This proposal applies a temporary cost to DoS and DDoS — which itself is already a big waste of power. This proposal has the ability (if it works as planned) to

This proposal applies a temporary cost to DoS and DDoS — which itself is already a big waste of power. This proposal has the ability (if it works as planned) to destroy DoS + DDoS as an effective tool against this kind of server. Likely a net positive in terms of power usage. Remember that this PoW proposal is a market. If the server has unconsumed cycles (eg. Is not saturated), the POW spot price can remain 0. The server only needs to set a PoW price after the server’s resources near saturation. For the same reason auctions end because nobody is willing to pay infinity dollars, clients can forego PoW and can opt to check back in on the server later when costs subside.