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Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | The Tor Project (blog.torproject.org)

submitted 1 month ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Having the proof of work defense has been a game changer for the network. I've noticed a hell of a lot less unresponsive onion services. However, this is old news as it was released last August. Most everybody should have a version capable of doing the proof of work by now.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

That's why I posted it. It has been rolled