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New PoW protocol implementation for onion services

blog.torproject.org Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Project

Today, we are officially introducing a proof-of-work (PoW) defense for onion services designed to prioritize verified network traffic as a deterrent against denial of service (DoS) attacks with the release of Tor 0.4.8.

Introducing Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services | Tor Project

This is a new PoW protocol that will be used to defend against DDOSs

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