Even if the influx of invites don’t take down a server, they...

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2026-04-20T19:08:11Z

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This is why you need to use an identity system where creating identities cost something. Email does this by blacklisting spammy servers so servers ha...

Even if the influx of invites don’t take down a server, they still annoy the end user and are otherwise indistinguishable from legitimate requests.

Email is an interesting example, just like Matrix they have a DNS prefilter, access to message contents and yet they often decide to drop messages from new/unknown servers.

In principle the system you’ve described could end up needing layers, a domain name is not free yet it is cheap enough not to matter for scammers/spammers.

I also think it’s safe to say the bad guys have a bigger budget than the average user just trying to join the network.

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