Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoIntroducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | The Tor Projectblog.torproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down11 cross-posted to: privacyguides@lemmy.onehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansprivacy@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down2·2 days agoIt’s not like it’s going to consume electricity like Bitcoin. PoW was first conceptualized as an anti spam method. It’s just a little overhead to make it expensive to make DOS attacks. This makes perfect sense.
minus-squareMubelotix@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIt will, but that’s the point. Costing money
It’s not like it’s going to consume electricity like Bitcoin.
PoW was first conceptualized as an anti spam method. It’s just a little overhead to make it expensive to make DOS attacks. This makes perfect sense.
It will, but that’s the point. Costing money