POAP
Proof of a Person
Jamie Thingelstad's POAP time capsule, 2021 to 2026. The Proof of Attendance Protocol wound down in 2026. What stays is the record: what one person collected from the world, what Jamie made for other people, and the people who have proof of Jamie.
259tokens collected
130from other people's drops
130drops issued
2,072tokens minted from them
639people who collected one
376invitations never minted
The first token was the ENS 4th Anniversary vote on 2021-06-07. The last was "I passed through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in 2026" on 2026-07-06.
Six chapters
- 2021Getting hooked9 collected · 11 issued · 199 mints by others
I think it is a very fun way to introduce people to some crypto / web3 technologies without having to spend any money.
- 2022A company, a Merge, and the first traditions38 collected · 19 issued · 498 mints by others
Photos stop time. Geo coordinates stop motion. POAPs are a time capsule of something of note.
- 2023Telling POAP what to build22 collected · 28 issued · 526 mints by others
I have personally introduced well over 100 people to crypto by giving out POAP tokens for various events.
- 2024POAP ships the wishlist19 collected · 14 issued · 176 mints by others
I gave it a try myself and I was excited to see that they had addressed everything I had wished for in this process!
- 2025Building on POAP20 collected · 57 issued · 632 mints by others
I love that I was able to create an entire activity on the POAP platform.
- 2026The last rally22 collected · 1 issued · 41 mints by others
It is exactly the kind of project that can bring people into POAPs and have fun.
The capsule
- TimelineEvery year as two sides and a spine: what Jamie collected, what Jamie made, and what was written while it happened.
- Collected259 tokens, from the ENS 4th Anniversary vote to the last airport.
- Issued130 drops in nine series, and the 2,072 tokens other people minted from them.
- NetworkThe 639 people who hold one of Jamie's drops, and the drops they share.
- WritingEvery post and Weekly Thing issue about POAP, and the advice Jamie gave the company.
- POAPThe company, from ETHDenver 2019 to the wind-down in 2026.
Five pieces of Jamie's writing
- POAP Wishlist (2023-01-14). The main product memo: integration hooks (RSS and webhooks), signed and location-based events, and wallet-free onboarding. POAP later shipped the onboarding and location ideas. RSS never came from POAP, so Jamie built it.
- POAP as a Business (2023-01-16), published the same day as Premium Features for POAP Issuers and POAP Extensions. A full pricing and packaging proposal: Collector at $3 a month, Pro at $20, Studio at $500 an event, Business, and a free Non-Profit tier. Collections, one of the ideas, shipped a year later.
- New POAP Onboarding Process (2024-01-14). Exactly one year after the wishlist: POAP shipped email reservations that prompt the holder to act, and an embedded wallet with an onpoap.eth name.
- Vibe Coding POAP2RSS (2025-07-06), after POAP + RSS = Awesome? (2025-01-05). Tired of waiting for RSS, Jamie specified it and built poap2rss.com with AI coding tools. It went on to power the 612 Challenge and Airport Rally sites.
- 612 POAP Challenge: Collect them all! (2025-05-31). Once location drops existed, Jamie turned them into a summer scavenger hunt around Minneapolis. That led to the Airport POAP Rally Website (2025-12-26) and the Flight Path globe (WT342).