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However, far more importantly then bitcoin I want to know why the hell we don't have proof of work as an email spam filter yet!!!!!! Because it's not very usef
by rmc 14y ago
However, far more importantly then bitcoin I want to know why the hell we don't have proof of work as an email spam filter yet!!!!!!
Because it's not very useful until nearly everyone supports it.
If a non-trivial amount of people don't implement it (which is highly likely when it's first released), then you have to accept non-proof-of-work-emails, or you'll miss the emails. That is the hole in the system that spam will get in through. So why bother supporting it yourself if it won't stop spam?
- joshuak 14y agoI disagree. Anything that improves the 'this is not spam' rating is helpful even incrementally. Then once all the email clients support it it's a huge win. Combine that with proper digital envelops (i.e. encrypt all email), and we might finally have a proper email system.
- tomjen3 14y agoFirst of all, adding support for it isn't upto you unless you write an email client. If you are merely a user, you use it if it is implemented. Secondly it is not that spam is a binary thing. You can use proof of work as another feature in your baysian system.