A fault-tolerant quantum blockchain deployed on commercial telecommunications network

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.12249v1
• Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:25:15 GMT
• Title: A fault-tolerant quantum blockchain deployed on commercial telecommunications network
• Abstract summary: We propose and experimentally demonstrate a fully operational hybrid quantum blockchain architecture built on photonic integrated circuits.<n>The system achieves a fault tolerance of nearly one-half, surpassing the classical limit, while reaching consensus on a timescale of seconds.<n>This work establishes a foundation for practical quantum blockchains, enabling secure, scalable, and decentralized information processing.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Popularized by the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, blockchain technology establishes a decentralized digital framework that utilizes cryptographic and consensus protocols to secure data against unauthorized modification. Consequently, blockchain has found broad adoption across diverse fields, including finance, data management, healthcare, and digital asset governance. In the quantum computing era, a paramount objective for blockchain is to preserve its foundational advantages of cryptographic integrity and decentralized fault-tolerant resilience. In principle, quantum digital signatures and quantum Byzantine agreement protocols offer foundational security guarantees and tolerate up to one-half of malicious nodes for blockchain. However, the practical realization of such a quantum-enhanced blockchain remains a significant and multifaceted challenge. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a fully operational hybrid quantum blockchain architecture built on photonic integrated circuits and deployed over commercially available classical telecommunications infrastructure. The system achieves a fault tolerance of nearly one-half, surpassing the classical limit, while reaching consensus on a timescale of seconds. A deployed food traceability application validates the practicality of the proposed architecture, achieving a throughput of approximately 500 transactions per second. This work establishes a foundation for practical quantum blockchains, enabling secure, scalable, and decentralized information processing in the emerging quantum era.

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