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Re:Proof of work is temporarily illegal in New York by RedlineTriad on Friday November 25, 2022 @08:36AM (#33742221)
I think I have seen a CTF before where you have to solve a quick PoW to get access to the server. Just as an anti-botting measure.

So there are certainly uses for PoW, but I agree they are few and far between.

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Re:Proof of work is temporarily illegal in New York by RedlineTriad on Friday November 25, 2022 @08:41AM (#33742263)
I actually just remembered where I saw it, it was from a LiveOverflow video:

https://youtu.be/Vgdhlh6evjI?t=51

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