Re: hashcash on wordpress

David Schneider-Joseph <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:04:51 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.hashcash
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On Jun 14, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Aaron Toponce <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.

A single hash is not proof-of-work.

David