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[–] iarigby@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

is it? Someone mentioned proof of work being effective for Tor.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

PoW has the advantage of being anonymous but I don't like it as solution for the simple fact that it uses more electricity. It's just not a very green solution.

[–] iarigby@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

it doesn’t have to be only meaningless computations. And even if it were, the cost is nothing compared to such a huge scale of privacy infringement