Re: HTTP HashCash

On 22/05/2025 14:22, Robert Rothenberg wrote:
> Anubis works only because the bad robots don't use JavaScript.
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> Putting something in HTTP will make it easier for those bots to access 
> pages.
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> Adding a "computational tax" won't eliminate problem, and it will just 
> contribute to more wasted electricity and water to feed the AI bots.
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> The problem is in detecting bad bot traffic that is often trying to 
> hide itself, while also respecting the privacy of human users.
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> On 10/05/2025 03:43, John, Gavin N. (Gavin) wrote:
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>> Hi!
>>
>> I've noticed the rise in popularity of Anubis 
>> <https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis>. It's an effective tool for the 
>> job (requiring additional work to access expensive endpoints), but I 
>> don't want to use it on my public-facing stuff because it makes it 
>> unreadable to most tools due to the use of JavaScript (I recognize 
>> that many people see this as an advantage of Anubis, however for me 
>> this is a negative I'd like to avoid). I was wondering about maybe 
>> standardizing HashCash for HTTP to make this sort of computational 
>> tax more universally supported. Thoughts?
>>
>> Gavin John
>>
>> Caltech, Class of 2028
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