3 papers
quant-ph2024
Downtime Required for Bitcoin Quantum-Safety
Jamie J. Pont, Joseph J. Kearney, Jack Moyler +1
Quantum devices capable of breaking the public-key cryptosystems that Bitcoin relies on to secure its transactions are expected with reasonable probability within a decade. Quantum…
quant-ph2021
Quantum Advantage on Proof of Work
Dan A. Bard, Joseph J. Kearney, Carlos A. Perez-Delgado
Proof-of-Work (PoW) is a fundamental underlying technology behind most major blockchain cryptocurrencies. It has been previously pointed out that quantum devices provide a computat…
quant-ph2021
Vulnerability of Blockchain Technologies to Quantum Attacks
Joseph J. Kearney, Carlos A. Perez-Delgado
Quantum computation represents a threat to many cryptographic protocols in operation today. It has been estimated that by 2035, there will exist a quantum computer capable of break…