Today the physical build begins properly. The piezos are glued to the discs, the parts are here, and the first temporary hub is already alive on the bench: the Waveshare ESP32-S3 screen.

The temporary Waveshare hub for the POP crystal build
The temporary Waveshare hub for the POP crystal build

For this first stage, we are not trying to make the discs power the device. The goal is resonance: drive the discs gently, listen to their response, find their character, and let the little POP hub make that physical identity visible.

Once we have a repeatable resonance profile, the next step is to register the crystal on-chain and show that registration in the hub itself. It is a small setup on a breadboard, but it feels like the moment the physical POP system starts answering back.