Re: [Asrg] Economic model is borken. (sic.) Let's fix it

[Vernon Schryver <vjs@calcite.rhyolite.com>]

> From: "Eric S. Johansson" <esj@harvee.org>

> ...
> as I have already explained in another post, I'm building something that will 
> work even if only a single person uses it. ...

> if you had read the document I had been pointing people to, we're not talking 
> about purchasing stamps.  ...

You need to include a URL every time, because I don't recall anything
I'd call "hashcash" that is of any use against spam for its first
50,000,000 users.

>                        Stamps are generated through a proof of work puzzle 
> known as hashcash.

The things I've seen described named as hashcash are hopeless for many
reasons but most obviously because the speeds of computers on the net span
a performance range of more than a factor of 1000.  Systems that spammers
can use are more than 1000 times faster than systems used by non-spammers
who need to send and receive bulk mail (albeit not as bulky as most spam).

It's probably far too early discuss any particular solution.


Vernon Schryver    vjs@rhyolite.com
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