479 sats \ 1 reply \ @Louferlou 12 Oct 2022 freebie \ on: Tor Is Under Attack And Bitcoiners Must Help Fix It bitcoin
Just a plebeian noob here, but can't a bit a proof of work be added to any protocol in order to solve DDOS attack ? Is it difficult to implement and what are the downsides ?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @doubleplusgood23 13 Oct 2022
A lot of times these are botnets. Think your grandma’s old Dell with a ton of malware - times 100. Proof of Work helps if you’re the one on the hook for bill, but if you’re a malicious actor you don’t care about power costs for me-ma.
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