Ethos is a decentralized social (DeSo) application and credibility protocol that leverages Ethereum validation and a process termed “social validation” to confirm user credibility. The protocol lets users stake their Ethereum on others to vouch for credibility and generates credibility scores determined by the most active and credible community members. If a vouched participant behaves poorly, their staked ETH can be slashed and the voucher’s credibility score is negatively impacted, creating on-chain incentives for accountability. Ethos says its system has applications across DeFi, NFTs, trading, gaming, community building, and DAOs. Founded in 2023, Trevor Thompson is the founder of Ethos and is a General Partner at 0x5f Capital. The company closed a $1.75M pre-seed to finalize the product, which is set to launch on Base later this summer.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jul 2024