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Quantum-Assisted Blockchain

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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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  1. Institute of Computational Mathematics and Information Technologies, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, ul. Kremlevskaya 35, Kazan, Tatarstan, 420008, Russia

    F. M. Ablayev, D. A. Bulychkov, D. A. Sapaev, A. V. Vasiliev & M. T. Ziatdinov

  2. Sberbank, Center of Technological Innovations, ul. Vavilova 19, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    D. A. Bulychkov

  3. Sberbank-Technologies, Development Department of Center of Technological Innovations, ul. Universitetskaya 7, Innopolis, 420500, Russia

    D. A. Sapaev

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  1. F. M. Ablayev
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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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