Here you will find the instructions to participate in the Burrow incentivized testnet! Users who will help us in testing the network may earn community allocations of the future WORM token!
If you’re interested in the innovative mining mechanism of the WORM project, you can easily participate in our testnet!
- Get some Sepolia ETH tokens (you can obtain them from faucets).
- Buy BETH tokens through the ETH/BETH Uniswap pool: https://app.uniswap.org/explore/pools/ethereum_sepolia/0x646b5eB499411390448b5e21838aCB8B2FF548dA
- Visit WORM’s web mining frontend: https://worm.cx/app/mine
- Connect your wallet and check your BETH balance.
- Participate in WORM epochs and claim your WORM tokens!
(A detailed explanation of the participation logic is available at the conclusion of the next section.)
In order to participate in the testnet you'll need:
- An x86-64 machine or VPS or dedicated-server with at least 16GB of RAM (WARN: ARM / Apple Silicon devices are not supported!)
- At least 1.0 Sepolia ETH which you may get from Sepolia faucets
Test on Debian/Ubuntu systems:
sudo apt install -y build-essential cmake libgmp-dev libsodium-dev nasm curl m4 git wget unzip nlohmann-json3-dev
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
git clone https://github.com/worm-privacy/miner && cd miner
Remove parameters from the old testnets: rm -rf ~/.worm-miner and then:
make download_params
cargo install --path .
Burn 1 ETH, and use reveal all of it in the same transaction. This means no remaining amount is left for later spending:
worm-miner burn \
--network sepolia \
--private-key [YOUR PRIVATE-KEY] \
--amount 1 \
--spend 1 \
This will mint 1 BETH to your address
To verify the minted balance:
worm-miner info \
--network sepolia \
--private-key [YOUR PRIVATE-KEY]
The mining process is split into two commands:
participate→ Register to mine WORM in future epochs.claim→ Collect WORM rewards for completed epochs.
- Epoch Duration: Each epoch lasts 10 minutes.
- Fixed Rewards: A fixed total amount of WORM is generated in every epoch (50 WORM per epoch).
Your personal reward in an epoch depends on how much BETH you commit compared to other participants.
The distribution is proportional, meaning your share is:
Your WORM reward = (Your BETH committed / Total BETH committed in the epoch) × Total WORM for the epoch
Suppose each epoch generates 100 WORM:
- Alice commits 0.5 BETH
- Bob commits 1.0 BETH
- Carol commits 1.5 BETH
➡️ Total committed = 3.0 BETH
Rewards distribution:
- Alice:
(0.5 / 3.0) × 100 = 16.67 WORM - Bob:
(1.0 / 3.0) × 100 = 33.33 WORM - Carol:
(1.5 / 3.0) × 100 = 50.00 WORM
At the end of the epoch, when each participant calls claim, they will receive their portion of WORM.
- Committing more BETH increases your share, but the reward depends on the relative contribution of all participants.
- If you are the only participant, you receive 100% of the WORM generated for that epoch.
- Unclaimed rewards remain available until you explicitly run the
claimcommand.
Before participating, you can check the current epoch and related details:
worm-miner info --network sepolia --private-key [YOUR PRIVATE-KEY]example output:
Current epoch: 0
BETH balance: 0.595000000000000000
WORM balance: 0.000000000000000000
Claimable WORM (10 last epochs): 0.000000000000000000
Epoch #0 => 0.002000000000000000 / 0.002000000000000000 (Expecting 50.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #1 => 0.002000000000000000 / 0.002000000000000000 (Expecting 50.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #2 => 0.002000000000000000 / 0.002000000000000000 (Expecting 50.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #3 => 0.000000000000000000 / 0.000000000000000000 (Expecting 0.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #4 => 0.000000000000000000 / 0.000000000000000000 (Expecting 0.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #5 => 0.000000000000000000 / 0.000000000000000000 (Expecting 0.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #6 => 0.000000000000000000 / 0.000000000000000000 (Expecting 0.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #7 => 0.000000000000000000 / 0.000000000000000000 (Expecting 0.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #8 => 0.000000000000000000 / 0.000000000000000000 (Expecting 0.000000000000000000 WORM)
Epoch #9 => 0.000000000000000000 / 0.000000000000000000 (Expecting 0.000000000000000000 WORM)
To register for mining, use the participate command:
worm-miner participate \
--amount-per-epoch 0.002 \
--num-epochs 3 \
--private-key [YOUR PRIVATE KEY] \
--network sepolia
Where:
--amount-per-epoch→ The amount of BETH you commit per epoch.--num-epochs→ Number of future epochs you want to participate in, starting from the current available epoch.--private-key→ Your Ethereum private key (used to sign the transaction).--network→ The target network (anvil, sepolia, etc.).
At the end of an epoch, participants can claim their WORM rewards based on their share of committed BETH.
worm-miner claim \
--from-epoch 0 \
--network sepolia \
--num-epochs 1 \
--private-key [YOUR PRIVATE-KEY]
Where:
--from-epoch→ The starting epoch index from which you want to claim rewards.--num-epochs→ The number of epochs to claim rewards for (starting from from-epoch).--private-key→ Your Ethereum private key (used to sign the claim transaction).--network→ The target network (anvil, sepolia, etc.).
➡️ Example: With --from-epoch 0 and --num-epochs 1, you will claim rewards for epoch 0 only. ➡️ Example: If you set --amount-per-epoch 0.002 and --num-epochs 3, you will commit 0.002 BETH for each of the next 3 epochs.
Participation Flow:
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Use worm-miner info to check the current epoch.
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Use worm-miner participate to commit BETH for upcoming epochs.
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After epochs are completed, use worm-miner claim to collect your WORM rewards.