claim": "Superquantum's event listing announced a Qubitcoin launch presentation hosted by David Nizovsky and Mikhail Shalaginov, with MIT and Vanderbilt locations.",
      "limitation": "The primary source verifies the launch-event date. Do not present the event listing alone as an independently audited genesis timestamp or proof of uninterrupted mainnet operation.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://luma.com/nop2dskq",
          "title": "Qubitcoin Launch",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Organizer listing title and hosts; original page structured data startDate 2024-10-29T18:00:00.000-05:00, equivalent to 23:00 UTC."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "electrum-adaptation-2025",
      "date": "2025-01-30",
      "date_kind": "git_commit_timestamp",
      "title": "Qubitcoin Electrum adaptation recorded",
      "limited_claim": "The official Electrum fork records changes for Qubitcoin network constants, server defaults and QTC wallet branding.",
      "limitation": "This is a code-history milestone, not a claim about first binary availability, independent wallet auditing or present-day platform support.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/qubitcoin-electrum/commit/3fc8d207a519f980c272590d73838ecfec867bd8",
          "title": "Electrum constants and branding commit",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Commit changes the genesis constant, default server and displayed currency units to QTC."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/super-quantum/qubitcoin-electrum/commits/3fc8d207a519f980c272590d73838ecfec867bd8",
          "title": "Original GitHub commit metadata",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Committer timestamp confirms 30 January 2025 UTC."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "yquantum-challenge-2025",
      "date": "2025-04-12",
      "date_kind": "git_commit_timestamp",
      "title": "YQuantum challenge materials recorded",
      "limited_claim": "Superquantum's YQuantum 2025 repository records challenge materials about quantum hash functions, including a simplified Qubitcoin QHash example.",
      "limitation": "The exact date is the repository commit date. The simplified educational QHash omits the blockchain's post-simulation classical hashing; it is not presented as a production miner or university endorsement.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/yquantum-2025",
          "title": "Official Superquantum YQuantum 2025 challenge repository",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "README identifies the event and explains the simplified QHash implementation."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/yquantum-2025/commit/2bd5915c87d3d404646723d5004a915ae17f22d2",
          "title": "Challenge repository initial commit",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Initial commit timestamp is 12 April 2025 UTC."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sdc-initial-code-2025",
      "date": "2025-11-29",
      "date_kind": "git_commit_timestamp",
      "title": "Initial Superdense Consensus code recorded",
      "limited_claim": "The official Qubitcoin repository contains a commit explicitly identified as the initial Superdense Consensus implementation.",
      "limitation": "An initial implementation commit does not establish mainnet activation, production readiness, an independent audit or a performance result.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/qubitcoin/commit/df73c61791cd4c2850ac4cfa436795bdccd82c13",
          "title": "Initial Superdense Consensus implementation commit",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Commit exists in the sdc-testing history; original commit metadata is dated 29 November 2025 UTC."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/super-quantum/qubitcoin/commits?sha=sdc-testing&since=2025-11-01T00:00:00Z&until=2025-11-30T23:59:59Z&per_page=100",
          "title": "Original November 2025 SDC branch history",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Lists commit df73c61791cd4c2850ac4cfa436795bdccd82c13 with its timestamp."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rmsynth-initial-code-2026",
      "date": "2026-01-16",
      "date_kind": "git_commit_timestamp_with_same_day_project_article",
      "title": "RMSynth code and T-gate research explanation",
      "limited_claim": "The RMSynth repository records its initial implementation, while Superquantum published a same-day explanation of T-count optimization and Reed–Muller decoding.",
      "limitation": "The article explains prior research by Amy and Mosca. It does not establish that Qubitcoin invented that mathematical connection or achieved a stated production-scale speedup.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/rmsynth/commit/cd60d87fe4723e4f0925bbe7593557375fde02e7",
          "title": "RMSynth initial implementation commit",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Commit metadata is dated 16 January 2026 UTC."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://superquantum.medium.com/decoding-the-t-gate-bcc0ea590599",
          "title": "Decoding the T-Gate",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Project article explicitly dated 16 January 2026."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "iquhack-superquantum-2026",
      "date": "2026-01-30",
      "date_kind": "organizer_event_dates_and_challenge_repository",
      "title": "Superquantum challenge at MIT iQuHACK",
      "limited_claim": "MIT iQuHACK's official organizer repository contains a Superquantum challenge for its 2026 event, scheduled for 30 January through 1 February.",
      "limitation": "A named hackathon challenge is not evidence of an MIT investment, institutional endorsement of QTC, production deployment or a verified scientific breakthrough.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://iquhack.mit.edu/faq/",
          "title": "MIT iQuHACK organizer FAQ",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Organizer states 30 January–1 February 2026 and identifies the MIT iQuISE organizers."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/iQuHACK/2026-Superquantum",
          "title": "Organizer's Superquantum challenge repository",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Official iQuHACK organization hosts the challenge and its original PDFs."
        }
      ],
      "end_date": "2026-02-01"
    },
    {
      "id": "mit-bitcoin-expo-listing-2026",
      "date": "2026-04-11",
      "date_kind": "organizer_event_dates_and_speaker_listing",
      "title": "Qubitcoin concept in the MIT Bitcoin Expo speaker programme",
      "limited_claim": "MIT Bitcoin Expo listed Mikhail Shalaginov as a 2026 speaker; the organizer's biography identifies him as the originator of the Qubitcoin concept.",
      "limitation": "This verifies the organizer's speaker listing and event dates, not a recording of a delivered talk, an exact session date or an institutional partnership.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://mitbitcoinexpo.org/",
          "title": "MIT Bitcoin Expo 2026 organizer website",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Event dates: 11–12 April 2026; speaker listing includes Mikhail Shalaginov."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://mitbitcoinexpo.org/speakers/mikhail-shalaginov",
          "title": "Organizer's Mikhail Shalaginov speaker biography",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Biography connects the speaker to the Qubitcoin concept and lists quantum/blockchain speaking topics."
        }
      ],
      "end_date": "2026-04-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "rmsynth-reference-code-2026",
      "date": "2026-08-14",
      "date_kind": "git_commit_timestamp",
      "title": "RMSynth Reference Edition 0.1.0rc1 recorded",
      "limited_claim": "The official repository records its 0.1.0rc1 reference-edition update, with a bounded T-count optimizer and independent verification tooling.",
      "limitation": "This is a release-candidate code-history record. It does not substantiate a separate September release, feature/performance parity with other RMSynth products, arbitrary Clifford support or production-scale workloads.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/rmsynth/commit/c2c4541f88be58ceb59994a5b090aeaa689de574",
          "title": "RMSynth 0.1.0rc1 commit",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Commit timestamp is 14 August 2026 UTC and adds the reference-edition implementation and changelog."
        },
        {
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/rmsynth/blob/c2c4541f88be58ceb59994a5b090aeaa689de574/README.md",
          "title": "Version-pinned Reference Edition documentation",
          "primary": true,
          "evidence": "Documentation limits optimization to supported CNOT-phase circuits of at most five qubits; inspection and equivalence checking support up to ten qubits."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "outlook": [
    {
      "id": "announced-call",
      "status": "Announced event",
      "title": "8 November community call",
      "event_at": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z",
      "summary": "12 PM ET / 17:00 UTC / 18:00 CET. The verified announcement contains no meeting link.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Project announcement",
          "url": "https://x.com/qubitcoinx/status/2115906470554272019"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "testnet-watchlist",
      "status": "Community watchlist",
      "title": "Follow the second-task testnet",
      "summary": "Watch public observations and new source documentation. Keep QHash and deqode measurements separate and check the network before comparing results. This is a community follow-up, not a promised team delivery.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Testnet specification",
          "url": "https://github.com/super-quantum/qubitcoin/blob/6c4f95a4c9b8975526fc7cb2eb32c721ab178cde/doc/deqode.md#parameters"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "project-vision",
      "status": "Undated project vision",
      "title": "Longer-term research direction",
      "summary": "The project website describes Layer 2 execution environments, a marketplace for useful computation and quantum-resistant infrastructure as long-term aims. These are not presented here as delivered features or dated commitments.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Project website and FAQ",
          "url": "https://qubitcoin.superquantum.io/qubitcoin"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}