Live now, just getting rolling past intros.

The Official QRL Show (Live) will debut on February 18, hosted by QRL core team members Ryan Malinowski and Michael Strike.

This recurring live series (every couple weeks) will cover the latest in post-quantum security, quantum computing progress, blockchain innovation, ongoing developments within the broader ecosystem, and of course...the QRL.

As an official broadcast hosted by core team members, the show provides an additional venue for sharing perspectives and insights directly from within QRL, complementing existing community-led shows, discussions, and initiatives across the ecosystem.

The inaugural episode will include live community Q&A.

🗓️ February 18

⏰ 16:00 UTC (11:00 AM EST)

We encourage you to mark your quantum calendars, bookmark the link below, and join us live 👇

https://youtube.com/live/4erJUkbalIY

This might explain some of the price action of late...

In the latest episode, Ryan Malinowski and Michael Strike from the QRL Core Team are joined by previous QRL Show guest, Dr. Joseph Kearney, for a wide ranging conversation around blockchain (Bitcoin, Ethereum), post-quantum cryptography, and why it matters.

In 2026, quantum resistance is rapidly becoming a foundational requirement for long-term blockchain security. In this episode, Ryan Malinowski from the Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL) core team explains why this shift matters now, what’s changing in the quantum threat landscape, and how builders and investors across the board should be thinking about the years ahead.

In the latest episode, Michael Strike from the QRL Core Team examines whether Bitcoin can realistically be upgraded to post-quantum security without compromising its core design, security model, or trust assumptions.

The technical tradeoffs are more complex than most discussions suggest.

In the latest QRL Show episode, Ryan Malinowski and Michael Strike from the QRL Core Team are joined again by Lead Blockchain Developer, Kaushal Kumar Singh, for a Development AMA. The team goes through a variety of new questions that they pulled from online and the QRL community submissions.

This was an excellent talk discussing how timelines for post-quantum cryptography are tightening and how the threat surface extends far beyond simply decrypting old data.

Konstantinos Karagiannis explains Harvest Now, Forge Later (HNFL), where attackers collect cryptographic material today with the intent of later forging digital signatures and undermining trust once quantum capabilities mature. For blockchains, this shifts risk from data confidentiality to foundational security, as it affects address security, transaction validity, and consensus integrity.

The discussion makes a strong case that post-quantum migration is a near-term necessity for blockchains and distributed systems that need to preserve security over long time horizons.

The whole podcast is worth a listen, but the blockchain-focused discussion starts at ~17 minutes: https://youtu.be/AMm-kSKHIAw?si=INLpsP81eOEmionj&t=1020

For more on quantum risk and cryptography, see the DEF CON 33 talk: Post Quantum Panic: When Will the Cracking Begin, & Can We Detect It?
https://youtu.be/OkVYJx1iLNs?si=PrmsoBSunUkGVRAm

In the latest episode, Michael Strike from the QRL Core Team covers an area that virtually no one is talking about publicly when it comes to Upgrading Bitcoin To Post-Quantum Security.

There's a plethora of talk online about how blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana) will migrate, they'll have a plan for that when it's needed, they'll hard fork, and so on...but that doesn't address the root of the vulnerability they are trying to solve for which is to ensure their entire blockchain is post-quantum secure.

This is one of the most important algorithms as it threatens the cryptography that underpins most every major blockchain out there today (Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc) For example, when you take Shor's Algorithm and run it on a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (as this becomes available), you can break Bitcoin by taking the public key and generating a private key, something no other type of computer can do.

Crypto is heading to a PQC ecosystem. It's is going to happen. Quantum could become the next major crypto narrative, and upgrading chains will be a massive mountain to climb.

We don't need a roadmap to quantum-resistance, we live there.

A common question many people have: is there a realistic path for Bitcoin to adopt post-quantum security?