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FirePay is an implementation of the HashCash/MIME
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(application/postage-hashcash) specification. HashCash is an anti-spam,
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anti-DoS system for email. The concept centers around the sender of the
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mail completing a computationally expensive task (in this case,
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generating hash collisions) that the recipient can verify very quickly.
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This allows the sender to "pay" for transport in CPU cycles, creating
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artificial scarcity. Programs are included to add payment to messages
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(for the sender) and to verify message payment (for the recipient).
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