This is not an "us versus spammers" POW, it's suggesting that clients must provide a POW in order to submit a post, as Jameson Lopp (npub17u5…t4tp) laid out here:
https://blog.lopp.net/protect-contact-forms-from-spam-with-proof-of-work/
npub12y…um2jf
2023-07-22 12:52:43
in reply to nevent1q…26qf
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2023-07-22 12:52:43Event JSON
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