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on April 29, 2023
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Is Gmail killing independent email?
This thinking is behind the introduction of Proof-of-Work, later popularized through Bitcoin.
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Gigachad
on April 29, 2023
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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
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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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