# Quip Network for developers > Quip Network provides post-quantum protection for assets on existing chains, and an open marketplace for running optimization jobs on real quantum hardware. This is the developer entry point: quickstarts, testnet connection details, repositories, and machine-readable documentation. ## Start here - [Quickstart](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/quickstart): Fastest path to a working result. - [What is Quip Network](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/what-is-quip): What the network does and who it is for. - [How Quip Network fits together](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/interlock/how-quip-fits-together): The relationship between the asset-security and compute halves. - [Documentation index](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs): Full documentation. ## Machine-readable documentation - [Docs llms.txt](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/llms.txt): Annotated index of every documentation page. - [Docs llms-full.txt](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/llms-full.txt): The entire documentation set as one markdown file. - [MCP server](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/~gitbook/mcp): Hosted HTTP MCP server exposing searchDocumentation and getPage. Install with: claude mcp add --transport http quip-docs https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/~gitbook/mcp - [Use These Docs with AI](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/use-with-ai): Setup for Claude Code, Cursor, and generic MCP clients. Any docs page also returns markdown if you append .md to its URL. ## Build applications - [Quip SDK](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/getting-started/quip-sdk): Key generation, signing, and verification. Install: npm install @quip.network/ethereum-sdk@beta - [Quip Accounts](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/interlock/quip-accounts): Contract-based post-quantum lockboxes secured by hash-based signatures. - [QuipSwap](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/interlock/quipswap): Hash-locked atomic swaps with no bridge and no custodian. - [ethereum-sdk on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@quip.network/ethereum-sdk): Use the @beta tag; the latest tag is stale at 0.1.7. - [quip-swap-sdk on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@quip.network/quip-swap-sdk): Swap protocol SDK. ## Run compute jobs - [Submit Your First Compute Job](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/compute/submit-a-job): Ising-model optimization through the job mempool. Install: pip install "xqsa[quip]" - [Quantum Randomness (QVRF)](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/compute/qvrf): Concepts only. Not a cryptographic VRF. - [xquad on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/xquad/): Problem-formulation toolchain, Python 3.13 or newer. - [xqsa on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/xqsa/): Solver adapters, local CPU and network backends. ## Run a node - [Run a Node (TestNet)](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/nodes/run-a-node-testnet): Hardware requirements and install routes. - [Miners](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/nodes/miners): Classical and quantum miners, and proof of useful work. - [Node Manager releases](https://gitlab.com/quip.network/quip-node-manager/-/releases): Desktop GUI and TUI builds. - [Server deployment](https://gitlab.com/quip.network/nodes.quip.network): Docker compose stack for always-on nodes. ## Testnet - [Explorer](https://explorer.testnet.quip.network): Blocks, transactions, and accounts on the Aglais testnet. - [Chain spec](https://nodes.quip.network/chain-specs/quip-testnet.json): quip-testnet chain specification, includes bootnodes. - EVM JSON-RPC: https://evm-rpc.testnet.quip.network:20049 over HTTP, chain ID 20033 (0x4e41), token AGLS with 18 decimals. - Substrate RPC: ws://127.0.0.1:9944 once a local node is running. Native token precision is 12 decimals. - Testnet tokens hold no value and balances can be reset. There is no public faucet; ask in Discord. ## Source code - [GitLab group](https://gitlab.com/quip.network): Canonical host. Most recent work lands here first. - [GitHub organisation](https://github.com/QuipNetwork): Mirror of the GitLab group. - [quip-validator](https://gitlab.com/quip.network/quip-validator): Protocol node, Rust on a Substrate fork. - [xquad](https://gitlab.com/quip.network/xquad): Problem formulation across quantum architectures. - [hashsigs-rs](https://gitlab.com/quip.network/hashsigs-rs): Hash-based signatures, with ports for TypeScript, Solidity, Python, and C++. - [quip-miner](https://gitlab.com/quip.network/quip-miner): Ising solvers for CPU, CUDA, Metal, and D-Wave. ## Community and feedback - [Feedback board](https://feedback.quip.network): Report documentation gaps, broken commands, and feature requests. This is the single feedback channel across every Quip Network product, so name the surface you were using. There is no developer-only channel yet. - [Discord](https://discord.gg/quipnetwork): Support and questions, including testnet balance requests. - [Research forum](https://research.quip.network): Protocol proposals. ## Optional - [Key properties](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/basics/key-properties): Design principles behind the network. - [Participants](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/network/participants): The five-layer participant stack and who pays whom. - [Token](https://quip.gitbook.io/docs/network/token): $QUIP as a shared compute credit. - [Whitepaper](https://quip.network/documents/Quip-Whitepaper.pdf): Full protocol paper, PDF. - [Quip Account](https://account.quip.network): Browser interface for generating quantum-resistant keys.