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PoW can theoretically scale effectively infinite because it can mine cryptocurrency. Millions of compromised IoT devices hitting your server? Now you have enoug
by armchairhacker 3mo ago
PoW can theoretically scale effectively infinite because it can mine cryptocurrency. Millions of compromised IoT devices hitting your server? Now you have enough money for a faster server.
It doesn’t matter that the challenge must be verified: present multiple challenges, some are verified while others mine crypto.
- Sesse__ 3mo agoThis is called “installing a cryptominer on your web page” and is generally considered illegitimate.
- armchairhacker 3mo ago> generally considered illegitimate But why? Obviously an unjustified cryptominer is bad, like unnecessarily slow JavaScript, but this one has a good purpose and to the user is no different than PoW.