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0 pointspmontra26d ago0 comments

It will not scare away bots but 10 seconds of wait (CPU or only a sleep) will turn away many real users. "This site is so slow, I'll use something else." A kind of reverse captcha.

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Hnrobert4226d ago· 2 in thread

Maybe, the proof of work can run in the background.

btown26d ago

Or it can run as part of a checkout wizard's "verifying your browser and processing your payment, don't close your tab" step.

mattstir25d ago

At which point it exists solely to punish real human users? What scraper bot is going through checkout?

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