Re: comment on reducing padding

Atom 'Smasher' <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.hashcash
Message-ID <20040916200039.L52683@willy_wonka>
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according to my own non-scientific research, most email addresses are 
15-30 characters. the amount of padding these stamps contain just seems 
ridiculous.

15	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::Zlh8026rcp10TEA8:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000og
16	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::dWVmT3zuMxY0uJKT:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003u
17	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::NARgJnvCRpMXph1/:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000074
18	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::K7qCojzMRNtXJydl:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000dC
19	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::nBP0m6Kg3g++Fi06:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003G
20	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::C6Gal8cm1oVb41SS:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000AB
21	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::8Wa+sy2JidbMZmRJ:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000BQ
22	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::wvMHpAB9dL//zr7J:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000Et
23	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::2tTB/C8E5OYd9Vfu:00000000000000000000000000000000000000003r
24	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::NeRnhCkeRvTG2fzX:000000000000000000000000000000000000000S2
25	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::zqm3hkBLfeoBG/4t:000000000000000000000000000000000000005y
26	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::+R+OAomZpp/uPMut:0000000000000000000000000000000000000HQ
27	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::Ub0KzK7QnQf2HGm+:000000000000000000000000000000000000S8
28	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::g3MIhpBGAec9faEG:00000000000000000000000000000000000X2
29	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::MDQSPsjZug0W8wVl:00000000000000000000000000000000006k
30	1:10:040917:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx::GFZhVJuXxS4G2yip:0000000000000000000000000000000004L


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Comment: What is this gibberish?
Comment: http://atom.smasher.org/links/#digital_signatures

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iCcdRjh3oIu5oiQzMNvy0xqZt8URFhbrvhw4TO/tQTTXDlENHSThjdoKS3nnfj58
F7PhWNtFctGbkmSvRJ1GYPkBQAPaQa1vAgCqz93uNac6j53CDeigBteCrDpeubWK
AMZpD3MtluHxSCkjtFd3YwWIfcv4HQxP1vErNiCEjZf9WRHYj6b8t9NU3dpf2Q0=
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