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matrixmatty··on I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational complexity researcher. AMA
Hi Scott,

Is there any chance advances in quantum computing will affect crypto currencies. I.e. it might be possible to shortcut mining or mess with the quorum of the distributed ledger?

I'm curious as crypto currency is so hyped, it would dismay me that advances in quantum computing might disrupt the current landscape, or even better improve it in some way. Entanglement is already deployed and in use for data transit, in curious how annealing or other physics might be a game changer