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Bitcoin and blockchain in general is a hot topic nowadays. In the paper we propose a quantum empowering of this technology and show how to speed-up the mining procedure using the modified Grover’s algorithm.
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Ablayev, F.M., Bulychkov, D.A., Sapaev, D.A. et al. Quantum-Assisted Blockchain. Lobachevskii J Math 39, 957–960 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995080218070028
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995080218070028