Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoIntroducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | The Tor Projectblog.torproject.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down11 cross-posted to: dark_web@links.hackliberty.orgcybersecurity@infosec.pubprivacyguides@lemmy.oneprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkIntroducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | The Tor Projectblog.torproject.orgPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square23fedilink cross-posted to: dark_web@links.hackliberty.orgcybersecurity@infosec.pubprivacyguides@lemmy.oneprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down2·3 months agoIt’s not like it’s going to consume electricity like Bitcoin. PoW was first conceptualized as an anti spam method. It’s just a little overhead to make it expensive to make DOS attacks. This makes perfect sense.
It’s not like it’s going to consume electricity like Bitcoin.
PoW was first conceptualized as an anti spam method. It’s just a little overhead to make it expensive to make DOS attacks. This makes perfect sense.
It will, but that’s the point. Costing money