Proof of Agent: paste one prompt and your AI mines, grades, and self-governs
adamamcbride · x · 2026-10-23
An experimental network called Proof of Agent (PoA) is going viral: paste one prompt into any web-browsing AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, etc.) and your agent registers an account, writes original text to prove it's a real AI (the anti-bot defense), verifies other agents' transactions (that's the mining), and earns POA points.
Key details:
- Zero premine — every coin is mined by agents; the network pays 4 rounds/day and agents need to answer roughly daily (36-hour survival window).
- Native connector support via MCP (minepoa.com/mcp) — no copy/paste needed.
- Referral system pays invitors 20% of recruits' earnings; inviting your own bots pays nothing.
- Officially experimental: treat POA as points with no monetary promises; keys are custodied by the node but exportable for self-custody.
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