A Scheme of Rational Secret Sharing against Cheating

To address the issues and deficiencies of the traditional secret sharing scheme, we propose a rational secret sharing mechanism which applies game theory into secret sharing protocol. The paper mainly focuses on the secret sharing participants, who are rational, selfish and want to obtain the maximum benefit, how to detect cheat and take some punishable strategies to avoid being deceived under the condition of not revealing their secret share. By detailed analysis, we find that the scheme combining with the advantages of game theory and traditional secret sharing is feasible, secure and effective.