I love POAPs, but why do I have to contact them to register an event? 

Feels very anti-crypto

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100%, the other thing that bothers me is how insufficient it is for viral IRL assembly. would be excellent if organizers could each have a "kiosk" that allows minters to create derivative kiosks. we need a significantly more permissionless event badge mechanism.

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kind of, more for the opportunity of having something very spontaneous,  containing 10,000+ ppl to quickly spread a proof of attendance without relying on everyone meeting the same person, receiving a secret, etc.

also, same thing for longterm IRL scavenger game. how do we cheaply but securely mint a plethora of proof

what about all the historic events that deliberately avoid a formal checkin? e.g. protests & strikes?
same deal with a p2p scavenger games, is it really visibly fair if there isn't a way for anyone to just permissionlessly purchase the things to hide? unfortunately poap design is top-down w/ strict networking.

re your first point, what about just having a nft ticket for the event that just “becomes” the poap when you check in?

most if not all large events have some kind of checkin process at the door. smaller events organizers probs know who was there.

would love to know more about your last point tho!