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Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business

You're reading from   Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business Exploring the applications, challenges, and collision of quantum computing and blockchain

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838647766
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Arunkumar Krishnakumar Arunkumar Krishnakumar
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Preface 1. Introduction to Quantum Computing and Blockchain 2. Quantum Computing – Key Discussion Points FREE CHAPTER 3. The Data Economy 4. The Impact on Financial Services 5. Interview with Dr. Dave Snelling, Fujitsu Fellow 6. The Impact on Healthcare and Pharma 7. Interview with Dr. B. Rajathilagam, Head of AI Research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 8. The Impact on Governance 9. Interview with Max Henderson, Senior Data Scientist, Rigetti and QxBranch 10. The Impact on Smart Cities and Environment 11. Interview with Sam McArdle, Quantum Computing Researcher at the University of Oxford 12. The Impact on Chemistry 13. The Impact on Logistics 14. Interview with Dinesh Nagarajan, Partner, IBM 15. Quantum-Safe Blockchain 16. Nation States and Cyberwars 17. Conclusion – Blue Skies 18. Other Books You May Enjoy
19. Index

Interview with Dinesh Nagarajan, Partner, IBM

The last century saw two world wars and several other wars of invasion and retaliation. Nations waged war upon one another for access to resources that would make them more powerful. During World War II, Hitler's invasion of the Caucasus was one such instance, with him going after the rich oil resources there. Winston Churchill's strategic push in North Africa was to hold key port cities in the region so that he could have access to India, which was then a British colony.

Access to oil was a fundamental reason for the wars fought in the Middle East in the second half of the century. However, geopolitical issues are slowly starting to move away from depleting resources such as oil or iron ore, to a resource that keeps growing despite consumption – data. By 2025, the world is expected to be 175 zettabytes rich, of which about 90 ZB will be from the Internet of Things (IoT).

1 zettabyte = 1...

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