Researchers have successfully demonstrated a universal gate set using non-Abelian anyons on a 54-qubit trapped-ion processor, paving the way for reliable and universal quantum computers. By leveraging anyon braiding and fusion, the team overcame previous limitations and implemented the necessary operations for universal quantum computing. This breakthrough, achieved through a collaboration between the University of Chicago, Harvard, Stony Brook University, and Quantinuum, showcases the potential of non-Abelian anyons in quantum computation1. The use of Quantinuum's trapped-ion processor enabled the team to combine anyon braiding and fusion, directly preparing a quantum state and implementing the required operations. This development is significant as it brings quantum computing closer to practical reality. The ability to perform any quantum computation using non-Abelian anyons has major implications for the field, making it a crucial step towards the development of reliable and universal quantum computers, so what matters most to practitioners is that this approach could finally provide a scalable and robust foundation for quantum computing.