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by swinglock 13 days ago
If it takes seconds to compile it then the browser wins. The PoW only runs for seconds already.
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No no no. You don’t realise the compiled intermediate can be _trivially_ reused for every request, and identified by the hash of the JavaScript code. Browsers already do this, it’s just your attacker has a bigger cache, and not by a little bit.

Browsers _intentionally_ limit the amount of memory and cpu cycles a tab can consume to make for a nicer human experience.