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@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ # Powxy – anti-scraper reverse proxy -Powxy is a reverse proxy that sits in front of your upstream service and -enforces a SHA-256 proof-of-work challenge. The goal is to discourage scraping, -as it becomes expensive for a client to perform en masse. +Powxy is a reverse proxy that protects your upstream service by challenging +clients with SHA-256 proof-of-work. + +The goal is to discourage scraping, as it becomes expensive for a client to +perform en masse. This is especially useful at protecting things like Git +forges where scrapers do silly things like fetching each file in each commit +every hour. ## Demo |