# Gavin Andresen # 2013-04-30 15:30:04 # https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=191765.msg1986115#msg1986115 Bitcoin Foundation uses CloudFlare to protect bitcoinfoundation.org from distributed denial of service attacks. @p{par} As the message says, either your computer or a computer on the same network / ISP as yours was sending lots of spammy requests to CloudFlare. So they ask you to solve a CAPTCHA to prove that you're not part of the bad guy's botnet. @p{par}