| ▲ | semiinfinitely 20 hours ago | |
proof of work could make a comeback | ||
| ▲ | hrmtst93837 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Resurrecting proof-of-work for pull requests just trades spam for compute and turns open source into a contest to see who can rent the most cloud CPU. A more useful approach is verifiable signals: require GPG-signed commits or mandate a CI job that produces a reproducible build and signs the artifact via GitHub Actions or a pre-receive hook before the PR can be merged. Making verification mandatory will cut bot noise, but it adds operational cost in key management and onboarding, and pure hashcash-style proofs only push attackers to cheap cloud farms while making honest contributors miserable. | ||
| ▲ | userbinator 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Proof of intelligence might be better. | ||
| ▲ | PunchyHamster 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
As if we need wasting even more power | ||
| ▲ | westurner 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Hashcash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash | ||