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Other idea: Something like Proof-of-Elapsed-Time. A click on the verify button requests a token from the server. The server performs the action if the token is
by lkwhanspeter 7y ago
Other idea: Something like Proof-of-Elapsed-Time.
A click on the verify button requests a token from the server. The server performs the action if the token is old enough.
-> No battery drain; equal waiting times for all users.
- stri8ed 7y agoDoes nothing to filter out bots. It just acts as a rate-limiter per IP address.
- lkwhanspeter 7y agoThis is correct, but neither does the WeHateCaptcha approach. Thus spending time is better for the environment then spending energy ;)
- Kiro 7y agoNo, it filters bots because spammers don't want to waste computing power/electricity. The delay is not the point.
- detaro 7y agoWhy would that be a problem for an automated system?
- sp332 7y agoBecause a bot can request multiple tickets in a row, then submit them rapidly as they expire. Proof of work means the bot did the work for each request.