# Scan by Name, Not by Address

*Proof of Human now accepts SPACE ID names anywhere you'd type a wallet address. Type vitalik.eth, get a humanness verdict. No address required.*

By [Assetux](https://blog.assetux.com) · 2026-04-20

ai, antisybil, bots, web3, ai-agents

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Proof of Human × SPACE ID — Scan by Name, Not by Address
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**Proof of Human now accepts SPACE ID names anywhere you'd type a wallet address. Type** `vitalik.eth`**, get a humanness verdict. No address required.**

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The problem we solved
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Every tool in the humanness-verification space has the same UX assumption: you already have the wallet address.

That's a bad assumption. People share names, not addresses. Communities coordinate around `alice.bnb`, not `0xb5932a…`. Airdrop lists get compiled from handles and domain names that then need a manual lookup step before you can do anything with them.

Proof of Human now skips that step entirely.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3c0ecde7f1a49d40bc5922f9377cbdd572f2d3a1aba9536bf7d707d74bfc0680.png)

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How it works
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When you enter a value in the Checker input — single address or a row in a bulk CSV — we run a simple check before anything else:

1.  **Is it already a wallet address?** EVM (`0x…`) and Solana (base58, 32–44 chars) addresses pass straight through.
    
2.  **Is it a SPACE ID name?** Everything else is sent to the SPACE ID resolution API:
    

    GET https://nameapi.space.id/getAddress?domain=vitalik.eth
    → { "address": "0xd8dA6BF…", "code": 0 }
    

The resolved address is shown in the UI so you can confirm what you're scanning, then the normal verification flow runs — burn 1 POH, query registered methods, return a human/AI verdict.

For **bulk scans**, the entire CSV is resolved before the POH burn transaction is built. You can upload a file of SPACE ID names, raw addresses, or any mix — all rows are resolved first, then a single transaction covers the full batch.

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Why this matters for AI agent detection
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This is where it gets interesting.

AI agents are acquiring web3 identities. An autonomous agent can register `agent.eth` or `trading-bot.bnb` just as easily as a human can. The domain name says nothing about who — or what — is behind it.

That's precisely the point of Proof of Human. The name is the entry point. What we verify is the **on-chain history the address resolves to**: transaction patterns, contract interactions, token holdings, behavioural signatures registered by the community through our method voting system.

A bot can have a name. It cannot fake years of organic on-chain behaviour across multiple independent data sources.

The integration with SPACE ID makes humanness checks as easy to run as a Google search — you type what you know, we handle the resolution, we return the signal.

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What you can do now
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Input

Works?

`0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045`

✅ EVM address

`9WzDXwBbmkg8ZTbNMqUxvQRAyrZzDsGYdLVL9zYtAWWM`

✅ Solana address

`vitalik.eth`

✅ Resolved via SPACE ID

`spaceid.bnb`

✅ Resolved via SPACE ID

`user.arb`, `name.sol`, `alice.op`

✅ Any SPACE ID TLD

CSV with a mix of names and addresses

✅ Bulk — each row resolved individually

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Technical note
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Resolution happens on the frontend before the POH burn transaction is constructed. The backend receives only resolved wallet addresses — no changes to the verification engine were needed. If a name cannot be resolved (returns code `1` or network error), the scan is stopped with a clear error message before any tokens are spent.

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What's next
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*   **Reverse lookup in results** — show the Space ID name next to each scanned address in the results panel
    
*   **ENS primary name display** — surface the primary name on the result card so a human-flagged address shows their identity naturally
    
*   **Agent registry integration** — cross-reference resolved addresses against known AI agent registries as an additional method signal
    

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_Proof of Human is an open verification network. Community-registered methods, POH-token governance, on-chain dataset for AI training. Built by_ [_Assetux_](https://assetux.com)

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*Originally published on [Assetux](https://blog.assetux.com/poh-integrates-spaceid)*