On February 4, 2025, two weeks into Ethos.network, Ethos shared its first set of network stats and named the accounts that had gained the most credibility score. On February 22, 2025, it followed up with numbers from its first 30 days and opened a new round of invitations.
Together, the two updates are an early record of how Ethos grew, and of how its invitation system ties each member’s score to the people they bring in.
Two weeks in: the first stats
Ethos is an onchain reputation network where people review and vouch for each other, and every account gets a credibility score based on what others say about it. Two weeks in, Ethos reported:
- 3,848 reviews
- 293 profiles created through invitation
- 109 current daily active streaks
Who gained the most credibility
In the same February 4 thread, Ethos asked who had gained and lost the most credibility score, and who had been the most controversial. It named three accounts as top credibility gainers:
- @eskacie
- @porkbus
- @yukokosaka
Ethos broke down where @eskacie’s score came from, pointing to his Ethos profile. He earned it from:
- A high number of vouchers
- A high amount of vouched ETH
- A high number of mutual vouchers
In other words, his score reflected how many people backed him, how much ETH they put behind those vouches, and how many of those relationships ran both ways. The posts covered here don’t record who lost the most score or who was most controversial.
30 days in: 500 users
On February 22, 2025, Ethos reported that in its first 30 days the network had grown to 500 users, with 45% returning daily.
Ethos said that growth had been deliberately slow and organic. The aim was to keep the quality of content on the network high while holding on to the users who joined.
A new round of invites
Alongside the 30-day numbers, Ethos gave 1 invite to every user who had been active in the previous 3 days.
Ethos called this its first real “stress test”: a chance to see how the network handled up to 50% growth in a short period of time. The posts don’t record how that test turned out.
Invitations are bonded to your score
Ethos reminded users that an invitation is bonded to the person who sends it. Any score an invitee earns or loses directly affects the inviter’s score as well.
That makes an invite more than a referral. Inviting someone is a statement that you expect them to be a credible member of the network, and your own credibility moves with theirs. Ethos explained invites, along with reviews, vouches and slashes, in its post on the four mechanics of onchain credibility.
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