Studies in big data

Securing Blockchain in the Age of Quantum Computing: A Survey of Current and Future Cryptographic Approaches

S A Deshpande, Neetu Ramesh Amlani, Jaykumar H. Meshram, Dinesh Satange

Published Jan 1, 2026• 0 citations

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-00586-1_11

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