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minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up66·edit-213 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-up39·13 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-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 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
Thank you for the link. Good read