A Discord for people who read the papers.
The Discord is the newsroom. Researchers, hardware engineers, software developers, students and policy staff — arguing about decoder latency in public, mostly politely.
Channels
#welcome
Start here — what the server is and how to get around.
#rules
The short list of things that keep the place readable.
#announcements
Server news, events and site updates.
#roles
Pick your roles: hardware, algorithms, crypto, student, hiring.
#introduce-yourself
Who you are and what you work on.
#general-chat
Everyday conversation across the whole field.
#off-topic
Everything that isn't quantum.
#quantum-news
Where every story on this site starts, and where corrections get filed.
#paper-of-the-week
One preprint a week, read together and discussed in the open.
#hardware
Cryostats, control electronics, fabrication yield and the unglamorous engineering.
#algorithms
Compilation, decoders, resource estimation and honest benchmark talk.
#pqc-general
Migration planning, standards and cryptographic inventories.
#blockchain-and-web3
What post-quantum migration means for chains, wallets and signatures.
Voice channels
Live paper sessions, AMAs and open co-working rooms.
Weekly rhythm
- Week-ahead thread: what to watch in preprints and earnings.
- Paper of the week voice session, recorded and summarised.
- AMA with a researcher or founder; questions collected in advance.
House rules
- Be precise. Cite the paper, not the press release.
- Keep promotion out of the topic channels.
- Beginner questions are welcome in every channel.
- Disclose your affiliation when you discuss your own work.
Come argue about qubits.
Free, no application, no lurking rules. Introduce yourself in #welcome and pick the channels that match your work.