🏗️ Proof-of-Hustle (POH)

On-Chain Proof of Grind for the Builders of Tomorrow

🌐 Introduction

In the heart of the decentralized movement, a silent army of builders is grinding—writing code at midnight, submitting hackathon entries, completing online courses, and contributing to open-source projects. Yet, their grind often goes unseen, unrewarded, and unverifiable.

Proof-of-Hustle (POH) is a soulbound NFT protocol that turns a builder’s journey into a verifiable on-chain identity. It evolves automatically based on their provable contributions to the ecosystem—GitHub commits, Devpost hackathons, course completions, bounties, DAO activity, and more.

POH is your on-chain résumé, your builder rep sheet, and your passport to opportunity in Web3.

🔍 Why Proof-of-Hustle?

Web3 is built on contributions — but we’re still stuck using Web2 signals (LinkedIn, PDFs, GitHub usernames) to evaluate people. This creates friction and allows imposters to game the system.

DAOs need better ways to recruit and reward contributors.

Grant programs want to fund those with provable impact.

Builders deserve recognition that sticks with them, forever.

❗The Problem

No verifiable reputation: Most devs have no way to prove their grind across platforms.

Hard for newcomers to stand out: Especially students or self-taught developers without elite credentials.

DAO onboarding is broken: Talent is lost in noisy Discords and empty application forms.

Too many fake contributors: Without proof-of-work, hype outweighs hustle.

💡 The Vision