tornado-cash-docs/circuits/anonymity-mining/README.md

Anonymity Mining

The anonymity mining protocol underpins the Anonymity Mining Program, which rewards users according to the block duration that they wait before withdrawing their deposits.

Anonymity Mining uses a Tornado Trees contract as a ZK-efficient register of deposit and withdrawal transactions, which enables users to make efficient proofs regarding their usage.

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Once deposits and withdrawals are registered into the Tornado Trees contract, they become eligible for having their rewards claimed into a shielded AP account.

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