Proof of Work doesn't solve spam because spammers have more PoW than regular users. In Bitcoin it is effective because its 1 against the cumulative PoW of all others. Also, its effective against redoing history, not spam - see ordinals.
There is no cumulative PoW in nostr, so easy win for the spammers.
Fabian /
npub1n0s…lahe
2023-07-22 12:41:08
in reply to nevent1q…3vql
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npub1n0sturny6w9zn2wwexju3m6asu7zh7jnv2jt2kx6tlmfhs7thq0qnflahePublished at
2023-07-22 12:41:08Event JSON
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