Practical quantum tokens: challenges and perspectives
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10621v1
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:11:36 GMT
- Title: Practical quantum tokens: challenges and perspectives
- Authors: Nadezhda P. Kukharchyk, Holger Boche, Christian Deppe, Kirill G. Fedorov, Martin E. Garcia, Ilja Gerhardt, Rudolf Gross, Thomas Halfmann, Hans Huebl, David Hunger, Wolfgang Kilian, Roman Kolesov, Juliane Krämer, Alexander Kubanek, Kai Müller, Boris Naydenov, Janis Nötzel, Anna P. Ovvyan, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Gregor Pieplow, Cyril Popov, Tim Schröder, Kilian Singer, Janik Wolters,
- Abstract summary: The concept of quantum tokens dates back alongside quantum cryptography to Stephen Wiesner's seminal work in 1983.<n>We discuss the current state-of-the-art of quantum tokens in the field of quantum information, as well as their future perspectives.
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- Abstract: The concept of quantum tokens dates back alongside quantum cryptography to Stephen Wiesner's seminal work in 1983[1]. Already this initial work proposes society-relevant applications such as secure quantum banknotes, which can be exchanged between a bank and a customer. This quantum currency is based on various physical states that can be easily verified but is protected from being copied by the fundamental quantum laws. Four decades later, these ideas have flourished in the field of quantum information, and the concept of quantum banknotes has not only adopted many varying names, such as quantum money, quantum coins, quantum-digital payments, and quantum tokens, but also reached its first experimental demonstrations. In this perspective article, we discuss the current state-of-the-art of quantum tokens in the field of quantum information, as well as their future perspectives. We present a number of physical realizations of quantum tokens with integrated quantum memories and their applicability scenarios in detail. Finally, we discuss how quantum tokens fit into the information security ecosystem and consider their relationship to post-quantum cryptography.
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