I recently learned that proof of work was actually invented long before Bitcoin ...

		nsajko on Feb 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Akamai to Acquire Linode I recently learned that proof of work was actually invented long before Bitcoin to combat spam, but the idea didn't take off, sadly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_work https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash https://scottpeterjohnson.github.io/hashwall/dist/index.html

Our luckily, given the way it worked out with crypto.