# Degen, The Haberdashery, and the story of Dave Bachinsky's kickflip world record

> we did some incentivizing

**Published by:** [poidh](https://words.poidh.xyz/)
**Published on:** 2025-10-04
**URL:** https://words.poidh.xyz/degen-haberdashery-dave-bachinsky-kickflip-world-record

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Yesterday, the coolest moment in poidh history dropped: Dave Bachinsky @davebachinsky I’ve never done so many kickflips in my life This was such a gnarly challenge trying to beat this record We made it happen @drsalsaverde !! 176 7:14 AM • Oct 2, 2025 Legendary skateboarder Dave Bachinsky broke the Guinness World Record for most skateboard kickflips in one minute to claim a poidh bounty worth 10 million DEGEN (~$29,000 at the time of claim). How did several different parties come together to fund such a massive prize pool?it started with a questionBack in August, Jacek put out a call to the DEGEN community for viral marketing ideas. One of the top suggestions was to fund breaking a world record with DEGEN on poidh:I followed up with a suggestion that we could do a 10,000,000 DEGEN bounty to break the “most kickflips in a minute” record:official record on Guinness was still 36 by the way, our AI summary friend above was wrongThis received support from Jacek, and also piqued the interest of a certain Farcaster (and professional skateboarder) named Dave Bachinsky:Based on this positive reception, I went ahead and created a bounty with about $100 worth of DEGEN (26,666 DEGEN). All that was left to do was add another 9,973,334.a proposal to The Haberdashery While Jacek was interested in the positive spotlight this initiative could generate, he was also (reasonably) hesitant to rush into depositing 10,000,000 DEGEN into poidh for the vague idea of "breaking a world record.” I chatted through the concept with him, explained how we would deal with controversy by using Guinness as our "oracle" in this scenario, and we came to the conclusion that this could be a legitimate, unique, and fun way to spotlight DEGEN (and the Degen Chain L3 that poidh utilizes). However, funding all 10,000,000 DEGEN from the treasury was a steep ask for an unproven marketing tactic. So I reached out to a crew of fellow Farcasters who have helped fund poidh/DEGEN-related activities in the past: The Haberdashery. Originally known as Degen DAO because the DAO's treasury was pooled from individuals (such as myself) who voluntarily gave up a portion of their original DEGEN airdrop to join the DAO, the Haberdashery now primarily operates out of a Farcaster group chat with governance designated by ownership of Degen Haberdasher NFTs. The group's mission is simple: incentivize meaningful content across Farcaster. I proposed that The Haberdashery could fund 3,333,333 DEGEN, with Jacek then doubling their contribution with 6,666,666 DEGEN. While some in the group were (again, reasonably) skeptical about doing such a silly thing with a large amount of treasury funds, there was enough support to get the proposal moved to a vote. At that point? I sent 500+ DMs over the course of the next 4 days to people to explain what we were doing, why it was fun, and why they should take the time to vote. The result? A whopping 94% of voting members voted "yes" to fund the proposal:The Haberdashery's founder, Purp, then deposited the 3,333,333 DEGEN on behalf of the DAO and we were up and running: kenny @kennyistyping the largest bounty in @poidhxyz history is live thanks to generous sponsorship from The Haberdashery 3,360,000 $DEGEN $12,000 $USD the challenge? break @rickyglaser's Guinness world record for kickflips in 1 minute (36) yes, this bounty is real yes, that is over $10,000 95 9:09 AM • Sep 15, 2025 Shortly after, Jacek and the official DEGEN treasury came through to round out the 10,000,000 DEGEN grand prize: Degen 🎩 @degentokenbase The largest bounty in @poidhxyz history just got bigger. Together we’ve pooled a total of 10M $DEGEN for whoever can break the Guinness World Record for most kickflips in a minute. Skater’s its your time to shine. Break the world record, or break your ankle trying. kenny @kennyistyping the largest bounty in @poidhxyz history is live thanks to generous sponsorship from The Haberdashery 3,360,000 $DEGEN $12,000 $USD the challenge? break @rickyglaser's Guinness world record for kickflips in 1 minute (36) yes, this bounty is real yes, that is over $10,000 232 6:53 AM • Sep 19, 2025 spreading the word... and breaking a recordWith all funds in escrow via the poidh smart contract, we set about spreading the word across social media and IRL. $30,000 was on the line for anyone who could break the record, and people were stoked:flyers hung up around the world as part of a promo campaign we ranWe got a feature in Decrypt:And even Google's AI was hyped about the big "kickflip bounty":Then, two weeks after Jacek took the bounty to 10M DEGEN, I got a message from Dave:Guinness records page hereThere was a claim on poidh:And a post on Twitter: Dave Bachinsky @davebachinsky I’ve never done so many kickflips in my life This was such a gnarly challenge trying to beat this record We made it happen @drsalsaverde !! 177 7:14 AM • Oct 2, 2025 "This is for DEGEN"... and then a minute of world-class greatness. Just like we'd envisioned. 🎩where do we go from here?These past few days have been full of celebration as everyone involved has enjoyed the moment. I'm thrilled that poidh was able to incentivize something so impressive, Farcaster friends are stoked that the purple app community helped make this happen, the DEGEN community has a landmark accomplishment that will always be tied to their meme, and the skate community has a new reason to celebrate someone who was already a legend:front page of /r/skateboardingWe're continuing to spread the word, and people are taking note that incentivization markets may be something special: Graham Novak (📜,📜) @gnovak_ Crowdfunding to make cool shit happen is back. Crowdfunded capital from @poidhxyz just made a claimable prize pool for anyone to break the kickflip world record. @davebachinsky just did 38 kickflip a in a minute, verified by @GWR Dave is going to get tens of thousands of Dave Bachinsky @davebachinsky I’ve never done so many kickflips in my life This was such a gnarly challenge trying to beat this record We made it happen @drsalsaverde !! 51 8:05 AM • Oct 2, 2025 Graham knows a thing or two about viral crypto events. He helped start Constitution DAO back in 2021. He's a fan of these "world record" challenges, and we're going to keep leaning into them. Next up, we're trying to break the Beer Mile world record, and we already have over $2000 committed to the cause: kenny @kennyistyping Crowdfunding to make cool shit happen is back. next up? poidh and @runnerbased are teaming up to break @CoreyBellemore's @beermile record bounty already at $1400 of $ETH and $690 of $RUNNER (~$2090 total) want to help incentivize greatness? add funds via the link below Graham Novak (📜,📜) @gnovak_ Crowdfunding to make cool shit happen is back. Crowdfunded capital from @poidhxyz just made a claimable prize pool for anyone to break the kickflip world record. @davebachinsky just did 38 kickflip a in a minute, verified by @GWR Dave is going to get tens of thousands of 37 1:43 PM • Oct 2, 2025 Want to help prove that crypto can be a force for pushing the limits of human excellence? Consider adding some ETH on Base via the bounty page here: https://poidh.xyz/base/bounty/723 We've come a long way from being a little experimental app on Farcaster running $5 photo bounties, in no small part thanks to the friends and fans who have supported the vision from day one. Cheers to you all, and to many new records to come. 📸

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