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SUBMITTER: Berlin G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3482630 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berlín Guido G Brassard Gilles G Bussières Félix F Godbout Nicolas N Slater Joshua A JA Tittel Wolfgang W
Nature communications 20111129
Coin flipping is a cryptographic primitive in which two distrustful parties wish to generate a random bit to choose between two alternatives. This task is impossible to realize when it relies solely on the asynchronous exchange of classical bits: one dishonest player has complete control over the final outcome. It is only when coin flipping is supplemented with quantum communication that this problem can be alleviated, although partial bias remains. Unfortunately, practical systems are subject t ...[more]