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Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business

By : Arunkumar Krishnakumar
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Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business

By: Arunkumar Krishnakumar

Overview of this book

Are quantum computing and Blockchain on a collision course or will they be the most important trends of this decade to disrupt industries and life as we know it? Fintech veteran and venture capitalist Arunkumar Krishnakumar cuts through the hype to bring us a first-hand look into how quantum computing and Blockchain together are redefining industries, including fintech, healthcare, and research. Through a series of interviews with domain experts, he also explores these technologies’ potential to transform national and global governance and policies – from how elections are conducted and how smart cities can be designed and optimized for the environment, to what cyberwarfare enabled by quantum cryptography might look like. In doing so, he also highlights challenges that these technologies have to overcome to go mainstream. Quantum Computing and Blockchain in Business explores the potential changes that quantum computing and Blockchain might bring about in the real world. After expanding on the key concepts and techniques, such as applied cryptography, qubits, and digital annealing, that underpin quantum computing and Blockchain, the book dives into how major industries will be impacted by these technologies. Lastly, we consider how the two technologies may come together in a complimentary way.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
5
Interview with Dr. Dave Snelling, Fujitsu Fellow
7
Interview with Dr. B. Rajathilagam, Head of AI Research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
9
Interview with Max Henderson, Senior Data Scientist, Rigetti and QxBranch
11
Interview with Sam McArdle, Quantum Computing Researcher at the University of Oxford
14
Interview with Dinesh Nagarajan, Partner, IBM
18
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19
Index

Conclusion – Blue Skies

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going get.

– Forrest Gump

Considering the wise words of Forrest Gump, the opportunity to write this book has definitely been "like a box of chocolates". Now that I am in the last chapter of this book, I can say that it has been a rewarding, humbling, and an amazing learning experience.

After two years of delivering a weekly blog post at Daily Fintech, the second most read FinTech blog in the world, I knew I could write. I had planned to begin a writing career in 2020. But the opportunity to write a book arrived a year earlier than I anticipated. I knew life had thrown me a curve ball, that I was well positioned to hit out of the park.

Many of my friends have been working on books in AI, Blockchain, and quantum computing over the last couple of years. When I looked at authors of books in quantum technologies, I saw physicists and computer scientists...