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Topic: infrastructure

NIST diagram showing transactions grouped into cryptographically connected blockchain blocks

ANALYSIS Blockchain

Final Has Opened Its Shannon Devnet. Now the Adaptive Blockchain Has to Produce Evidence

A specialized two-chain design could give financial applications more control over speed, cost and economics. Final has created a place to test that idea, while leaving its architecture and performance claims largely undocumented.

The Boulder Cryogenic Quantum Testbed at NIST

ANALYSIS Quantum Infrastructure

George Mason’s $7.7 Million Quantum System Makes Openness a Hardware Question

Virginia’s first open-architecture quantum installation aims to let researchers work across processors, controls, software, and networking. The strongest benefit may arrive before quantum advantage: engineers will gain a place to learn how the complete stack fits together.