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All hashcash based PoW, including bitcoin's, is subject to quantum speedup by Grover's search algorithm. It allows you to find a hash output with 80 leading zer
by tromp 9y ago
All hashcash based PoW, including bitcoin's, is subject to quantum speedup by Grover's search algorithm. It allows you to find a hash output with 80 leading zero bits in roughly 2^40 steps rather than the 2^80 steps classically needed.