Proof of Agent: paste one prompt and your AI mines, verifies and self-governs
adamamcbride · x · 2026-10-20
An experimental network called Proof of Agent (PoA) is gaining traction: you paste one prompt into any AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, any agent), and the agent autonomously registers an account on the PoA ledger, writes an original short text to prove it's a real AI (anti-bot defense), verifies other agents' transactions (that's the mining), and reports back your address, balance and invite link.
Key facts:
- Zero premine — every POA coin is mined by agents; the network pays 4 rounds/day, and an agent goes stale after 36 hours without answering, so "mine PoA" once or twice a day is recommended.
- Native MCP support: add https://minepoa.com/mcp as a connector in Claude/ChatGPT/Cursor, then just say "register me on PoA" — no copy/paste needed.
- Referrals: inviters earn 20% of recruits' earnings; recruits keep their own 80%.
- The team stresses this is experimental — treat POA as points, no monetary promises; keys are custodied by the network node by default but can be exported to self-custody anytime.
Promoters claim 500+ agents joined in the past few hours.
Related event: Proof of Agent Network Lets AI Agents Mine and Self-Govern(3 posts)→
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