区块链:后量子安全与法律经济学

Blockchain:Post-Quantum Security&Legal Economics

由于量子计算和密码学的最新发展,区块链技术未来的安全前景将受到威胁。一直以来,区块链点对点系统的技术复杂性要求第三方中介机构的介入,以促进区块链网络的跨金融交易。当前法律学界将区块链描述为一个去中心化的点对点系统,以支持财政和金融市场的安全分权。然而,考虑到量子计算的最新进展,区块链技术并不是安全的。此外,该技术的合法性还受联邦政府的意愿约束,而区块链技术正试图分散联邦政府的经济体系。本文首次对区块链的安全性与法律的交集进行了后量子分析。此外,这是第一篇分析国会、美联储和区块链技术在货币创造中的复杂关系的法律学术文章。为此,本文对有关区块链技术的金融分权影响的传统假设提出了挑战。最终,本文采用跨学科分析方法,基于信息学、法律和经济学的分析视角,论证区块链技术无法提供建立点对点支付系统的合法或者说安全方法。

Blockchain technology is subject to security vulnerabilities resulting from recent developments in quantum computing and cryptography.All the while,the technical complexities of blockchain s peer-to-peer system require the intervention of third-party intermediaries to facilitate financial transactions across blockchain networks.Current legal scholarship describes blockchain technology as a peer-to-peer system without a central authority,supporting the secure decentralization of economies and financial markets.Yet,with consideration to recent advancements in quantum computing,blockchain technology is not secure.Further,the technology s legality is subject to the will of the central authorities whose economic systems it seeks to decentralize.This article contributes the first post-quantum analysis of the intersection of blockchain security and law.Additionally,this is the first piece of legal scholarship to analyze the complex relationships between Congress,the Federal Reserve,and blockchain technology in the creation of money.In doing so,this article challenges conventional assumptions relating to blockchain technology s decentralizing economic impact.Ultimately,this article takes an interdisciplinary approach,drawing on informatics,law,and economics scholarship,to argue blockchain fails to provide a legal or secure means of establishing a peer-to-peer payment system.