Encrypting your private keys

Abstract

21st century hackers are uber-focused on attacking cold wallets. Classical cold wallets can trivially be decrypted with quantum platforms. To ensure a cold-wallet serves its purpose, it is essential to be protected by quantum encryption. Quantum Encrypted’s Quantum Shield leverages the quantum and robust physical properties of diamond to safely store one’s private keys without fear of physical intrusion or environmental degradation. Q Shield 1.0 allows for the storage of crypto tokens irrespective of size or root platform.

Introduction

In an era where cybersecurity threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, the protection of crypto private keys is paramount. We propose an innovative solution offered by Quantum Shield: employing quantum encryption to safeguard information. By harnessing color centers in diamond, this method not only fortifies against attacks from state-of-the-art hackers but also offers resilience against environmental threats that could compromise the integrity of digital assets. We hope to elucidate how Quantum Shield represents a significant advancement in the protection of cryptocurrency wallets, ensuring that users can store and encrypt hashes in a robust diamond cold wallet.

The utilization of quantum states in diamond as a foundation for the encryption represents a groundbreaking advancement in offshore information storage. Each diamond plate is uniquely engineered at the atomic level, leveraging the quantum properties of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers within the diamond lattice. These NV centers exhibit remarkable quantum coherence, allowing for the encoding of private keys in a stable quantum state. Each purchase of a diamond results in the creation of a a unique quantum encryption basis. This ensures that the probe, tailored to a specific user, cannot decode information from any other diamond plate. As the encryption basis relies on the superposition and entanglement of quantum states while being uniquely perturbed by electromagnetic environments, even the most sophisticated hacking attempts will fail to extract meaningful information about the encryption basis; any unauthorized access to the diamond or probe will yield only random noise. The proprietary algorithms employed enhance security by adding layers of complexity to the encoded data, making it virtually impossible for state-of-the-art hackers to hack the cold wallet even with 100-qubit processors. Parallel quantum processing attacks will fail due to large qubits involved in each computation. The marriage of advanced quantum mechanics and customized encryption hardware sets a new standard in robust cold wallet solutions.

Robust Physical Properties

Diamonds possess robust physical properties, characterized by their unparalleled hardness, thermal conductivity, and chemical inertness, making them ideal for storing private, sensitive information. With a Mohs hardness rating of 10, diamonds resist scratches and damage far better than any other natural material, ensuring that the integrity of stored data remains intact over time. The thermal conductivity of diamonds allows for efficient heat dissipation, reducing the risk of thermal-related degradation of the stored keys. To demonstrate the longevity of diamonds compared to conventional data storage mediums, consider the degradation rate of a typical electronic storage device, which can average around 1% per year due to environmental factors. In contrast, diamonds, being impervious to moisture and harmful chemicals with a degradation rate approaching 0.001% per year, provide a significant advantage.

Disaster Proof

Storing and encrypting private keys within diamond offers unparalleled protection against environmental disasters and radiation, primarily due to diamond's unique physical properties. Diamond is a robust material with a high melting point (around 3,550°C) and ability to withstand even the environment of a fusion reactor. Furthermore, the crystalline structure of diamond provides incredible resistance to pressure, enabling it to endure significant physical shock that would compromise conventional cold wallets. When it comes to radiation, diamond exhibits low atomic number elements that minimize interaction with ionizing radiation, thus enhancing the security of the stored data. Unlike traditional physical systems that can be affected by environmental fluctuations or contamination, diamond's inherent chemical stability and impermeability ensure that your private crypto keys remain intact and secure, rendering them virtually invulnerable to factors that jeopardize state of the art cold wallets.

Quantum Encryption

Diamonds, being excellent insulators and boasting a stable crystal lattice structure, can host qubits that maintain coherence over extended periods. This allows for the encoding of cryptographic keys using quantum algorithms, which utilize quantum entanglement and superposition to create complex encryption schemes that are virtually immune to classical hacking methods. First, the diamond is grown with controlled levels of Nitrogen and Xenon through a deposition process with the aid of MW and RF plasma, allowing for layer control. Purified methane and nitrous oxide are used to prolong coherence times and improve fidelity. Through controlled exposure to photons and electrons, quantum atoms known as nitrogen-vacancy centers are manipulated, among others. The unique location, strength, and environment of the quantum states created in each diamond induces a quantum random encryption basis. To probe this environment (aka to succesfully retreive ones encryption basis), a set of magneto-optical pulse sequences can be used. Quantum Encrypted leverages academic support to perform quality assurance on all encryption basis’ created through a pulsed optically detected magnetic resonance setup. The following sequence leverages the magneto-optical control to measure and change one’s encryption basis:

Figure 1

Figure 1 depicts a modified Echo sequence in which certain inhomogenous fields are decoupled with increased coupling to bias fields. A trivial Ramsey magneto-optical pulse sequence involves rotating the qubit to a superposition; after a determined free-precession period, the qubit’s quantum state is projected onto one of the non-zero magnetic or nuclear spin states. To ensure a small form factor while maintaining security against small qubit processors, a multi-stack device architecture is employed as depicted below:

Figure 2

The aforementioned sequence and device architecture are the roots of our encryption basis. By employing physical quantum authenticators, each diamond plate acts as a multi-level PFU.

Example

An example of the following probe measurement and encryption of a wallet address (placeholder for private key) is seen below:

Wallet Address: 2w9p5rvGVHYaFG3WZ3rrpyWTBpFbwQiLZ8XwEY8v3x5a

Public Keys: 101m110m0p110p00p11mp 0150 0248

SFHUGFYFTYDFV6YUFRCSC45WC65UFGHGH8O7V5

Overall, the inherent stability of diamonds protects against environmental factors that may compromise traditional storage systems, thereby ensuring that quantum states remain intact and secure. Quantum Shield serves as a cold wallet to encrypt and store private key hashes. Consequently, this innovative approach to key storage ensures a robust defense against data breaches and unauthorized access, positioning diamond-based quantum storage as the forefront of securing digital assets.

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Setting Up

Customers that purchase the Quantum Shield 1.0 will receive a physical diamond device with dimensions up to 50 mm x 50 mm x 1 mm. The dimensions will vary depending on user storage requirements. Without the quantum probe, the user will use the given paper basis to convert their private key hash to a set of public key hashes. The paper basis mirrors the quantum encryption basis built innately into the diamond. Each Diamond Shield produced has a unique basis. These public keys should be written down and can be posted on the internet. The paper basis must then be burnt to maintain the security of Diamond Shield. The piece of diamond is now the only way to recover the private key hash from the public hashes. If the user purchases the quantum probe, the paper basis will only be used as a measurement confirmation. The user will use the quantum probe to produce the encryption basis by probing the quantum properties of the diamond wallet. The user will then use the basis to convert their private key hash to public key hashes. The paper basis must once again be burned. If the measured basis does not match the paper basis, it is likely the wallet was damaged and/or compromised along its delivery. In such situation, please contact us. For aid in producing the encryption basis and using it to encrypt hashes, refer to the manual provided upon purchase of Diamond Shield 1.0.

Proof of Concept

To demonstrate a proof of concept of physical quantum encryption, and frankly the one needed for cold wallets, we deployed a SOL token with wallets whose private hashes have been encrypted via Quantum Shield 1.0 with the following public hashes:

8WLqQ7tdNELagwmdyjUkzSUysWRQnAfKJ79HTdHLAjRE 0150

1101010101m101010101p1m1m1m1010101m1mp1p1pmp10101m1pm111110

DtgLsByMTSG67sevJHracjCYhtYe3mddWJua6RsD2LX1

1011111mmm1pp1p1m101010010mp0p1 0328