3 ms·
I mean, with the networks and processing speed of computers back when email was standardized, sending the email itself would be proof of work, no?
by shadowofneptune 4y ago
I mean, with the networks and processing speed of computers back when email was standardized, sending the email itself would be proof of work, no?
- dredmorbius 4y agoLess email as proof of work than having a known network address (this was when the hosts file was distributed manually, and bang paths were common) was proof of trust. There were from a few dozens to a few hundreds of hosts on the entire network at this time. Most were educational institutions, meaning a campus sysadmin could run herd over users (if students) or refer to deans / departments (faculty). This from the 1970s through the early 1990s, at which point things began evolving rapidly. Transacting email itself wasn't all that expensive, though for many sites it was batched via uucp or similar mechanisms.
- quickthrower2 4y agoGetting a PhD would have been the work required to get an email address so yes! Then eternal 09/ happened.
- derefr 4y agoProof of Stake as an accepted delegator to a university/government SMTP validator node.