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  • Empowering the Web3 Era: Unleashing Decentralized Governance Beyond the ‘Code is Law’ Paradigm

    Empowering the Web3 Era: Unleashing Decentralized Governance Beyond the ‘Code is Law’ Paradigm

    When I started my career back in the 1990s, the Internet, for the first time, brought a way for people and societies to transcend borders, interact, play, work, and create… Read more

  • Q International Foundation to Vote on “Athos” Hard Fork Proposal

    Q International Foundation to Vote on “Athos” Hard Fork Proposal

    Q International Foundation’s Voting Policy lays down the principles according to which it exercises the voting rights attached to its Q tokens (QGOV). Amongst other things, Q International Foundation has committed itself… Read more

  • Athos Hard Fork

    Athos Hard Fork

    The Athos hard fork is the first hard fork on the Q Blockchain. The proposal for the Athos upgrade is now live and all Q token holders can vote on it. This post… Read more

  • Tokenized Gold on the Q Blockchain

    Tokenized Gold on the Q Blockchain

    As of today, VNX Gold — a token backed with physical gold — is live on the Q blockchain. In this post, I provide a short background on VNX Gold and the reasons… Read more

  • Calculating Q Validator Compensation

    Calculating Q Validator Compensation

    The Q blockchain is maintained by a set of validators. They operate full nodes and sign blocks to validate transactions on Q. By rejecting invalid transactions, validators ensure the integrity… Read more

  • Q for Financial Institutions

    Q for Financial Institutions

    For every financial institution, blockchain should be a top priority on the strategic agenda. Missing out on one of the biggest paradigm shifts in the history of finance would be… Read more

  • Q for the Metaverse

    Q for the Metaverse

    The emerging metaverse still lacks one of its most important building blocks: A sound governance infrastructure. Q’s vision is to provide a universal governance layer that users, companies, and projects… Read more

  • Q for DAOs

    Q for DAOs

    DAOs are a hot topic in crypto today, and rightly so: Experimentation on novel forms for people to organize and coordinate in the digital space are badly needed. Since “THE… Read more

  • Q Testnet “Fischer” Is Live!

    Q Testnet “Fischer” Is Live!

    Today, Q’s new testnet “Fischer” was launched. It is the sixth testnet of the Q protocol and succeeds the “Eckert” testnet. The codebase of the new testnet now is now fully in… Read more

  • Q Mainnet Is Live!

    Q Mainnet Is Live!

    On 23 March 2022 at 03:25:07 UTC, the Q mainnet went live. This is a major milestone for the Q protocol. Congratulations to everyone in the Q community who has been… Read more