@jplebreton @torproject while your overall point is true in 99.999% of cases, I feel compelled to point out that Tor's DDOS protection mechanism only exists because of work done by the #Monero Project. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/torspec/-/blob/main/proposals/327-pow-over-intro.txt
We invented the PoW algorithm and a Monero developer customized it for use by Tor. Without our work there would not have been any viable solution.
More background: https://web.archive.org/web/20220212131605/https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/RandomX.html