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My blog does a proof-of-work before submission (withinboredom.info) in your browser. It'll use a fair bit of cpu power, but should only take a few seconds to co
by withinboredom 6mo ago
My blog does a proof-of-work before submission (withinboredom.info) in your browser. It'll use a fair bit of cpu power, but should only take a few seconds to complete. For an attacker... that's quite slow and self-limiting.
- eduction 6mo agoI did Ctrl-F on "proof-of-work" in this thread to see if anyone had tried this, you seem to be the only one. Seems like a good precaution before sending even a verification email. Did you have to roll your own or was there some proof of work library you were able to use? Update: Ah, found the code - https://withinboredom.info/posts/how-this-blog-actually-works/#1-subscribing-with-proof-of-work-rate-limiting https://withinboredom.info/posts/how-this-blog-actually-work...