Efficient electronic gambling: an extended implementation of the toolbox for mental card games

Abstract

There are many wonderful protocols in cryptography which are still waiting for their realization. Here we consider efficient solutions for secure electronic card games. Our contribution seems to be the first known practical implementation that requires no trusted third-party and simultaneously keeps the players' strategies confidential. The provided open source library LibTMCG can be used for creating secure peer-to-peer games and furthermore for some unusual applications, e.g., secure multiparty computation or simple electronic voting schemes.