Comment on Tried to login to the arch wiki but was given a 3 minute crypto challenge.

Apeman42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• rounding_error@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  crypto* as in cryptography, not *currency

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• Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Proof-of-work in vein, not towards the same ends. The goal is to prevent scraping, not monetization.

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  • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Vain*

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Reworded it instead, but thanks for the correction.

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      • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You're welcome! I wasn't sure if it was a typo, autocorrect, or language misunderstanding, but the correction was in good faith. I deeply appreciate a good faith reply!

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    • Coldcell@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Vein*

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• kn33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same process, different product.

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