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Introduction to Quantum Computing and Blockchain

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

I am sure Charles Dickens did not foresee quantum computing or Blockchain. His words from 160 years ago, however, still apply to the ebbs and flows we have seen with these two technologies. Quantum computing has been around for a good part of a century. In contrast, Blockchain was first introduced to the world in 2008.

Unlike the Blockchain wave that has hit us in recent years, quantum principles have been around ...

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