Spritehood sold out in under an hour on August 11, and the project’s account, @Spritehoodio, hasn’t posted since August 12. In a thread on October 2, the Ethos team pointed to something buyers could have checked first: the Ethos profile of @ColeThereum.
The point is simple. The warnings were public before the sale. You had to read the reviews, not just glance at the score.
What happened with Spritehood
According to the Ethos thread:
- Spritehood sold out in under an hour on August 11
- @Spritehoodio hasn’t posted since August 12, as of October 2
The Ethos team’s framing was blunt: “You could’ve saved your money on Spritehood if you’d read @ColeThereum’s Ethos profile.” They asked two questions anyone can answer by opening the profile: what was on it when the gate opened, and who vouched for @ColeThereum?
The profile is public at app.ethos.network/profile/x/ColeThereum.
The score lagged, the reviews didn’t
As the Ethos team put it, “The score didn’t say questionable yet.. but the reviews did.”
Since February 2025, @ColeThereum’s profile has carried a review from @porkbus that reads: “rugged pudgies before Luca stepped in.” That review has 74 upvotes, so plenty of people saw it and found it worth backing. You can read it at app.ethos.network/activity/review/4243.
Eight warnings in nine hours
The older review wasn’t the only one. Eight more warnings landed on @ColeThereum’s profile in the nine hours just before the gate opened. Anyone checking the profile that day would have seen a fresh run of warnings on top of a review that had stood for months.
Why reading the profile matters
A credibility score sums up what others say about an account, but it won’t always reflect every warning the moment it lands. The individual reviews, how many people upvoted them, and who has vouched for someone carry detail that a single number can miss.
Before putting money behind a person or project, the Spritehood case suggests a few things worth checking on their Ethos profile:
- Negative reviews, even old ones, and what they claim
- Upvotes on those reviews, which show whether others back the warning
- Recent activity, especially a burst of new warnings right before a launch
- Who has vouched for the account
In this case, the warnings were on the record well before anyone bought in.
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