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> they will have to generate proof-of-work(a bunch of math that will takes time to compute) This was tried before and failed! The reason it failed was Maths! M
by _448 4y ago
> they will have to generate proof-of-work(a bunch of math that will takes time to compute)
This was tried before and failed! The reason it failed was Maths! Most favour clicking simple images or rearranging visual elements instead of solving Maths problems.
- realaravinth 4y agoThe math is performed by the browser. All the user will have to do is tick a checkbox. Here's a demo: https://demo.mcaptcha.org/widget/?sitekey=pHy0AktWyOKuxZDzFfoaewncWecCHo23 https://demo.mcaptcha.org/widget/?sitekey=pHy0AktWyOKuxZDzFf... disclosure: I'm the author of mCaptcha
- _448 4y agoCommercial spammers use high-end resources, where as users don't have that luxury. So will it not be easy for the spammers to scale the resources to overcome this?
- web007 4y agoIt's not that they can't scale, it's that you want them to HAVE to scale, to make it more expensive to attack your site than another one.