Authors - Ali Raheman, Asad Khan, Tejas Bhagat, Fazal Raheman Abstract - The emergence of quantum computing challenges digital infrastructure to achieve both quantumresilient security and energy-efficient performance. This is particularly critical for decentralized finance (DeFi), where layered software stacks and exposed authentication mechanisms increase complexity, overhead, and attack-surface exposure. This paper proposes Quantum Ledger Technology (QLT), a blockchain-agnostic architectural framework that integrates Zero Vulnerability Computing (ZVC), Solid-State Software-on-a-Chip (3SoC), and Quantum-Resilient User-Evasive Cryptographic Authentication (QRUECA). Together, these mechanisms reduce software-mediated trust, minimize exposed authentication surfaces, and shift trust enforcement toward hardware-rooted execution environments. A hypothesis-driven evaluation framework is introduced to assess whether architectural simplification can reduce authentication latency, memory usage, energy overhead, and attack-surface complexity while preserving functional equivalence with existing blockchain systems. Preliminary results indicate that hardware-rooted authentication and reduced trusted software complexity can provide a promising foundation for scalable, energy-aware, and quantum-resilient digital infrastructure. The proposed framework aligns with the goals of secure, sustainable, and intelligent future computing systems.
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