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Re:Cap: Lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative ... by tiagorangel on Friday May 30, 2025 @03:38PM (#44139302)
> how much more CO2 this is going to produce extremely minimal emissions, you're only solving a small cryptographic challenge after all.
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Re:Cap: Lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative ... by userbinator on Saturday May 31, 2025 @06:02AM (#44143186)
Not at scale, however. Like another comment said, this is going to turn out like cryptocurrencies.

(I really couldn't care less about the climate debate, but waste is waste.)

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Re:Cap: Lightweight, modern open-source CAPTCHA alternative ... by tiagorangel on Saturday May 31, 2025 @09:04AM (#44144023)
even at a huge scale the emissions are still extremely small.
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