US Patent Issued to Arqit on June 9 for "Quantum-secure digital currency" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,166, issued on June 9, was assigned to Arqit Ltd. (London).

"Quantum-secure digital currency" was invented by Daryl Burns (Gloucestershire, Great Britain), Barry Childe (Sussex, Great Britain) and David Williams (Surrey, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of quantum-secure minting and issuing a digital coin by a central bank (CB) using a quantum cloud (QC) platform operable to facilitate an issuing authority (IA), the method includes issuing a command from the CB to the IA to mint a new digital coin, and the command includes: data indicative of a predetermined value of the coin, a unique identif...