QSDM is the pilot network (pre-mainnet) for the CELL coin. Wallets, transactions, task actions and consensus votes are signed with ML-DSA-87, a post-quantum signature scheme. Every transfer names earlier committed transfers as its parents (Proof-of-Entanglement). Today one block producer runs the chain; independent validators are the next step. This page explains each part in plain words, with live values from the public API.
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Supply cap
90,000,000
CELL, fixed
Emitted
—
— of the cap
Block reward
3.56490987
CELL per block · epoch 0
Source: GET /api/v1/status (tokenomics, consensus_auth, mining) · Network status
Each card says what the rule is, who it affects and where to check it.
QSDM signs with ML-DSA-87, the highest security level of the NIST FIPS 204 standard. ML-DSA is a lattice-based scheme designed to resist attacks by future quantum computers.
Keys are made and kept on your device. Hive and the web wallet send only signed messages.
Every CELL transfer must name a few earlier transfers that are already committed to the chain, its parent cells. This links each new transfer to recent history. A transfer that names no committed parents is refused (HTTP 422).
You do not pick parents yourself. Hive 1.4.22 and the web wallet ask GET /chain/parents just before signing.
Since block 827,000 every consensus vote and message must carry a valid ML-DSA signature. Unsigned consensus traffic is refused. This protects block agreement from forged votes.
Today there is one block producer, so this rule is in force but not yet tested by many independent validators.
Mining is NVIDIA GPU only. A miner proves its GPU with NVIDIA attestation, enrolls the node with a signed enrollment and posts a bond. Mining is open to enrolled QSDM Hive miners in 7-day canary windows (168 hours each), with caps per owner per 24-hour epoch.
The Edge Pool pays for CPU, GPU and RAM tasks. It is in an operator-only test and is not yet open to other miners.
Since block 833,800 the paid edge tasks settle only through an authorized settlement relay (relay-only rule). The built-in system task IDs can only be registered by the project's owner key.
One block producer, the project's own node, makes every block. A backup node follows the chain. There are no independent validators yet. The design admits validators without a GPU; mining and block production are separate roles.
Rules switch on at a fixed block height. The status column is read live from consensus_auth in /status.
| Rule | Activation height | Went live (UTC) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signed task actions (ML-DSA) | 625,000 | before October 2026 | checking |
| Transaction content root | 625,000 | before October 2026 | checking |
| Proof-of-Entanglement (transfers must name committed parent cells) | 816,600 | 2026-10-11 13:18 | checking |
| Signed consensus (unsigned votes and messages refused) | 827,000 | 2026-10-12 18:11 | checking |
| Relay-only paid edge tasks | 833,800 | 2026-10-13 13:21 | checking |
What changed and what you need to do: Network upgrades.
QSDM is a pilot. These are the open items, stated plainly.