Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> but [PoWs] still rely on accurate bot detection.

No they don't, that's the point: you can serve everyone a PoW and don't have to discriminate and ban real people. This system you're enthusiastic about is what tries to do this "accurate bot detection" (scratch the first word)



The default policy of anubis tries to detect bots and changes the difficulty of the proof of work based on that.

https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/blob/main/data/botPolici...


Oh... that I regularly see these pages working on a challenge probably says something about my humanness




Consider applying for YC's Summer 2026 batch! Applications are open till May 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: