Show HN: I made a full Ethereum account-proof circuit in Circom

Re:Show HN: I made a full Ethereum account-proof circuit in ... by sfmz on Saturday July 26, 2025 @11:53AM (#44695004)

Is this an accurate summary?:

Burn ETH to get a receipt-token that says you burned ETH. The private receipt-token you receive is valuable because:

It cost real ETH to mint

It’s untraceable and scarce

It can be traded, used, or staked

It opens access to private ecosystems (like voting)

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Re:Show HN: I made a full Ethereum account-proof circuit in ... by keyvank on Sunday July 27, 2025 @10:32AM (#44701606)

Almost correct! Though the system consists of 2 tokens. BETH which is 1:1 ERC-20 receipt of burnt ETH, and WORM which has a limited cap & limited emission of 50 WORM per 30 minutes which can be mined by consuming BETH :)

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Re:Show HN: I made a full Ethereum account-proof circuit in ... by sfmz on Monday July 28, 2025 @08:10AM (#44710050)

So the receipt-token is converted to the WORM so it becomes untraceable, kind of like tornado cash. Do you mean mined or just converted? Mined kind of implies a lottery-like system to me.

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