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		3np on April 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Gmail killing independent email? This thinking is behind the introduction of Proof-of-Work, later popularized through Bitcoin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash

Gigachad on April 29, 2023 [–]

Problem with this is that it absolutely melts your phone to send a picture while a spammer with a GPU farm can blast out spam in bulk.

Avamander on April 29, 2023 | [–]

Also melts a small operator's mailing list server while the spammer is toasting some IP cameras and insecure IoT without care.

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