On November 4, 2025, Ethos announced that @dethective was joining the Ethos Curator program. As part of the partnership, @dethective planned to start including Ethos in his findings. Ethos also used the announcement to look for additional Curators.
The news mattered for anyone who relies on public investigations to decide who to trust in crypto. It connected the work of someone who digs into bad actors with a network built around recording what people know about each other.
Recognizing the people who expose fraud
Ethos opened its announcement by pointing to a group it felt doesn’t get enough credit: the people who uncover bad actors, scams and fraud in the space. In Ethos’s words, there are “many unsung heroes” doing that work.
@dethective is one of them. Ethos called him “a legend” and said it was excited to partner with him.
What the partnership involved
Ethos described the arrangement in two parts:
- Onboarding to the Curator program: @dethective joined the Ethos Curator program.
- Including Ethos in his findings: going forward, he planned to bring Ethos into the findings he publishes.
Ethos is an onchain reputation network where people review and vouch for each other, and every account gets a credibility score from what others say about it. Investigations into scams and fraud are one source of exactly the kind of information that shapes an account’s reputation.
A call for more Curators
Ethos framed the @dethective announcement as a starting point. Alongside it, the team said it was looking for additional Curators.
Anyone interested was asked to review the details on Ethos broker and leave a comment there. The information was posted at This thread first appeared on X.
