@liaizon @EC_NGI @NGIZero

And not to forget @mcaptcha by @realaravinth

https://nlnet.nl/project/mCaptcha/

@Codeberg is considering #mCaptcha for integration.

Well, well received fantastic news from @NGIZero

Funding for @gitea #federation got accepted! @a @6543 and I will be working on implementing Federation into Gitea.

As well funding for @mcaptcha got accepted! @realaravinth and I will be working on improving mCaptcha.

(Many thanks to @dachary for helping with this!)

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Gitea funding link: https://forum.forgefriends.org/t/nlnet-grant-application-for-federation-in-gitea-deadline-august-1st-2022/823/30

mCaptcha funding link: https://forum.forgefriends.org/t/mcaptcha-nlnet-grant-application-august-2022/830/22

#mcaptcha #gitea #nlnet #ngiZero #funding

#hashCash is a proof-of-work anti-spam system for email proposed in 1997. People wanting to send an email would need to brute-force calculate a value (nonce) and include it the header.

It never really took off in itself, but became a building block for #bitcoin

#PoW understandably has a Very Bad Reputation for ecological through bitcoin, however its use as anti-spam has advantages, and is used by the accessibility friendly CAPTCHA system, #mCaptcha https://mcaptcha.org/