QUANTUMCOMPUTE

// WHAT IS QUANTUM COMPUTE

Quantum Compute (#SN48) uses Bittensor’s incentive mechanism to make quantum computers — one of the world’s most powerful, scarce, and expensive resources — available to everyone. Free to start, with private paid execution when you need it.

// THE PROBLEM

Quantum computers are among the most powerful machines ever built — and among the least accessible. Scarce, expensive, and locked behind vendor toolchains, they stay out of reach of the very people most likely to find out what they’re good for.

Meanwhile, McKinsey projects quantum computing will unlock $1.3–$2.7 trillion in value by 2035, with 300+ companies already racing in. The bottleneck isn’t ambition — it’s access.

// THE OPEN QUANTUM PARTNERSHIP

Open Quantum — a partnership between qBitTensor Labs and Quantum Rings — is how you actually reach this compute. One API connects you to real quantum processors from IonQ, Rigetti, IQM, and AQT, with Qiskit and PennyLane support out of the box. No vendor accounts, no juggling toolchains.

Here’s what no one else can offer: your first runs are free, and paid compute is subsidized — because the hardware is supplied by SN48’s miners. Quantum operators put their machines on the network and are paid in TAO by Bittensor’s incentive layer, so access can stay free or discounted for everyone else. Free and subsidized quantum compute simply isn’t possible without Bittensor — that’s the engine underneath all of this.

Real QPUs on the network