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0 pointsnoxer4y ago0 comments

There is no way to prevent people from optimizing PoW for spamming.

Generating 1MM units of PoW will always be more efficient than 1MM people generating each 1 unit of PoW.

Optimization always works better at scale. Therefore an attacker always has the upper hand.

PoW is absolutely useless as a CAPTCHA and doesn't even do what C.A.P.T.C.H.A. says.

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inter_netuser4y ago· 3 in thread

exactly. just ask for sats via LN.

noxerOP4y ago

We can already stream money with https://webmonetization.org/docs/explainer/ Doesn't matter if the underling "wallet" is a blockchain or some other ledger like system.

so a 402, but in reverse? the user-agent gets paid, instead of server?

sneak4y ago

And then you're either a licensed/regulated business, or a money launderer.

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