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70 - Tor Part I: History and Basic Features

Watchman Privacy

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The Drawbacks of PGP

In the early 90s, PGP was used to send and receive emails. The system had a huge number of relays which could be flooded with spam. It's not instant so most users don't really care about this type of privacy. This is when Adam back had this brilliant idea of inventing proof of work.

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