Methods and systems for using deep-strings in computation and communication

A system, comprising:

• a receiver computing device having at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a first digital string;
• applying a predetermined cryptographic process or a predetermined one way function to the digital string to generate a second digital string;
• calculating, from the second digital string, a deep-string-depth of the first digital string;
• determining whether the calculated deep-string-depth of the first digital string satisfies a predetermined deep-string-depth requirement corresponding to a predetermined requirement of string generation effort;
• selecting, based upon the result of said determining, a processing action from a set of possible different processing actions;
• and
• causing the selected processing action to be performed.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a receiver computing device, causes the receiver computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first digital string;
• applying a predetermined cryptographic process or a predetermined one way function to the first digital string to generate a second digital string;
• calculating, from the second digital string, a deep-string-depth of the first digital string;
• determining whether the calculated deep-string-depth of the first digital string satisfies a predetermined deep-string-depth requirement corresponding to a predetermined requirement of string generation effort;
• selecting, based upon the result of said determination, a processing action from a set of possible different processing actions;
• and
• causing the selected processing action to be performed.

A machine-implemented method, comprising:

• using a hardware processor configured to accept or reject an incoming digital string by obtaining a first digital string;
• transmitting the first digital string to a receiver computing device, wherein the receiver computing device performs operations comprising:
• effort processing said first digital string with a predetermined cryptographic process to determine a deep-string-depth of the first digital string and to determine if the deep-string-depth satisfies a predetermined requirement of string generation effort;
• accepting said first digital string and performing a first predetermined process if said effort processing determines that said deep-string-depth satisfies said predetermined requirement of string generation effort;
• and
• rejecting said first digital string and performing a different second predetermined process if said effort processing determines that said deep-string-depth does not satisfy said predetermined requirement of string generation effort.