{
  "title": "Fields for evaluating a quantum Bitcoin mining-performance claim",
  "article": "https://synxcrypto.com/articles/quantum-computing-bitcoin-mining-evidence.php#comparison-table",
  "reviewed": "2026-09-21",
  "scope": "Editorial reference table; not a SYNX laboratory measurement. Preserve qualifiers in each row.",
  "columns": [
    "Field",
    "Evidence to request",
    "Unsupported conclusion to avoid"
  ],
  "rows": [
    [
      "Workload",
      "Exact mining task and success criterion",
      "A reduced search problem proves full Bitcoin mining performance"
    ],
    [
      "Execution",
      "Hardware result, simulation or resource estimate, clearly identified",
      "A model is a measured device benchmark"
    ],
    [
      "Computation",
      "Included circuit, reliability and execution-time assumptions",
      "A qubit count alone determines useful work"
    ],
    [
      "Network conditions",
      "Target, competing work and applicable network assumptions",
      "A fixed speed advantage guarantees block rewards"
    ],
    [
      "Cost boundary",
      "Equipment and operating costs included or omitted",
      "Faster execution automatically means greater profit"
    ]
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://synxcrypto.com/whitepaper.php",
      "label": "SYNX whitepaper: cryptographic roles and consensus design"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.nist.gov/cybersecurity-and-privacy/what-post-quantum-cryptography",
      "label": "NIST: quantum computation and cryptographic capability"
    }
  ]
}