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Comment by treesknees

Doubtful. You’re not going to mine a bitcoin in 30 seconds.

It’s been pretty popular lately to utilize a proof of work problem to deter AI scrapers. This is likely what you’re seeing.

Anubis is the one I’ve seen most often, but not the only one. https://github.com/techaroHQ/anubis

parent treesknees 1 month ago

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