What do you know about Quantum Computing?
Quantum Computers and Quantum
Cryptography
What’s a quantum computer and how does it work? How does it affect quantum cryptography?
Although traditional computational models are based on conventional representations of computer memory, a quantum computer is a device that can transform memory into multiple stacks of conventional states.
Quantum Computing was one of the topics at Visionary Day, a digital event meant for businesses. Sponsored by the Canton of Ticino, it was created to explore new digital innovations and offer networking opportunities to participating companies: the Takamaka team was among the guests of this event.
Among the seventy proposals from both Swiss and international companies, which covered areas such as business transformation, digital skills, IT security and much more, Takamaka had the opportunity and the privilege to present two talks.
The first one was hosted by Mario Carlini, visionary entrepreneur and founder of Takamaka, who helped create the Takamaka blockchain and its TPoS (Takamaka Proof of Stake) consensus algorithm.
The second one was hosted by Eng. Giovanni Antino, CTO at the open blockchain company Takamaka, who explained quantum computers and their effects on quantum cryptography: he illustrated how this technology was born and how it developed over time, highlighting its advantages and current limitations.
What has been discussed during the event?
From the analysis of Qubits to the coherent superposition of states, to parallelism and practical examples. As well as general analysis of the blockchain, through the presentation of asymmetric keys and the secrets of encryption. As you know, Takamaka is a blockchain already programmed to be Quantum Safe, because the way the signature algorithm is specified is already defined: in other words, the block signature algorithm is already qTesla.
Here’s an interesting video for those who want to know more about quantum cryptography and quantum computers: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3RaGj0Fv-czC0pAv0A6y9AUVBX8wwlA0
Here’s Giovanni Antino’s presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRgtrPK7opHtlzeSpmWyzaTByPgRAkJNS1jTJMqxTaSEPGsjKK7ylkwq-784095m7tEqi2Tuiob7hCa/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
