Alex on Nostr: Proton Mail requires proof-of-work with their captcha. But it's not just one - the ...
Proton Mail requires proof-of-work with their captcha. But it's not just one - the client has to solve 32 PoW challenges.
This is interesting because this work can run in parallel. The difficulty is only 13, so each one should take less than a second to solve in theory. I'm still thinking it through.
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2024-10-04 18:43:53Event JSON
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