Google says it has achieved “quantum supremacy.” What does this mean? Is Bitcoin’s cryptography now broken? Keep calm, carry on.

This question is from the third session of MOOC 12, which took place on September 27th 2019. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop

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33 COMMENTS

  1. Awesome…thanks for educating us
    Btw…i have a theory, 3 japanese men who can be named, who shared 1mil btc then sold btc or probably gave it to the american cryptographers to take over and develop. These same japanese also wrote the white paper for Quantum Encryption…? their names are used to create the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, maybe given in respect…

  2. I propose a crypto currency based on quantum mechanics. Unlimited and instant transactions because the sender and receiver address are entangled. It doesn't even require a physical mining network and blocktime – only space. We will know if someone tries to hack a transaction because schroedingers cat dies.

  3. It's still unknown if quantum computers can even be scaled up beyond a certain number of qubits without succumbing to decoherence. Each additional qubit adds an exponential amount of difficulty.

  4. Another beauty of bitcoin is that the game theory and incentives are designed as such that any adversary who was able to crack its encryption would still be better off mining and securing the network rather than hacking and double spending and destroying the value of the network.

  5. Finally i understood why a address is more likely to be compromised after you’ve spent from it! I was missing the fact that when you spend from it it gets revealed unhashed instead of hashed as when it receives!!
    Cryptography is so damn beautiful as complex! I really should start learning about it more

  6. Thanks as Always, Andreas. I had also seen from Peter Todd his analysis that includes the harnessing additional Qubits may be with increased, even exponential difficulty

  7. Quantum fluctuation may or may not deposit 5000 BTC in my wallet at any given point of time. That remain a possibility until I observe my wallet balance.
    This way I find it comforting to not look at my wallet balance.

  8. So does that mean by going to a Shitcoins bitcoin cash machine in London and buying bitcoin in cash, no body can knows about that address? I have been able to put my public address into an app and see the balance so I guess I’m wrong

  9. So does that mean by going to a Shitcoins bitcoin cash machine in London and buying bitcoin in cash, no body can knows about that address? I have been able to put my public address into an app and see the balance so I guess I’m wrong

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