[hashcash] Re: hashcash on wordpress
- From: David Schneider-Joseph <davidsj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "hashcash@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hashcash@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:04:51 -0700
On Jun 14, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Aaron Toponce <aaron.toponce@xxxxxxxxx> 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
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