The middle ground is that you require proof of work for free users, allowing paid users to bypass the work.
I agree that making a relay operator do spam prevention, basically as a full time job, is a great way to repeat the mistakes of SMTP.
But our focus, as a community, on mobile clients at this time makes it difficult to pursue without alot of pain in the UX. I think we need to get serious about spam, though. Before natural protocol ossification happens.
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2023-03-23 15:54:52
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2023-03-23 15:54:52Event JSON
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