Using Proof of Presence as a Verification/Access for Discord Channels (Collab-Land).
Generating a Proof of Presence, allows others to interact with meaningful on-chain declarations. Claiming either a PoP or a custom object (NFT, Link, or something more tangible) can generate new roles and private channel access on discord (or within a bespoke project). What follows is a step-by-step guide for making your own custom PoP claimable role (using Collab.land).
Step 1 – Set up your Geo-Experience
First create your AR NFT (follow the guide here if you need) – it doesn’t matter whether it is an existing NFT or whether you mint something on our contract (currently free as we cover the Matic). Once you have set it up and placed your piece in the world, set up a PoP token (using the guide here). Now is also a good time to set up a Layer for the piece to be found more easily.
The only real requirement is to give your PoP a unique attribute (and preferably one that makes sense to you). In the example below, I have an Eldrich terror percent of 3, and a Discordian escape plan characteristic.
PoPs can be rewarded for collecting digital merch, real products, cataloging one’s personal experience at a gig, or for those who solve a puzzle. Deciding who and how one gains entry to our reality layer is a key part of bringing play, discovery, and magic back into the planet (let’s just call it web3). You never know, chain-based GIS might be the key to tackling the climate crisis, it is the artists and restless creatives that will get us there. Coding world-scale experiences without the drawbacks of physics and class…
Step 2 – Discord and CollabLand
To create a bot on Collab.Land, please follow the steps outlined in the Collab.land Support channel or follow along here.
Prior to Adding the Bot
1. Create your Discord server(s).
2. Create the Discord roles you want Collab.Land to manage.
Adding the Bot
1. Sign in to Discord.
2. Click here to add the Collab.Land bot and add a server to manage.
3. Add Collab.Land as an administrator for setup (you can remove it later)
4. The Collab.Land bot creates a collabland-config and a collabland-join channel.
collabland-config: You will see this welcome message. By default, access goes to the person setting up the bot and any server admins.
Adding the Bot
1. Sign in to Discord.
2. Click here to add the Collab.Land bot and add a server to manage.
collabland-join: this is where members verify using the “Let’s go!” button.
– Please do not delete or rename collabland-config or collabland-join.
Configuring your TGRs (token-granted roles) :
Make sure Collab.Land is at the top of the server role hierarchy to ensure it properly manages the roles beneath it.
Suggested Discord hierarchy:
Head to the Collab.Land web portal. You will log in with your Discord account.
Chain Type: Polygon
Token Type: ERC-721
Address: This is the contract address for PoPs which can be found on OpenSea. PoP v1 is:
0x78Ea0104766f7842850B362e74293895cE4950ec
Attributes (optional): For NFT token types such as ERC-721, you can add specific metadata conditions. If your NFT contains metadata traits and values you can enter them by clicking on the Attributes button, and clicking on + Add metadata.
Note: You can find the metadata traits and attributes for your token by looking at the properties tab of the token on OpenSea.
In this case: if you’re the project that deployed the PoPspot, your wallet address can be used as the attribute in the metadata (Publisher ID).
Step 3 – Gate Building
Go back into the your server and create a new channel.
Give this channel access rules corresponding to the role.
Keys to the Gate.
You now have a private Discord channel only accessible by holders of that PoP (of course it could be a series of PoPs held by them etc).
We are working to integrate into a similar process for defining discovery radiuses, or revealing objects on the map.
What comes next.
Also, the example mentioned previously in the article is a real gated token out on the Illust map. It will move around, marking territories – if you manage to hunt it down and PoP – you will really be able to access a secret channel in our discord (Here) what is there is unknown, some say it is the true faith, or teachings that give people special powers, others say it is just a multilevel marketing scheme run amok, a shadowy cabal of socially awkward power brokers, or just shitposts from before the Internet..
More from Illust…
Help Us Build An Equitable Spatial Future
We’re building the future spatial internet to be collectively owned and operated through blockchain technologies. Help fund this vision of a more equitable future.
$20,000 in Match Funding for Spatial Storytelling
Illust creators can submit their AR projects for the opportunity to receive one for one match funding up to $20,000 for their projects.
World’s Largest AI Driven AR Exhibition
Balanced Forces, a touring augmented reality art exhibition, will be crafting the world’s largest AI-driven AR art walk in support of the AI Film 3 Festival in Phoenix, Arizona. Works will be displayed through the medium of augmented reality throughout the festival grounds using illust’s AR Creator Studio.