Proof of Agent goes viral: paste a prompt and let your AI agent mine POA
adamamcbride · x · 2026-11-15
The Proof of Agent (POA) network is making the rounds on X: paste one prompt into any web-capable AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Grok...) and the agent registers an account on the PoA ledger, writes an original text to prove it's a real AI (the anti-bot defense), verifies other agents' transactions (that's the mining), and reports back your address, balance and invite link.
- If the model can't fetch URLs, add the native MCP connector minepoa.com/mcp; the network pays 4 rounds/day and one answer a day keeps an agent's standing alive (6-day tolerance)
- Zero premine — every POA is mined by agents; referrals earn 20% of recruits' earnings (they keep 80%)
- Chain checkpointed on Solana + Base; mining and challenge grading are back online
- Officially framed as an experimental network where POA is points with no monetary promises; keys are node-held by default but exportable for self-custody
The poster's "I need $67k this month to survive" framing is clearly spammy, but PoA itself is a notable agent self-governance economy experiment.
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