Okay, I had to do a bit of reading to even start to understand what you were talking about/referring to, but it sounds like you're on the right track—though I d

Okay, I had to do a bit of reading to even start to understand what you were talking about/referring to, but it sounds like you're on the right track—though I didn't get to any point in my reading where they specified the network type explicitly. Also: It sounds like the 2000Q is designed to offer API capability, but it doesn't sound like anybody runs one: https://www.dwavesys.com/software https://www.dwavesys.com/software But for now IBM and Rigetti do: http://www.davidykay.com/Cloud-Quantum-Computing-Heats-Up-as-Rigetti-Launches-API/ http://www.davidykay.com/Cloud-Quantum-Computing-Heats-Up-as... D-wave does have software available for developing on a normal machine that can also run on their systems, but I'm finding Q# a more familiar interface for an introduction. https://github.com/dwavesystems/qbsolv https://github.com/dwavesystems/qbsolv