The researchers collaborated with tech firm BTQ to develop a novel “quantum computing” solution that can be used to validate blockchain activity. The technique involved, “boson sampling,” has not traditionally been deployed in the blockchain arena but is not, itself, a new idea.
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Boson Sampling Could Drastically Reduce PoW Energy Usage: Researchers
Researchers from academic institutions in the U.S. and Australia developed a new proof-of-work scheme that would greatly reduce the energy needed to achieve blockchain consensus. So reports Cointelegraph.
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