Testing Quantum Computing Claims: Replacing IBM QPU with /dev/urandom in ECDLP Attack
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Summary
This article tests a quantum computing claim from the Q-Day Prize submission by replacing the IBM Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) with /dev/urandom (os.urandom). The patch swaps out the quantum backend in the ECDLP (Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem) solver while keeping all other code unchanged. The experiment aims to determine whether the quantum computer contributes any measurable signal to the key recovery process on curves up to 17 bits. The repository is associated with Project Eleven's Q-Day prize challenge.
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· 3 pulledThis branch applies a single surgical patch (−29 / +30 lines) to projecteleven.py.
The patch replaces the IBM Quantum backend inside solve_ecdlp() with os.urandom.
If the quantum computer were contributing measurable signal, this substitution...
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