I want to sign up for a service that charges people a penny to deliver an email to me -- otherwise the email is undeliverable. Even a minor cost to delivery will dramatically reduce spam.
Proof-of-work was originally proposed precisely for email (specifically spam), by Dwork and Naor back in 1993!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_work
Micropayments are the next big thing after fusion power...
Proof-of-work was originally proposed precisely for email (specifically spam), by Dwork and Naor back in 1993!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_work