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The QMS Network (“QMS”) is a Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for the post-quantum era. Its consensus layer is quantum-resistant by design, and it is built to accommodate quantum hardware in its miner network.
About QMS Network
In the past six months, QMS Network has solidified its positioning as a post-quantum Layer-1. In May 2026, following the US Commerce Department's $2B equity awards to nine quantum firms, QMS highlighted the accelerated threat timeline. In June, it detailed its consensus design: Proof-of-Useful-Work, where miners solve real-world optimization problems (logistics, portfolio optimization) while securing the chain, earning both block rewards and client fees. In August, QMS emphasized that the missing piece in compute markets is "proven"—verifiable results—and that its network merges security with sellable computation.
Official future priorities include: quantum-resistant consensus and finality from genesis (signature-free block production plus post-quantum finality signatures), while keeping execution layer Ethereum-compatible for ecosystem compatibility, with a planned account-level migration to post-quantum signatures. For accounts that never upgrade, QMS proposes a zero-knowledge proof recovery path. The roadmap includes an early-access waitlist, a permissioned finalizer set that gradually opens, and the long-term goal of a client-funded decentralized supercomputer.
Co-founders & Core Executives:
Christopher Portmann – Co-founder & CTO. Ph.D. in classical and quantum cryptography (Tokyo Institute of Technology); 15 years in academia (ETH Zürich, University of Geneva), then Senior Researcher at Concordium. Leads QMS's protocol architecture, post-quantum security, and Proof-of-Useful-Work consensus.
Allan Brøndum Rasmussen – Lead Cryptography Engineer. M.Sc. in Mathematics (Aarhus University); 7 years at Systematic A/S, then Senior Systems Engineer at Concordium. Specializes in high-assurance Rust and cryptographic protocol implementation.
Egeyar Özlen Saiu – Lead Protocol Engineer. 9+ years in distributed systems; core consensus engineering at DFINITY (Internet Computer), then Lit Protocol. Implements and hardens QMS's consensus and finality layers.
Alessio Onori – Lead Site Reliability Engineer. 7+ years in production infrastructure; Swisscom Blockchain and Web3 Foundation. Manages node operations, observability, and incident response.