Bitcoin has everything to do with quantum. The problem is that physicists (and I assume you) are still using pre-Bitcoin definitions and understanding of the word.
What is your definition of a “quantum”?
The etymology of the word come from the Latin quantum — “how much,” “an amount,” “a finite portion.” A quantum is not some mystical particle. It is a measurable unit of a conserved whole. The word was introduced in physics directly from Latin by Max Planck, 1900, on the notion of "minimum amount of a quantity which can exist". https://www.etymonline.com/word/quantum
Bitcoin is the first system in history to define the smallest unit (Satoshi) and the whole, and measure it deterministically. It gives every quantum a denominator: energy, time, and information all expressed within fixed bounds of a deterministic supply approaching ~2.1 quadrillion satoshis. Bitcoin defines absolute finitude, the very thing modern physics has never been able to operationalize. A smallest unit is meaningless without reference to the whole.
When you say Bitcoin has nothing to do with quantum, you’re relying on the pre-Bitcoin model. Bitcoin makes the quantum intelligible by anchoring it to verifiable conservation and finitude, not abstraction and axiom. Bitcoin finally makes “quantum” real and measurable.
So what do you mean?
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What’s with the attitude?? I’m just trying to learn about this stuff.
The article I read was talking about a new form of ledger less money that would be enabled by quantum computers. I’m not a physicist, but I understand when you explain the meaning of quantum in the larger sense.
I’m trying to understand these developments the best I can.