diff --git a/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/IP/PSPACE.lean b/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/IP/PSPACE.lean
index 3bc71bb2c..1b5c4668e 100644
--- a/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/IP/PSPACE.lean
+++ b/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/IP/PSPACE.lean
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ private theorem computableTidilyInPolyTime_pushStep :
   fun_prop
 
 /-- **The leaf value within polynomial space**: the count of accepting coins, capped. -/
-private theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_leaf [Finite Control] [Inhabited α] :
+private theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_leaf [Finite Control] :
     ComputableTidilyInPolySpace (fun s : EvalState α => min (2 ^ fuel s.1)
       (leafValue (coinFamily M (fuel s.1) (enc s.1)) (GameTree.history s.2.1)))
       (encEvalState enc) encNat := by
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ private theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_leaf [Finite Control] [Inhabited α]
   simp only [leafValue, countAccepts_eq_accepted]
 
 /-- **A step of the evaluation within polynomial space.** -/
-private theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_evalStep [Finite Control] [Inhabited α] :
+private theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_evalStep [Finite Control] :
     ComputableTidilyInPolySpace (evalStep enc M fuel) (encEvalState enc) (encEvalState enc) := by
   have hcond : ComputableTidilyInPolyTime (fun s : EvalState α => s.2.2.isSome)
       (encEvalState enc) encBool := by fun_prop
diff --git a/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/IP/Simulation.lean b/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/IP/Simulation.lean
index c30206ed8..c5e761821 100644
--- a/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/IP/Simulation.lean
+++ b/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/IP/Simulation.lean
@@ -9,19 +9,16 @@ module
 
 public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.Classes.IP.CoinFixing
 public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.Classes.Oracle.Deterministic
+public import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.Classes.SharpP.Space
 public import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolySpace
 public import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolyTime.Configuration
 public import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Encodings.Configuration
-import Complexity.Computability.Complexity.Classes.SharpP.Space
-import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.Binary
 import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolyTime.BitString
 import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolyTime.Finite
 import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolyTime.Fold
 import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolyTime.List
 import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolyTime.Nat
-import Complexity.Computability.Machines.Turing.MultiTape.Complexity.PolyTime.Nat.Binary
 import Complexity.Foundations.Data.Nat.PolynomialBound.Closure
-import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Size
 
 /-!
 # Counting the accepting coins in polynomial space
@@ -36,8 +33,9 @@ history, and in exponential time.
   (`Cslib.Complexity.Interaction.computableTidilyInPolyTime_accepts`): it folds one instruction per
   coin over the configuration of the machine, whose storage grows by a bounded amount per
   instruction.
-* The coin values are enumerated by the binary counter `Cslib.BitString.increment`, and the
-  accepting ones are counted with a binary accumulator (`Cslib.Complexity.Interaction.countAccepts`,
+* The coin values are enumerated by the binary counter of the shared streaming count
+  `Cslib.Complexity.streamAcceptCount`, and the accepting ones are counted with a binary accumulator
+  (`Cslib.Complexity.Interaction.countAccepts`,
   `Cslib.Complexity.Interaction.countAccepts_eq_accepted`), within polynomial space
   (`Turing.MultiTapeTM.ComputableTidilyInPolySpace`,
   `Cslib.Complexity.Interaction.computableTidilyInPolySpace_countAccepts`).
@@ -67,8 +65,6 @@ open _root_.Turing _root_.Turing.MultiTapeTM
 
 namespace Interaction
 
-open Cslib.BitString (increment lsbValue)
-
 /-! ### A live replay -/
 
 /-- Histories, encoded as lists of pairs of words. -/
@@ -341,84 +337,23 @@ section Count
 
 variable {α : Type} (enc : α ↪ List Bool) (fuel : α → ℕ)
 
-/-- One round of the count: test the coins, add the verdict, and move on to the next coins. -/
-def countStep (s : (α × History) × List Bool × ℕ) : (α × History) × List Bool × ℕ :=
-  (s.1, increment s.2.1, s.2.2 + if accepts M (enc s.1.1) s.2.1 s.1.2 then 1 else 0)
-
 /-- The number of accepting values of `fuel a` coins after the history `h`, counted by trying the
-coins one after another with a binary counter. -/
+coins one after another with a binary counter (`Cslib.Complexity.streamAcceptCount`). -/
 def countAccepts (q : α × History) : ℕ :=
-  ((countStep M enc)^[2 ^ fuel q.1] (q, List.replicate (fuel q.1) false, 0)).2.2
-
-open Classical in
-/-- After `j` rounds the count has tried the first `j` values of the counter. -/
-private theorem iterate_countStep (q : α × History) (m j : ℕ) :
-    (countStep M enc)^[j] (q, List.replicate m false, 0) =
-      (q, increment^[j] (List.replicate m false),
-        ((Finset.range j).filter fun i =>
-          accepts M (enc q.1) (increment^[i] (List.replicate m false)) q.2).card) := by
-  induction j with
-  | zero => simp
-  | succ j ih =>
-    rw [Function.iterate_succ_apply', ih]
-    simp only [countStep, Function.iterate_succ_apply', Prod.mk.injEq, true_and]
-    rw [Finset.range_add_one, Finset.filter_insert]
-    split_ifs with hacc
-    · rw [Finset.card_insert_of_notMem (by simp)]
-    · rfl
-
-open Classical in
+  streamAcceptCount (fun p : (α × History) × List Bool => accepts M (enc p.1.1) p.2 p.1.2) q
+    (fuel q.1)
+
 /-- **The count of accepting coins**: `countAccepts` is the number of coin values of `fuel a` coins
 whose programs accept after the history. -/
 theorem countAccepts_eq_accepted (q : α × History) :
     countAccepts M enc fuel q = accepted (coinFamily M (fuel q.1) (enc q.1)) q.2 := by
-  rw [countAccepts, iterate_countStep, accepted]
-  simp only
-  set t := fuel q.1
-  refine Finset.card_bij'
-    (fun i _ j => (increment^[i] (List.replicate t false)).getD j false)
-    (fun f _ => lsbValue (List.ofFn f)) ?_ ?_ ?_ ?_
-  · intro i hi
-    simp only [Finset.mem_filter, Finset.mem_range, Finset.mem_univ, true_and] at hi ⊢
-    obtain ⟨_, hl⟩ := BitString.iterate_increment t i hi.1
-    have hofFn : List.ofFn (fun j : Fin t =>
-        (increment^[i] (List.replicate t false)).getD j false) =
-        increment^[i] (List.replicate t false) := by
-      refine List.ext_getElem (by simp [hl]) fun j h₁ h₂ => ?_
-      simp
-    rw [coinFamily, hofFn]
-    exact (accepts_eq_true_iff_of_length M hl _).mp hi.2
-  · intro f hf
-    simp only [Finset.mem_filter, Finset.mem_range, Finset.mem_univ, true_and] at hf ⊢
-    have hlt := BitString.lsbValue_lt (List.ofFn f)
-    rw [List.length_ofFn] at hlt
-    refine ⟨hlt, ?_⟩
-    have := BitString.iterate_increment_lsbValue (List.ofFn f)
-    rw [List.length_ofFn] at this
-    rw [this]
-    exact (accepts_eq_true_iff_of_length M (List.length_ofFn (f := f)) _).mpr hf
-  · intro i hi
-    simp only [Finset.mem_filter, Finset.mem_range] at hi
-    obtain ⟨hv, hl⟩ := BitString.iterate_increment t i hi.1
-    have hofFn : List.ofFn (fun j : Fin t =>
-        (increment^[i] (List.replicate t false)).getD j false) =
-        increment^[i] (List.replicate t false) := by
-      refine List.ext_getElem (by simp [hl]) fun j h₁ h₂ => ?_
-      simp
-    rw [hofFn, hv]
-  · intro f _
-    funext j
-    have := BitString.iterate_increment_lsbValue (List.ofFn f)
-    rw [List.length_ofFn] at this
-    rw [this]
-    simp
+  rw [countAccepts, streamAcceptCount_eq_acceptCount, acceptCount, accepted]
+  exact congrArg Finset.card (Finset.filter_congr fun r _ =>
+    accepts_eq_true_iff_of_length M (List.length_ofFn (f := r)) q.2)
 
 /-- **The count of accepting coins within polynomial space**, in the input and the history, for a
 number of coins computed in polynomial time. -/
--- Retain the original `Inhabited α` argument for API compatibility; the generic counter does
--- not need it.
-@[nolint unusedArguments]
-theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_countAccepts [Finite Control] [Inhabited α]
+theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_countAccepts [Finite Control]
     (hfuel : ComputableTidilyInPolyTime fuel enc encUnary) :
     ComputableTidilyInPolySpace (countAccepts M enc fuel) (encPair enc encHistory) encNat := by
   have hfuel' : ComputableTidilyInPolyTime (fun q : α × History => fuel q.1)
@@ -427,13 +362,8 @@ theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_countAccepts [Finite Control] [Inhabited α]
   have hverify : ComputableTidilyInPolyTime
       (fun p : (α × History) × List Bool => accepts M (enc p.1.1) p.2 p.1.2)
       (encPair (encPair enc encHistory) encBits) encBool := by fun_prop
-  refine (computableTidilyInPolySpace_acceptCount hverify hfuel').congr fun q => ?_
-  rw [countAccepts_eq_accepted]
-  unfold acceptCount accepted
-  apply congrArg Finset.card
-  apply Finset.filter_congr
-  intro r _
-  exact accepts_eq_true_iff_of_length M (List.length_ofFn (f := r)) q.2
+  exact (computableTidilyInPolySpace_acceptCount hverify hfuel').congr fun q =>
+    (streamAcceptCount_eq_acceptCount _ q _).symm
 
 end Count
 
diff --git a/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/SharpP/Space.lean b/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/SharpP/Space.lean
index 22a5e446e..04898d3ae 100644
--- a/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/SharpP/Space.lean
+++ b/Complexity/Computability/Complexity/Classes/SharpP/Space.lean
@@ -25,11 +25,17 @@ import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Size
 Enumerate certificates with a fixed-width binary counter and keep the number accepted in a
 binary accumulator. The exponentially many iterations reuse their workspace: a certificate of
 length `m` needs `m` cells and its acceptance count has at most `m + 1` bits. This is the usual
-polynomial-space simulation of counting [AroraBarak09]. The implementation generalizes the
-coin enumerator in `Cslib.Complexity.Interaction` to arbitrary polynomial-time verifiers.
+polynomial-space simulation of counting [AroraBarak09]. The interactive-proof simulation counts
+its accepting coins with the same counter (`Cslib.Complexity.Interaction.countAccepts`).
+
+## Main definitions
+
+* `Cslib.Complexity.acceptCountStep`: one round of the count: test, accumulate, advance the counter.
+* `Cslib.Complexity.streamAcceptCount`: the count obtained by running every value of the counter.
 
 ## Main results
 
+* `Cslib.Complexity.streamAcceptCount_eq_acceptCount`: the streaming count is `acceptCount`.
 * `Cslib.Complexity.computableTidilyInPolySpace_acceptCount`: count accepted certificates of a
   polynomial-time unary length, with binary output.
 * `Cslib.Complexity.SharpP.computableTidilyInPolySpace`: every #P function is computable within
@@ -50,27 +56,35 @@ open Cslib.BitString (increment lsbValue)
 
 variable {α : Type} {enc : α ↪ List Bool}
 
-private def countStep (V : α × List Bool → Bool) (s : α × List Bool × ℕ) :
-    α × List Bool × ℕ :=
+/-- One round of the streaming count of the certificates that `V` accepts: test the current
+certificate, add the verdict to the accumulator and advance the binary counter. -/
+def acceptCountStep (V : α × List Bool → Bool) (s : α × List Bool × ℕ) : α × List Bool × ℕ :=
   (s.1, increment s.2.1, s.2.2 + if V (s.1, s.2.1) then 1 else 0)
 
-private theorem iterate_countStep (V : α × List Bool → Bool) (a : α) (m j : ℕ) :
-    (countStep V)^[j] (a, List.replicate m false, 0) =
+/-- The number of certificates of length `t` that `V` accepts together with `a`, counted by running
+`acceptCountStep` over all `2 ^ t` values of a `t`-bit binary counter. It equals `acceptCount V a t`
+(`streamAcceptCount_eq_acceptCount`) and needs only the counter and the accumulator as workspace. -/
+def streamAcceptCount (V : α × List Bool → Bool) (a : α) (t : ℕ) : ℕ :=
+  ((acceptCountStep V)^[2 ^ t] (a, List.replicate t false, 0)).2.2
+
+private theorem iterate_acceptCountStep (V : α × List Bool → Bool) (a : α) (m j : ℕ) :
+    (acceptCountStep V)^[j] (a, List.replicate m false, 0) =
       (a, increment^[j] (List.replicate m false),
         ((Finset.range j).filter fun i => V (a, increment^[i] (List.replicate m false))).card) := by
   induction j with
   | zero => simp
   | succ j ih =>
     rw [Function.iterate_succ_apply', ih]
-    simp only [countStep, Function.iterate_succ_apply', Prod.mk.injEq, true_and]
+    simp only [acceptCountStep, Function.iterate_succ_apply', Prod.mk.injEq, true_and]
     rw [Finset.range_add_one, Finset.filter_insert]
     split_ifs with hacc
     · rw [Finset.card_insert_of_notMem (by simp)]
     · rfl
 
-private theorem countStep_eq_acceptCount (V : α × List Bool → Bool) (a : α) (t : ℕ) :
-    ((countStep V)^[2 ^ t] (a, List.replicate t false, 0)).2.2 = acceptCount V a t := by
-  rw [iterate_countStep, acceptCount]
+/-- The streaming count of accepted certificates is `acceptCount`. -/
+theorem streamAcceptCount_eq_acceptCount (V : α × List Bool → Bool) (a : α) (t : ℕ) :
+    streamAcceptCount V a t = acceptCount V a t := by
+  rw [streamAcceptCount, iterate_acceptCountStep, acceptCount]
   simp only
   refine Finset.card_bij'
     (fun i _ j => (increment^[i] (List.replicate t false)).getD j false)
@@ -130,9 +144,9 @@ theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_acceptCount {V : α × List Bool → Bool} {
       (((ComputableTidilyInPolyTime.bitsReplicate false).comp hr).prod
         (ComputableTidilyInPolyTime.const 0))
   have hinc := ComputableTidilyInPolyTime.increment
-  have hstep : ComputableTidilyInPolyTime (countStep V)
+  have hstep : ComputableTidilyInPolyTime (acceptCountStep V)
       (encPair enc (encPair encBits encNat)) (encPair enc (encPair encBits encNat)) := by
-    unfold countStep
+    unfold acceptCountStep
     fun_prop
   have hlen := hr.polyBounded_length
   simp only [encUnary_apply, List.length_replicate] at hlen
@@ -142,8 +156,8 @@ theorem computableTidilyInPolySpace_acceptCount {V : α × List Bool → Bool} {
     (fun a j hj => ?_)
   · exact ((ComputableTidilyInPolySpace.of_polyTime
       ((ComputableTidilyInPolyTime.snd _ _).snd')).comp hit).congr
-        fun a => countStep_eq_acceptCount V a (r a)
-  · rw [iterate_countStep]
+        fun a => streamAcceptCount_eq_acceptCount V a (r a)
+  · rw [iterate_acceptCountStep]
     have hcard : ((Finset.range j).filter fun i =>
         V (a, increment^[i] (List.replicate (r a) false))).card ≤ 2 ^ r a :=
       (Finset.card_filter_le _ _).trans (by simpa using hj)
diff --git a/ComplexityTests/CountingSpace.lean b/ComplexityTests/CountingSpace.lean
index d9104e286..493c511c5 100644
--- a/ComplexityTests/CountingSpace.lean
+++ b/ComplexityTests/CountingSpace.lean
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ example : acceptCount firstBit [] 4 = 8 := by decide
 
 example : acceptCount (fun _ : List Bool × List Bool => true) [] 0 = 1 := by decide
 
+-- The streaming counter runs through all `2 ^ 4` certificates and agrees with `acceptCount`.
+example : streamAcceptCount firstBit [] 4 = 8 := by decide
+
+example : streamAcceptCount firstBit [] 4 = acceptCount firstBit [] 4 :=
+  streamAcceptCount_eq_acceptCount firstBit [] 4
+
 example : ComputableTidilyInPolySpace
     (fun w : List Bool => acceptCount firstBit w (w.length + 1)) encBits encNat :=
   computableTidilyInPolySpace_acceptCount firstBit_polyTime (by fun_prop)