Hi MarkM,

Thank you for the excellent and insightful question. It’s a crucial point, and it gets right to the heart of why we believe the Zensia project is a necessary endeavor.

You are absolutely right to draw a parallel with Diamond (DMD). We have a great deal of respect for the DMD project, particularly for its incredible resilience and its long-standing, community-driven ethos, which has been its hallmark since it was founded back in 2013. Its ability to survive and adapt is a testament to its community's strength.

The core of your question—"wouldn't it make sense to add zk-SNARK stuff to Diamond DMD?"—is where our foundational philosophies diverge. The difference can be best described as iteration vs. inception.
Diamond's strength lies in its successful history of iteration. It has pragmatically evolved over the years by integrating proven, successful technologies from across the industry. Its most recent major upgrade to DMDv4, which made it fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), is a perfect example of this. This has made DMD a powerful and interoperable platform for transparent smart contracts, and its entire ecosystem is built upon that transparent, account-based ledger.

Zensia, on the other hand, is a project of inception. Our guiding principle is to explore "how Satoshi would design Bitcoin in 2025," which means starting from a blank slate with privacy as the primary, non-negotiable foundation. We believe that for privacy to be truly robust and the default for all users, it cannot be an optional layer or an added feature. It must be woven into the very fabric of the protocol from the first line of code.
This brings us to the technical challenge of simply "adding zk-SNARKs." True, protocol-level privacy of the kind Zensia envisions requires a fundamentally different architecture—a shielded ledger where transaction amounts, senders, and receivers are not public by default. DMD is built on a transparent ledger, which is essential for its EVM compatibility and current dApps.

Attempting to retrofit a native privacy model onto DMD would not be a simple "addition." It would require a fundamental, breaking change to its core architecture. This would not only be an immense technical challenge but would also invalidate the entire existing ecosystem of tools, smart contracts, and applications that the DMD community has worked for years to build.
So, while we share the goal of a community-driven project, our architectural destination is completely different. We believe that trying to force DMD down a path of native privacy would be a disservice to its own unique strengths and accomplishments.

Instead, Zensia is charting a new course to see what is possible when a system is designed for privacy from day one. We see these two approaches not as competitive, but as complementary and vital to a healthy, diverse decentralized ecosystem.
Thanks again for the thoughtful engagement. It’s exactly this kind of critical thinking that helps push open-source projects forward.

All the best.

I am not a developer or a member of the team; the topic was started for the purpose of familiarizing with the project.

WORM: Private ETH Burning for Creating a Scarce Token – The Future of Privacy in Crypto!

Hi, friends! I want to tell you about a cool project called WORM, which combines privacy, scarcity, and real value based on burning Ethereum (ETH). If you're a newbie in crypto and don't understand complex techniques like zk-SNARKs or EIP-7503, don't worry – I'll explain everything in simple language, step by step. This project can interest both traders and those who value anonymity in the blockchain world. Let's figure out what it is, how it works, and why it's worth paying attention.

What is WORM and why is it needed?
Imagine: you want to create a valuable token, but not just like that, but based on real "sacrifice" – burning ETH. Burning means that ETH is forever removed from circulation, becoming inaccessible. But in the usual case, it's visible to everyone: who burned it, how much, and from where. WORM changes the rules of the game! This is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, born from private ETH burning. No one will know that it was you who did it – complete anonymity.

The project is based on the idea of "Zero-Knowledge Wormholes" (zero-knowledge "wormholes"), where you "fall" into a private tunnel: burn ETH unnoticed and get a new, scarce asset. This is not just a coin – it's a way to turn lost ETH into something useful, with strict emission limits so that the price grows from scarcity. Ideal for those tired of inflationary tokens and wanting something reliable, like Bitcoin, but with privacy.

How does it work? Simple guide for beginners
Everything is built on two tokens: BETH and WORM. Let's break down the process step by step, as if you're trying it yourself:

1. **Private ETH Burning**: You send your ETH to a special "unspendable" address – it's like a black hole from which nothing returns. But thanks to the magic of zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKs – this is a cryptographic thing that proves a fact without revealing details), no one sees that it was you. It's like sending money to the wrong address "by accident", but actually you control the process. For 1 burned ETH, you get 1 BETH – a private "receipt" of burning.

2. **Minting WORM**: BETH is your lottery ticket. The project divides time into "epochs" (every 30 minutes). In each epoch, exactly 50 WORM are released – no more! These 50 are distributed among all who have BETH, proportionally to their amount. The more BETH you have (i.e., the more ETH you burned), the more WORM you'll get. But if there are many participants in the epoch, your share decreases – this adds strategy: when is it better to enter?

3. **Privacy at Maximum**: Everything is anonymous thanks to zk-SNARKs. No one will link your burned ETH to the new WORM. This is better than mixers like Tornado Cash, because here there are no visible traces of participation in the protocol. Plus, anonymity grows with each new burning – all "lost" ETH on Ethereum become part of the common pool.

In the end, WORM is a scarce asset whose value grows from real ETH burning. No inflation, no halvings – only a strict limit and competition for share.

Why is it interesting and useful?
- **For beginners**: Easy to understand – burn ETH, get a private token that you can trade or use in DeFi. No need for complex wallets or VPN.
- **Privacy**: Ideal for anonymous payments, grants, or donations. Imagine: you donate to charity, but no one knows the source.
- **Scarcity and Growth**: With fixed issuance (50 WORM/epoch), the token becomes rare like gold. Already on testnet, 50 sETH burned and 8000 WORM issued – imagine what will happen on mainnet!
- **Usage**: WORM can be used as collateral in DeFi, speculated on exchanges, or even integrated into games/apps. Plus, the project plans to expand to L2 and rollups for cheap transactions.
- **Security**: Everything on Ethereum smart contracts, with open code. No risk that developers will steal your funds – burning is irreversible but provable.

There are downsides: if implementation goes wrong, there may be risks (like with any new EIP), but the team focuses on security. In discussions on Ethereum Magicians, it was mentioned that this can bypass some regulations, but for users, it's a plus – more freedom.

Team and roadmap
Behind the project are Keyvan Kambakhsh (protocol architect (https://github.com/keyvank)) and Shahriar Ebrahimi (cryptography expert (https://github.com/lovely-necromancer)). They have already deployed the Lindwurm testnet on Sepolia – and it works! Participate: need a machine with 16GB RAM, Ubuntu/Debian, and 1 sETH. Instructions on GitHub.

Roadmap:
- Already done: zk-circuits, contracts, testnet.
- In progress: Integration with DEX and oracles.
- Future: Expansion to L2, DeFi apps, DAO and treasury distribution.

How to join?
- Website: (https://worm.cx/)
- GitHub: (https://github.com/worm-privacy) (https://github.com/worm-privacy/whitepaper)
- X: (https://x.com/eip7503)
- Telegram: (https://t.me/WormPrivacy)
- Discord: (https://discord.gg/Z9TjZhm6qQ)
- EIP-7503: (https://ethereum-magicians.org/t/eip-7503-zero-knowledge-wormholes-private-proof-of-burn-ppob/15456)

Testnet is incentivized – participate and get allocation of real WORM in the future! If you burn ETH collectively, chances for greater reward increase.
(the first phase is completed, but there will be several more phases of the test network ahead), (the test network runs on ETH Sepolia)

What do you think? Let's discuss – the project looks promising for private crypto. 🚀

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Introducing HYPRA: The decentralized and secure Ethereum network

 Hypra is a new blockchain project that aims to revive the original vision of Ethereum as a global, decentralized platform for money and new kinds of applications.
 Hypra is based on a modified version of the Ethereum Go client, which is a fork of the official 1.11.6 release. This was the final release to support Proof-of-Work.
 Development has continued to enable features from post-Merge on ethereum to enable them in a PoW network.

EthashB3: Is a new Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm that replaces the hash functions and DAG generation of ETHash with Blake3.

HYP: The native currency, HYP, which is used to pay for transactions and smart contracts on the network.
 HYP has a fixed supply schedule that starts with 4 HYP per block and gradually decreases to 1 HYP per block after 9 years.
 The total supply up to 9 years will be 124,438,360 HYP, plus block fees and uncle rewards.

Compatibility: Hypra is fully compatible with the Ethereum protocol and EVM, which means that it can run any Ethereum smart contract or decentralized application (dapp) without any modification.
 Hypras goal is the maintain compatability with new Ethereum and Web3 features.
 Recently we have made strides to enable EVM upgrades from Ethereum Shanghai upgrade.

Links

• Discord: https://discord.gg/xCB4AJDEFb
• Website: https://www.hypra.network/
• Explorer: https://explorer.hypra.network/

hi. where can I see a graph of the decrease in reward per block, how does this happen? Will the coin halving or will the reward decrease every block?

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/HypraNetwork
• MiningPoolStats: https://miningpoolstats.stream/hypra

Exchanges

• Xeggex: https://xeggex.com/market/HYPRA_USDT
• Tradeogre: https://tradeogre.com/exchange/HYP-USDT
• Exbitron: https://trade.exbitron.com/trade?market=hyp-usdt

I'm not going to answer to anyone here again. You can talk between yourself but don't expect from me to answer to any troll here. You are free to FUD and believe whatever you want. I will only post updates about the project.

P.S. some of you really need to visit a psychiatrist. Get a life.