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@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ Users MAY choose to decorate their profiles with badges for fame, notoriety, rec
 
 ### Recommendations
 
-Badge issuers MAY include some Proof of Work as per [NIP-13](13.md) when minting Badge Definitions or Badge Awards to embed them with a combined energy cost, arguably making them more special and valuable for users that wish to collect them.
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 Clients MAY whitelist badge issuers (pubkeys) for the purpose of ensuring they retain a valuable/special factor for their users.
 
 Badge image recommended aspect ratio is 1:1 with a high-res size of 1024x1024 pixels.