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Single-Shuffle Full-Open Card-Based Protocols for Any Function

Cryptography and Security 2025-10-21 v1

Abstract

A card-based secure computation protocol is a method for nn parties to compute a function ff on their private inputs (x1,,xn)(x_1,\ldots,x_n) using physical playing cards, in such a way that the suits of revealed cards leak no information beyond the value of f(x1,,xn)f(x_1,\ldots,x_n). A \textit{single-shuffle full-open} protocol is a minimal model of card-based secure computation in which, after the parties place face-down cards representing their inputs, a single shuffle operation is performed and then all cards are opened to derive the output. Despite the simplicity of this model, the class of functions known to admit single-shuffle full-open protocols has been limited to a few small examples. In this work, we prove for the first time that every function admits a single-shuffle full-open protocol. We present two constructions that offer a trade-off between the number of cards and the complexity of the shuffle operation. These feasibility results are derived from a novel connection between single-shuffle full-open protocols and a cryptographic primitive known as \textit{Private Simultaneous Messages} protocols, which has rarely been studied in the context of card-based cryptography. We also present variants of single-shuffle protocols in which only a subset of cards are revealed. These protocols reduce the complexity of the shuffle operation compared to existing protocols in the same setting.

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@article{arxiv.2510.17308,
  title  = {Single-Shuffle Full-Open Card-Based Protocols for Any Function},
  author = {Reo Eriguchi and Kazumasa Shinagawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.17308},
  year   = {2025}
}
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