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Re:What Happened with the Web Monetization API? by miohtama on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @05:11PM (#39281479)
Hashcash, Bitcoin’s predecessor, was created to solve email spam:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash

Having users to pay actions make spam unprofitable, as spam relies on tragedy of commons and abusing public goods. This is why there is so much less SMS spam compared to email spam.

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