Ben Eng on Nostr: Is there an OAuth 2.0 authorization server that can authenticate using proof of work? ...

Is there an OAuth 2.0 authorization server that can authenticate using proof of work? I've never heard of such a thing, but sounds like something worth having for certain use cases. That is, open access API that does not allow spam bots.

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This really is the worst. Instagram started the trend with their hideous "log in or else" flow. Then Twitter and reddit went to insanely privacy-hostile API changes instead of simply requiring a proof of work or anon payment. Even some major nostr relays seem to be doing Tor blocking now (damus? Not sure, but I get a ton of errors connecting to certain relays via Tor.)

Platforms have become so fearful of bots/spam/scraping (or rather pretend to be fearful, so as to justify blatantly commercial and anti-social decision-making) that they've totally destroyed the open access model that a functioning freenet depends on.

This is the main reason I want to see "unowned" protocols succeed. Jack has it right: we're at a turning point.

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