kelbie on Nostr: Does it make sense for the PoW to scale with the specificity of the geohash? For ...

Does it make sense for the PoW to scale with the specificity of the geohash? For example, #9q is pretty hot, so a PoW of 12 would probably be far too easy for a dedicated spammer. But for a channel like #9qqqq, a PoW of 12 might be fine, since spammers are unlikely to see that as prime real estate.

I think of the difference between these two channels as similar to the difference between Times Square and a billboard in a quiet part of town that few people ever visit.

For geohashes like #s, which are shared across 20+ countries, I would expect a lot more work to go into each message. If you want to be on the front page, you should have to put in more work in my opinion.

But perhaps PoW 13 is fine for now until we feel it out more 😅