Possibly linux to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 day agoIntroducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | The Tor Projectblog.torproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1101 cross-posted to: dark_web@links.hackliberty.orgcybersecurity@infosec.pubprivacyguidesprivacy@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1101external-linkIntroducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | The Tor Projectblog.torproject.orgPossibly linux to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 day agomessage-square21fedilink cross-posted to: dark_web@links.hackliberty.orgcybersecurity@infosec.pubprivacyguidesprivacy@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squaremagic_lobster_partylinkfedilink20•1 day 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.
It will, but that’s the point. Costing money