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Proof of work is an interesting angle… I think users might like it if it was an opt-in to avoid captchas. You could have a relatively viable product where users
by pietroglyph 8y ago
Proof of work is an interesting angle… I think users might like it if it was an opt-in to avoid captchas. You could have a relatively viable product where users can either do tasks hard for computers a la ReCAPTCHA (and 3rd parties can put in tasks, like MTurk), or users can opt in to a mining script for a couple of minutes. Both can be monetized.
- phyzome 8y agoMy original thought was that the account creation page (or whatever needed to be gated) would do the mining and send the server a small amount of e.g. Monero. And alternatively, if you didn't want your device to actually mine the Monero, perhaps because you don't allow scripts, you could instead have your browser send that small amount directly from your own wallet. :-P ...but people have browser extensions to sniff out miners now, so a more generic proof of work is probably safer.