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View SchemaIs Quantum Bit Commitment Really Possible?
| Authors | Hoi-Kwong Lo, H. F. Chau |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9603004 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9603004 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.3410 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 3410 (1997) |
Abstract
We show that all proposed quantum bit commitment schemes are insecure because the sender, Alice, can almost always cheat successfully by using an Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen type of attack and delaying her measurement until she opens her commitment.
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