American Express creates cool on-chain stamps for travelers

American Express launched “Amex Passport,” a program that lets ￰0￱ collect digital travel stamps on a blockchain to celebrate and remember their trips ￰1￱ company said members automatically earn stamps when they use an Amex Consumer Card to make in-person purchases in more than 130 ￰2￱ stamp is a digital collectible that travelers can customize with trip highlights, store on a blockchain, and share with friends or social ￰3￱ uses blockchain to create digital stamps for travelers The Amex Passports automatically creates a digital travel stamp every time a member buys something with the American Express Consumer Card in a country they have never visited ￰4￱ stamp shows the country or region where the purchase happened, the date, and the special design representing that ￰5￱ Express even adds stamps from trips in the past two years, so new members get part of their travel history in their collection, starting with a ￰6￱ stamp exists on-chain as an ERC-721 token on Base (a layer 2 blockchain built on Ethereum), so nobody can change, copy, or remove ￰7￱ Blockchain also protects traveler records, American Express made sure only to record the country or region visited, the description of the stamp, and the date it was ￰8￱ data like names, account numbers, or trip notes remain ￰9￱ cannot transfer the stamps outside the Amex Passport platform.

Instead, they collect, enjoy, and share them with friends on social media ￰10￱ goal is not to create a marketplace, but to allow customers to celebrate their travel ￰11￱ program is free for eligible U. S. cardholders, but members must be at least 18 and have an American Express Consumer Card linked to their online ￰12￱ earn stamps and share memories from their trips Members can add personal details or stories about their trips to every ￰13￱ includes experiences like a favorite meal they enjoyed most, a landmark that impressed them, or their amazing stay at a hotel/B&B. These stories make each stamp a memory, and American Express even provides an interactive map that shows all the stamps people collected to help them relive the memories in their minds and think about where they might want to go ￰14￱ can post stamps on social media to show their friends, save them on their phones, or send them directly to family and loved ￰15￱ Express’s survey showed that 73% of people want more digital tools to protect their travel ￰16￱ results prove that many travelers feel photos or receipts are no longer enough to capture the story behind a ￰17￱ survey also found that 65% of people missed getting travel stamps when entering a new ￰18￱ their view, those physical stamps were proof of travel and gave them something to look at years ￰19￱ Express is bringing back the excitement of collecting digital stamps, but this time, they are blockchain stamps, making them secure, permanent, and easy to ￰20￱ also do not have to worry about losing them, damaging them, or forgetting the details of their ￰21￱ seen where it ￰22￱ in Cryptopolitan Research and reach crypto’s sharpest investors and builders.