Case studies Open Ethos

Reputation is being built whether you act or not.

Real stories of how onchain reputation is reshaping crypto. Who’s winning, who’s losing, and what separates them.

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MegaETH logoMegaETHCambria logoCambriaMegapot logoMegapotPRED logoPREDMimix logoMimixLegion logoLegionVibestarter logoVibestarterCredifi logoCredifi

Proof it works

Partners who gated by reputation and measured the result.
PRED artwork: the line Trade the Game over a dark collage of footballers
Success story11 · Featured

$42K deposited, $0 spent: what a score gated bonus does for a trading venue

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$41.7KTotal deposited
185Depositing users
$0Acquisition cost
 Credifi logo and name in white on green
New primitive10 · Featured

Borrow up to $3,000 against your reputation, not your collateral.

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$3,000Max loan
1800+Score to qualify
0Defaults to date
Legion wordmark in red on blackVibestarter artwork: the Vibestarter logo beside a green burst on black
Founder diligence09 · Featured

Anyone can launch a token. Verifying the team is the hard part.

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$0Cost to vet
30+Legion sales
LiveLegion integration
 Megapot artwork: numbered lottery balls on a blue sky with the line The internet lottery
Success story08 · Featured

14,000 unfarmable tickets: reaching real users on day one

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14KTickets distributed
1400+Score gate
$0Agency fee
 Artwork: townspeople with lanterns point at a cracked temple and paint warning marks on it while merchants walk up the steps looking away
Industry problem07 · Featured

The lowest score on Ethos: why you check the profile before you partner

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LastOn the leaderboard
74Score of 2800
$30M+Drained in exploit
 Cambria artwork: the Cambria logo over a pixel art desert landscape
Success story06 · Featured

Reputable wallets committed 66% more to the presale

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960Participants
+66%More committed
59%Had Ethos scores
 Human Verification artwork: a hooded figure wearing the Ethos mark swings a great sword through a line of red-eyed robots
New primitive05 · Featured

Prove you’re human without selling your eyes

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1,300+Humans verified
3Verifications required
800Credibility at stake
 Sybil attack artwork: a line of identical robots carries sacks and crates of coins out of a broken vault in the rain
Industry problem04 · Featured

$174M stolen in 3 months: why sybil filtering is life or death

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$170MMYX sybil heist
5,800Apriori fake wallets
20%IRYS airdrop stolen
 Mimix artwork: the Mimix logo and the line Verifiable ad network for organic content on orange
Live integration03 · Featured

Find the right KOL: stop paying for hype, start verifying reputation

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$740MPump & dump ’25
160+Undisclosed KOLs
LiveMimix integration
 Teams artwork: five founders watch masons carve their likeness into a wall, half finished and noble, half rough, as one founder raises a glowing hammer
Reputation matters02 · Featured

Trustworthy teams: your reputation is being built whether you like it or not

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101Apps tracked
500+ptScore gap
OnchainPermanent
 MegaETH artwork: a collaged rabbit on black with the MegaETH wordmark
Success story01 · Featured

MegaETH: how to filter a $1.39B token sale

53,000 participants. $1.39 billion committed. Only 10% made the cut. Ethos credibility scores helped decide who got in.

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$1.39BCommitted
28xOversubscribed
53K→6KFiltered
Cambria artwork: the Cambria logo over a pixel art desert landscape
Success story06

Reputable wallets committed 66% more to the presale

960Participants
+66%More committed
59%Had Ethos scores
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Megapot artwork: numbered lottery balls on a blue sky with the line The internet lottery
Success story08

14,000 unfarmable tickets: reaching real users on day one

14KTickets distributed
1400+Score gate
$0Agency fee
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PRED artwork: the line Trade the Game over a dark collage of footballers
Success story11

$42K deposited, $0 spent: what a score gated bonus does for a trading venue

$41.7KTotal deposited
185Depositing users
$0Acquisition cost
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What happens without it

The cost of launching, partnering and promoting blind.
Sybil attack artwork: a line of identical robots carries sacks and crates of coins out of a broken vault in the rain
Industry problem04

$174M stolen in 3 months: why sybil filtering is life or death

$170MMYX sybil heist
5,800Apriori fake wallets
20%IRYS airdrop stolen
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Artwork: townspeople with lanterns point at a cracked temple and paint warning marks on it while merchants walk up the steps looking away
Industry problem07

The lowest score on Ethos: why you check the profile before you partner

LastOn the leaderboard
74Score of 2800
$30M+Drained in exploit
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Teams artwork: five founders watch masons carve their likeness into a wall, half finished and noble, half rough, as one founder raises a glowing hammer
Reputation matters02

Trustworthy teams: your reputation is being built whether you like it or not

101Apps tracked
500+ptScore gap
OnchainPermanent
Read case study

What you can build

Live integrations and new primitives on the Ethos score.
Mimix artwork: the Mimix logo and the line Verifiable ad network for organic content on orange
Live integration03

Find the right KOL: stop paying for hype, start verifying reputation

$740MPump & dump ’25
160+Undisclosed KOLs
LiveMimix integration
Read case study
Legion wordmark in red on blackVibestarter artwork: the Vibestarter logo beside a green burst on black
Founder diligence09

Anyone can launch a token. Verifying the team is the hard part.

$0Cost to vet
30+Legion sales
LiveLegion integration
Read case study
Credifi logo and name in white on green
New primitive10

Borrow up to $3,000 against your reputation, not your collateral.

$3,000Max loan
1800+Score to qualify
0Defaults to date
Read case study
Human Verification artwork: a hooded figure wearing the Ethos mark swings a great sword through a line of red-eyed robots
New primitive05

Prove you’re human without selling your eyes

1,300+Humans verified
3Verifications required
800Credibility at stake
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We’re not inviting you to Ethos. We’re inviting you to take control of something that’s already happening.

Developer docs Open Ethos
Ethos Network · The reputation layer for web3