67 chains. Each one walked as far as the message says, then stopped.
ΛΗΘΗLETHE
An address that forgets.
Ethereum accounts held by a one time hash signature. No elliptic curve anywhere on the path, nothing registered to open one, no code left at it afterwards.
- digest
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- key commitment
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- signature
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Three things hold it up.
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The address is the key.
Registered nowhere. It holds funds while carrying no code and no entry in any list.
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The key signs once.
Winternitz over keccak256. No public key is ever published before use, and the one published at use is already burned.
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Nothing of yours touches it.
A spend is a signed blob. Anyone may carry it. Your other addresses never pay its gas.