{"id":58101,"date":"2022-02-18T18:31:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=58101"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:01:37","slug":"jpmorgan-unveils-quantum-key-distribution-solution-to-shield-blockchain-from-quantum-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/jpmorgan-unveils-quantum-key-distribution-solution-to-shield-blockchain-from-quantum-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"JPMorgan unveils quantum-key-distribution solution to shield blockchain from quantum attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The financial conglomerate JPMorgan, together with Toshiba and the telecommunications company Ciena <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpmorganchase.com\/news-stories\/jpmc-toshiba-ciena-build-first-quantum-key-distribution-network\">\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438<\/a> a prototype solution to protect critical nodes of blockchain infrastructure from quantum computing.<\/p>\n<p>This is the technology <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%B9\">\u043a\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043a\u043b\u044e\u0447\u0435\u0439<\/a> (Quantum Key Distribution, QKD). This is a method of key distribution that uses quantum phenomena to guarantee secure communication.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, the solution developed by the parties is resistant to attacks by quantum computers and can deliver data transfer speeds of up to 800 Gbit\/s. The QKD network, deployed as an optical channel, was rolled out atop the corporate blockchain <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/blockchain-initiatives-solar-energy-trading-vaccination-data-storage-and-other-initiatives\">Liink<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This work comes at a pivotal moment as we continue to prepare for the deployment of industrial-grade quantum computers, which in the near term will alter the security landscape of technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies,&#8221; said Dr. Marco Pistoya, head of JPMorgan&#8217;s research group.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The parties contend that, at present, QKD is the only solution that, as mathematically proven, can defend against potential attacks based on quantum computing.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, researchers at the University of Sussex (UK) noted that quantum computers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/researchers-estimate-quantum-computer-power-needed-to-crack-bitcoin\">\u0434\u043e\u043b\u0436\u043d\u044b \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e \u0432 \u043c\u0438\u043b\u043b\u0438\u043e\u043d \u0440\u0430\u0437 \u043c\u043e\u0449\u043d\u0435\u0435<\/a> would have to be roughly a million times more powerful to crack the Bitcoin blockchain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The financial conglomerate JPMorgan, together with Toshiba and the telecommunications company Ciena, developed a prototype solution to protect critical nodes of blockchain infrastructure from quantum computing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[229,1360],"class_list":["post-58101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-jpmorgan","tag-quantum-computing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58103,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58101\/revisions\/58103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}