[tor-bugs] #4666 [Company]: Write proposal for proof-of-work service

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#4666: Write proposal for proof-of-work service
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 Reporter:  mikeperry  |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  task       |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:           
Component:  Company    |        Version:           
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Changes (by mikeperry):

 * cc: hellais, nickm (added)


Comment:

 Every time I bring this up, someone complains about mobile users. I see
 two solutions:

 1. Mobile users only generate tokens when plugged in to AC with full
 battery.

 2. We add a nymble layer, and mobile users can get nymble ids via either
 computation or SMS message, their choice.

 These solutions are orthogonal. I would like to avoid adding the nymble
 layer, because it's complex and we don't *really* need it. But if we do
 add it, we have a solution for mobile that doesn't *force* anyone to use
 SMS/non-tor.

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