The Big Game — but Bob and Alice just don’t trust each other or, in fact, anyone: The Mental Poker Problem

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Coinmonks
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4 min readJul 31, 2018

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We have a major competition … it’s Bob playing Alice in the greatest game of poker ever created. But neither Bob nor Alice trust each other to deal, as they think the other one will cheat, and they don’t trust anyone else, as each of the dealers selected has some bias towards Bob or Alice.

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
Coinmonks

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.