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Cryptography and Game Theory

Stub. Contrasting secure multiparty computation with game-theoretic solution concepts, and the two-way influence between crypto and game theory (rational secret sharing, etc.). (AGT ch. 8)

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Where cryptography’s “ideal functionality” meets game theory’s “equilibrium”: how MPC’s adversarial guarantees differ from a Nash equilibrium’s incentive guarantees, and results in both directions — cryptography borrowing game-theoretic rationality assumptions (rational secret sharing) and game theory borrowing cryptographic tools (commitment, correlated-equilibrium implementation).

Outline (TODO — flesh out each)

  • Cryptographic notions and settings (MPC, ideal functionalities)
  • Game theory notions and settings recap
  • Contrasting MPC and games: what guarantees differ and why
  • Cryptographic influences on game theory
  • Game-theoretic influences on cryptography (e.g. rational secret sharing)

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