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Perhaps a way to solve it would be to accept a nominal fee of cryptocurrency. Even a one-time fee of e.g. $5 would probably put a damper in someone trying to si
by mannerheim 5y ago
Perhaps a way to solve it would be to accept a nominal fee of cryptocurrency. Even a one-time fee of e.g. $5 would probably put a damper in someone trying to sign up for thousands of accounts while preserving privacy for real users.
- caymanjim 5y agoAlas this is a business-ending barrier. Despite its popularity, in the grand scheme of things, not many people have a crypto account. It's also only semi-anonymous, depending on how you fund it. It'd be nice if more businesses accepted crypto, but it isn't viable as a requirement or primary payment mechanism.
- mannerheim 5y agoI think it would be useful enough in the context of anti-spam while preserving anonymity, not necessarily as a source of generating revenue. There are cryptocurrencies that preserve anonymity as well.
- fvv 5y agoNo mannerheim is correct , you are saying yeah but some people can't.. but his solution solve the issue , if you want to register under tor over anonymous and secure mail system having 5$ Monero is the easiest thing to procure.. there are communities that trade for cash or you can even mine anonymous there may be other alternatives.. but one solution to avoid bots doesn't exclude others you as subscriber should be able to choose the one that fits to you so saying some may find it difficult doesn't say that this solution is invalid . Just that maybe must not be the only option available
- caymanjim 5y agoI'm not saying it's hard, I'm saying your potential customer base would shrink to an unsustainably-low level if you required it.
- fvv 5y agoSorry I was updating my answer while you replied ,i think I've replied in my previous message to this, what i mean is ip or phone or 5$ monero or .. google captcha or ...something else ... You choose then you have different privacy level and they keep service bot free. Entry barrier is not increased because you are free too chose what you want..maybe they can even say monero mining in your browser for 3 hours.. it's a quite reasonable request imo .. and should help vs bots.. yeah in reality it.s increased only if you compare to no bot filter..
- a1369209993 5y agoThe suggestion is to require either a phone number or a cryptocurrency fee, at the user's discretion.
- colordrops 5y agoInterestingly, Hashcash was a Proof of Work system that was designed to stop email spam, and was a precursor that Bitcoin was based on.