Quasar is a decentralized quantum computing marketplace built on the Bittensor network.
Here's a clean HackQuest project description for Quasar:
Built on Bittensor | Subnet Proposal | February 2026
Quasar is an open decentralized marketplace that lets anyone access verified quantum computing power — without waiting in queues, paying huge institutional fees, or trusting a single company. Think of it as Uber for quantum computers, built on Bittensor's incentive infrastructure.
Users submit quantum jobs. Miners run them on real hardware or simulators. Validators verify results using mathematics. The best miners earn TAO. Everyone wins.
Quantum computing today is locked behind a handful of providers — IBM, Google, IonQ, Rigetti — creating three structural barriers:
Problem | Who It Hurts |
|---|---|
Long queues + high institutional fees | Startups & independent researchers |
Vendor lock-in with incompatible tools | Developers |
No independent result verification | Research integrity |
Problem | Quasar's Fix |
|---|---|
Long queues & high prices | Multiple miners compete → faster service, better pricing |
Vendor lock-in | One standard API across IBM, IonQ, Rigetti — change one line of code |
Unverified results | 3+ independent validators check every result mathematically |
User submits a quantum circuit in standard Qiskit / OpenQASM format
Smart router dispatches the job to the best available miners
Miners execute on real QPU hardware or GPU simulators
Validators verify accuracy (TVD check), hardware fingerprint, and cross-miner consensus
Yuma Consensus combines validator scores via stake-weighted median
Miners earn TAO proportional to quality — user receives verified results
Fraud-proof verification — Above 50 qubits, faking results classically requires ~4 petabytes of RAM or hours of compute. Physically impossible within our 60-second window
Noise fingerprinting — Real QPUs have unique error patterns simulators cannot replicate
ZK-SNARK attestation — Zero-knowledge proofs cut validator compute cost by 40%
Hardware authenticity bonus — Real QPU miners earn a 1.5x reward multiplier
Smart routing — Automatically picks the best miner based on circuit complexity, queue time, and cost
One-line integration — Works with existing Qiskit tools, no relearning needed
Tier | Hardware | Max Qubits | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
Premium QPU | IBM / IonQ / Rigetti cloud API | 27–127 | 1.5x bonus |
High-Fidelity Sim | GPU statevector (cuQuantum) | 28–36 | Medium |
Density Matrix Sim | Noisy GPU sim (Qiskit Aer) | 20–30 | Medium |
Hybrid Router | Dynamic QPU + Sim dispatch | 20–127 | Variable |
Recipient | Share | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Miners | 70% | Rewards best quantum execution |
Validators | 20% | Incentivises honest scoring |
Treasury | 10% | Price stability + development |
Market | Use Case |
|---|---|
Pharmaceutical | VQE drug molecule simulation — protein-ligand binding |
Financial Institutions | Portfolio optimization, Monte Carlo simulations |
Cryptography / Web3 | Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithm testing |
Metric | Month 3 | Month 6 | Year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
Active Miners | 20 | 50 | 100 |
Calculations/Day | 1,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
Subnet Emissions Share | 2% | 10% | 20% |
Paid TVL | $0 | $1M | $10M |
Avg Accuracy (TVD) | < 0.05 | < 0.03 | < 0.02 |
Phase | Timeline | Key Milestone |
|---|---|---|
Testnet MVP | Months 1–2 | Simulator miners, security audit, TVD < 0.05 |
QPU Onboarding | Months 3–5 | IBM + IonQ integrations, hardware scoring live |
Inference Market | Months 6–9 | Public SDK, Chainlink fee pricing, 5% platform fee |
Scale & Ecosystem | Month 10+ | 100 miners, $10M TVL, pharma + finance verticals |
Quantum circuit fidelity is objectively verifiable with pure mathematics in milliseconds — no human judges, no perceptual models needed. This makes Quasar structurally superior to most Bittensor subnet designs from an incentive alignment perspective. The math tells you if it's right. Every time.
Licensed under MIT License — open to miners, validators, researchers, and builders worldwide.
Quasar | Decentralized Quantum Computing Infrastructure | Bittensor Subnet Proposal v1.0 | 2026
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