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Hashcash
Hashcash
is a
proof-of-work system
used to limit
email spam
and
denial-of-service attacks
, and more recently has become known for its use in
bitcoin
(and other
cryptocurrencies
) as part of the mining algorithm. Hashcash was proposed in May 1997 by
Adam Back
.
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