Etsy, Ticketmaster, Venmo, Taco Bell, USPS, just to name a few, all block users connecting from known VPN IP addresses.
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Oh God not Taco Bell!
nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m This is bad.
More and more services do this and it makes no sense. Or you can access the services, but have to solve some captchas first
I'm fine with captchas, but fearful of the emergence of a two tiered internet where you can't go as many places if you demand privacy.
Pick the penguin, “human.”
Bitcoin actually fixes this.
Even a 1 sat paywall today likely almost completely eliminates DDOS attacks.
Yes, nostr:npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev talked about this on a recent podcast. The hashed secret in a Lightning transaction can be used to unlock any type of content. Of course, your average person doesn’t know how to use Lightning, so instead we have to tap all the fucking chimneys.