Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoIntroducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | The Tor Projectblog.torproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkIntroducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | The Tor Projectblog.torproject.orgPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square19fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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.
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.