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This research unconditionally proves the security of a certifiable randomness protocol within the quantum random oracle model, removing reliance on the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture against low-depth adversaries. By demonstrating that successful preimage sampling requires high-entropy distributions, the work advances foundational understanding of quantumness verification and secure randomness generation in quantum cryptographic settings.
Certified Randomness without Structure Against Shallow-Query Adversaries
arXiv:2608.24832v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In a recent breakthrough, Yamakawa and Zhandry (J. ACM 2024) constructed a proof of quantumness in the quantum random oracle model (QROM) in which the quantum prover samples a codeword preimage of a publicly computable function H. They conjectured that given any H, a successful prover must sample their preimage from a high-entropy distribution over possible answers. If true, this would give a certifiable randomness protocol in the quantum random oracle model. As partial evidence for their conjecture, Yamakawa and Zhandry proved the security of their certifiable randomness protocol assuming the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture. We prove the security of the certifiable randomness protocol of Yamakawa-Zhandry unconditionally, without relying on the unproven Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture, against low query-depth quantum adversaries: specifically, adversaries that make up to o(\log \lambda) adaptive quantum queries to the random oracle.
Abstract:In a recent breakthrough, Yamakawa and Zhandry (J. ACM 2024) constructed a proof of quantumness in the quantum random oracle model (QROM) in which the quantum prover samples a codeword preimage of a publicly computable function H. They conjectured that given any H, a successful prover must sample their preimage from a high-entropy distribution over possible answers. If true, this would give a certifiable randomness protocol in the quantum random oracle model. As partial evidence for their conjecture, Yamakawa and Zhandry proved the security of their certifiable randomness protocol assuming the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture. We prove the security of the certifiable randomness protocol of Yamakawa-Zhandry unconditionally, without relying on the unproven Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture, against low query-depth quantum adversaries: specifically, adversaries that make up to o(\log \lambda) adaptive quantum queries to the random oracle.
Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
arXiv:2608.24832 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2608.24832v1 [quant-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.24832 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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