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by recentdarkness 3033 days ago
Finally a viable platform to mine bitcoin and other crypto currencies
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You cannot mine Bitcoin with a quantum computer, as there is no quantum algorithm to calculate SHA hashes.
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.