How to participate in the PoP event of Zypher Network?

Zypher Network launched a series of PoP events in mid-August, which are still ongoing. We can obtain several PoP NFT assets through different methods, and holding these NFTs is expected to yield rewards such as mainnet token airdrops after the TGE.

Let’s briefly discuss the rules of this event and how to participate.

1. What is the Zypher Network project?

Zypher Network is one of the few foundational infrastructures for trustworthy Web3 AI, and it is currently the only project that fully implements AI trustworthiness based on ZK.

As a next-generation Web3 AI trustworthy facility, Zypher can conduct secure audits of prompts and ensure the reliability of the inference process and output results through a verification network. Additionally, it provides a secure browser and an Agent trust rating panel, allowing users to participate in validation and scoring to co-build the AI security ecosystem and receive incentive rewards.

With a series of cryptographic technologies, including zkTLS, combined with its zk computing layer, Zypher acts like the TLS protocol in the internet, providing a trustworthy operating environment for AI Agents through zero-knowledge protocols like zkProof of Prompt (zkPoP), ensuring their behavior is safe and reliable. By ensuring data consistency and privacy, Zypher Network is promoting secure deployments across various application areas, including cryptocurrencies, automated processes, payment systems, and real-world assets (RWA).

At the same time, Zypher also serves as an AI security browser and antivirus software, monitoring AI Agent behavior in real-time, assessing risks, and issuing security alerts. AI Agents that have not been verified by Zypher zkProof of Prompt (zkPoP) will be flagged as risky, helping users identify potential security hazards.

2. What are the main activities currently?

Currently, the activities of Zypher Network are mainly focused on the PoP series events. The meaning of PoP refers to zkProof of Prompt (zkPoP) mentioned above, and PoP itself also extends to a more expressive, participatory, and interactive on-chain identity symbol. Based on this concept, Zypher has launched a complete set of POP NFT series, covering basic NFTs, reward NFTs, and collaborative custom NFTs, which we can participate in to obtain these rewards.

First, let’s talk about basic NFTs and collaborative NFTs; we will discuss reward NFTs (which are expected to yield the highest rewards) later.

Basic NFTs are entry-level rights certificates open to all community users (divided by rarity: 70% low-level, 25% mid-level, 5% high-level), featuring a "tongue" pattern as the basic image. Each wallet address can mint three (users holding G NFTs can mint three additional ones), with rarity being random. Holders can gain basic qualifications to participate in the Galaxy prize pool and future POP airdrops. Essentially, you can just claim the subsequent rewards; there’s not much more to say. For tutorials, you can refer to this: https://wiki.zypher.network/are-you-ready-for-pop/pop-nft-collection

Collaborative NFTs are POP custom NFTs launched for ecological partners. This series of NFTs is not open for public minting and can only be minted after receiving a whitelist through activities held by partners. You can keep an eye on the messages from Zypher’s official Twitter and complete tasks to claim them, which may allow you to gain rewards from collaborative projects.

Now, let’s focus on reward NFTs.

Reward NFTs are incentives for a promotional activity launched by Zypher Network, commonly referred to as "mouth farming activities," similar to the promotion methods used on platforms like Kaito and Cookie for projects listed there.

This involves posting content related to Zypher Network on X, including activity tutorials, track analyses, token interpretations, project progress, etc., participating in evaluations. Zypher will recognize users' content and dissemination, and periodically, on a weekly basis, will distribute reward NFTs to participating users. This NFT will serve as the basis for future mainnet token airdrops.

Several ways to participate

However, it is important to note that when participating in mouth farming, the most crucial aspect is to ensure that the system can recognize and capture your content; otherwise, it cannot be snapshot during evaluations.

Here are four ways for Zypher to recognize us:

1. Zypher Girl automatic recognition: Simply post on Twitter and @zypher girl to participate.

Zypher Girl is Zypher's Agent bot component on X. When participating in mouth farming, directly @zypher girl in your content to be captured for evaluation. It is recommended to add some of the tags mentioned earlier.

2. Galxe task entry:

Currently, Zypher has launched this mouth farming task on Galxe, so we first need to go to the Galxe platform to claim this task (https://app.galxe.com/quest/ZypherNetwork/GC2MDt6CQ2)

After linking your X and wallet address, Galxe will continuously recognize your content. However, when posting after claiming the task, you need to add topics like #ReadyForPOP and #ZypherPOP to trigger the Galxe system to recognize your content. The system will take snapshots of users weekly and distribute PoP NFT airdrop rewards.

3. The third way is to submit a form in Discord #pop event.

https://discord.com/invite/muWwuPb8zz

4. POP official website entry: Connect your wallet and authorize Twitter to complete the upload;

The official website currently also supports users uploading their content certificates. Go to the official site https://x.com/zyphergirl.

Then connect your wallet, authorize Twitter, and the system will recognize the content you produce, but it is also recommended to include tags.

Evaluation Factors

Currently, the official evaluation factors are:

Total Score = (Dissemination Index × 40%) + (Technical Accuracy × 35%) + (Brand Fit × 25%).

The scoring combines three factors: dissemination index, technical accuracy, and brand fit. Essentially, it is based on dissemination metrics, interactions, likes, views, etc., as well as content quality and accuracy. Of course, quantity can also be a good strategy. The system automatically selects outstanding users for NFT airdrop rewards.

For the official explanation of this event, you can refer to: https://wiki.zypher.network/are-you-ready-for-pop/proof-of-pop-campaign

3. Why participate?

In fact, the participation rate for Zypher Girl's PoP NFTs, especially the mouth farming activities, is quite high.

We can analyze this from several aspects.

First, the potential of the Zypher Girl project itself.

Currently, the project has secured a round of financing totaling $7 million. This round was co-led by UOB Venture and Signum Capital, with participation from well-known institutions such as Hashkey Capital, Hong Leong Group, Cogitent Ventures, Catcher VC, Hydrogenesis Labs, and DWF Venture, indicating that the capital market highly recognizes the long-term potential of Zypher's narrative and technology direction.

From a narrative perspective, there are currently not many projects in the AI trust narrative direction, and the track is not crowded. Moreover, projects like Zypher, which are entirely based on ZK with a technological moat, are even rarer. At the same time, AI is being widely and generally adopted, but the trust issues surrounding AI are becoming increasingly prominent. Therefore, AI trustworthy facilities will emerge as a potential narrative alongside this round of AI narrative explosion, and the future market prospects are very promising.

Thus, both the narrative and technological aspects of Zypher are highly promising and worth deep participation.

Second, the current mouth farming activities are not crowded.

Currently, many projects have launched on early InfoFi platforms like Kaito/Cookie, attracting a large number of users to participate. However, it is very difficult for most users to make it onto the leaderboard, and the overall reward range is quite limited.

Currently, Zypher's mouth farming activities are not as competitive, and Zypher distributes PoP NFT rewards weekly rather than issuing rewards all at once for the entire activity period. Therefore, users who participate have a high probability of obtaining this NFT and subsequently receiving airdrops based on it.

Another point worth noting is that Zypher's scoring does not rely on InfoFi platforms. Previously, projects on Kaito were basically calculated based on Kaito's algorithm to determine users' dissemination scores and create leaderboards. Many users felt that Kaito's algorithm considered too many factors (favoring deep Kaito users), which was not friendly to many mid-tier and long-tail users. Zypher is relatively fairer, calculating scores entirely based on its own algorithm.

Currently, Zypher's mouth farming activities have already started, and we are still in the early stages of the activity, so the earlier you participate, the greater the advantage.