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minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up73·edit-214 hours agoNon paywalled link https://archive.is/VcoE1 It basically boils down to making the browser do some cpu heavy calculations before allowing access. This is no problem for a single user, but for a bot farm this would increase the amount of compute power they need 100x or more.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up44·14 hours agoExactly. It’s called proof-of-work and was originally invented to reduce spam emails but was later used by Bitcoin to control its growth speed
minus-squareRandomTester@lemmybefree.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoit wasn’t made for bitcoin originally? didn’t know that!
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 hours agoThank you for the link. Good read
Non paywalled link https://archive.is/VcoE1
It basically boils down to making the browser do some cpu heavy calculations before allowing access. This is no problem for a single user, but for a bot farm this would increase the amount of compute power they need 100x or more.
Exactly. It’s called proof-of-work and was originally invented to reduce spam emails but was later used by Bitcoin to control its growth speed
it wasn’t made for bitcoin originally? didn’t know that!
Thank you for the link. Good read