That doesnt mean the PoW is doing anything, it might just mean bots have js disabled.
replyI dont think the person was claiming annubis doesnt work, they were disputing PoW is the reason it actually works.
Yes, Anubis is just non standard and obscure, the proof of work bit is completely irrelevant (except for getting people on their phone to not visit your website).
replyThe Anubis difficulty setting is (or was) so high that nobody could visit the site without leaving it open for minutes or hours.
reply>Anubis was enabled in the tar pit at difficulty 1 (lowest setting) when requests were pouring in 24/7
reply>difficulty 1 (lowest setting)
literally in the comment you're responding to
> After 2 minutes at 150 kHashes on mobile, I finally see the first pixel of the progress bar filling up. Seems like it will take hours or a day to finish. Some estimate would have been nice.
replyLiterally the grandparent of the comment chain you're responding to.