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QMA Arguments Needed Only Collapsing Hash Functions

A claw-state protocol bootstrapped many quantum correlations using classical communication.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-29-019
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Summary

A claw-state protocol bootstrapped many quantum correlations using classical communication.

Bartusek and Malavolta construct succinct arguments for QMA from collapsing hash functions, an assumption not known to imply public-key encryption. Their quantum-succinct claw-state protocol expands a small set of correlations and feeds a communication-compression compiler. The result is a cryptographic construction under stated assumptions, not an implementation benchmark.

Why it matters

A claw-state protocol bootstrapped many quantum correlations using classical communication.

Limits and context

  • Bartusek and Malavolta construct succinct arguments for QMA from collapsing hash functions, an assumption not known to imply public-key encryption.
  • The result is a cryptographic construction under stated assumptions, not an implementation benchmark.

Key claims

  1. A claw-state protocol bootstrapped many quantum correlations using classical communication.

    Qualification: Bartusek and Malavolta construct succinct arguments for QMA from collapsing hash functions, an assumption not known to imply public-key encryption.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-29-021

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2609.35633arXiv · primary research

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