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Time-Bin CKA as a tool for blockchain technology

Cryptography and Security 2023-09-01 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We explore the potential of Time-Bin Conference Key Agreement (TB CKA) protocol as a means to achieve consensus among multiple parties. We provide an explanation of the underlying physical implementation, i.e. TB CKA fundamentals and illustrate how this process can be seen as a natural realization of the global common coin primitive. Next, we present how TB CKA could be embodied in classical consensus algorithms to create hybrid classical-quantum solutions to the Byzantine Agreement problem.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2308.16289,
  title  = {Time-Bin CKA as a tool for blockchain technology},
  author = {Marta Misiaszek-Schreyner and Miriam Kosik and Mirek Sopek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.16289},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

9 pages, 3 figures

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