brugeman on Nostr: PoW is not a solution, just like IP blocking. A botnet will have a) many IPs b) much ...
PoW is not a solution, just like IP blocking. A botnet will have a) many IPs b) much free CPU. The only long-term solution seems to be LN payments for relay use, including reading from relay.
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2022-12-21 11:09:06Event JSON
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