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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So you're saying that it's progressive to use bitcoin as ... money?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

But this is not just any abacus, it's one that calculates all the results at once. That is a disruptive leap forward in computing power.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (23 children)

Because quantum physics. A qubit isn't 0 or 1, it's both and everything in between. You get a result as a distribution, not as distinct values.

Qubits are represented as (for example) quantumly entangled electron spins. And due to the nature of quantum physics, they are not very stable, and you cannot measure a value without influencing it.

Granted, my knowledge of quantum computing is very hand-wavy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah he beat that horse to death but he has a point.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Moreover, personal transaction details of offline digital euro payments would only be known to the payer and the payee, providing a cash-like level of privacy.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/faqs/html/ecb.faq_digital_euro.en.html

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Private payments with a wallet on you phone is something the digital Euro is supposed to offer, if it ever arrives as designed.