---
title: "Survey"
description: "We are conducting a survey to benchmark and gather
performance metrics of our system on various devices"
lead: "We are mCaptcha. We build kickass CAPTCHA systems that give (DDoS) attackers a run for their money. And we do all of this without tracking your users. Oh and did I mention our UX is great?"
date: 2021-10-28
lastmod: 2021-10-28
draft: false
weight: 50
images: ["icon.png"]
contributors: ["Aravinth Manivannan"]
---

**Survey link:** [https://survey.mcaptcha.org/survey/campaigns/b717e51e-24d4-4ab6-912f-de2dfe3ce1fe/about](https://survey.mcaptcha.org/survey/campaigns/b717e51e-24d4-4ab6-912f-de2dfe3ce1fe/about)

**NOTE:** The survey(at least, the lucky draw is temporarily suspended
due to some logistical reasons. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

mCaptcha relies on a
[proof-of-work(PoW)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_work)
mechanism to guard against bots. In order for this to be effective, the
difficulty factor should be configured properly. If the difficulty
factor is too high all the time, it will inconvenience the users and if
it's too low during attack, the defence will be weak.

So we are conducting a survey to gather performance benchmarks from
various devices and browsers. The data collected from the survey will be made
public, we believe it will guide sysadmins configure difficulty factor
properly.

If you are interested in the lucky draw, please save the `submission ID` and the `proof` will be presented
to you at the end of the survey.

{{% img src="survey-id.jpg" alt="survey lucky draw identifier credentials" caption="Lucky draw credentials" %}}

## Winners

This blog post will be updated with the winning submission IDs and the
winners should provide the matching `proof` to claim their rewards.
