Quantum Protocol for Cheat-Sensitive Weak Coin Flipping

R. W. Spekkens and Terry Rudolph
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 227901 – Published 6 November 2002

Abstract

We present a quantum protocol for the task of weak coin flipping. We find that, for one choice of parameters in the protocol, the maximum probability of a dishonest party winning the coin flip if the other party is honest is 1/2. We also show that if parties restrict themselves to strategies wherein they cannot be caught cheating, their maximum probability of winning can be even smaller. As such, the protocol offers additional security in the form of cheat sensitivity.

  • Received 27 February 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.227901

©2002 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

R. W. Spekkens1,* and Terry Rudolph2,3,†

  • 1University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7
  • 2Bell Labs, 600-700 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
  • 3Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria

  • *Electronic address: spekkens@physics.utoronto.ca
  • Electronic address: rudolpht@bell-labs.com

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Vol. 89, Iss. 22 — 25 November 2002

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