Wookiefoot Lyrics Archive

59 songs. One Sunday evening. An accidental deep-dive into how proof-of-work actually functions as an anti-spam mechanism.

The open lyrics database uses a PoW system to prevent bulk spam submissions — you have to do a small amount of computational work for each song. We automated it with an AI-assisted script and ended up with a real understanding of why Bitcoin's design is elegant, not just clever.

Written up at: I Mined Bitcoin to Upload Song Lyrics