Omer@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoSpez (Reddit CEO) just put out an announcement talking about how they'll verify bots vs humans. Get ready for a wave of new users into the Fediverse pretty soon!www.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square313fedilinkarrow-up1840arrow-down110
arrow-up1830arrow-down1external-linkSpez (Reddit CEO) just put out an announcement talking about how they'll verify bots vs humans. Get ready for a wave of new users into the Fediverse pretty soon!www.reddit.comOmer@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square313fedilink
minus-squaremaplesaga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWell I think it was the hardware crypto implementation that allowed it, as you could check cryptographic keys far faster, which is what creates the gate.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBut thats the easy part! It’s expensive to produce and cheap to verify.
minus-squaremaplesaga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIts cheap to verify due to dedicated cryptographic hardware baked into modern CPU.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIIRC those weren’t widespread until after Bitcoin was invented.
Well I think it was the hardware crypto implementation that allowed it, as you could check cryptographic keys far faster, which is what creates the gate.
But thats the easy part! It’s expensive to produce and cheap to verify.
Its cheap to verify due to dedicated cryptographic hardware baked into modern CPU.
IIRC those weren’t widespread until after Bitcoin was invented.