Re: hashcash on wordpress

Aaron Toponce <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:35:56 -0600
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:03:13PM -0400, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> did you know about this?
>
> http://wordpress-plugins.feifei.us/hashcash/

Indeed, although technically speaking, it isn't Hashcash. It doesn't use
the tokens, nor does it the Hashcash algorithm. Instead, it uses
obfuscation in JavaScript to force the client to present a matching key.
It is proof-of-work, but it's not Hashcash.

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