One of the core challenges in the Ethereum ecosystem is the lack of a unified, decentralized system to assess the trust and credibility of projects seeking funding. With thousands of projects competing for financial support, funders often struggle to determine which initiatives are legitimate and aligned with the ecosystem’s values, especially given the risk of scams or low-quality projects.


Additionally, there is fragmentation across platforms like Gitcoin, Giveth, and others, making it difficult for funders to track project credibility in a cohesive way. This fragmentation leads to inefficiencies, as funders must navigate multiple platforms to gather enough information before deciding where to allocate their resources. Moreover, many projects lack a decentralized verification system that can provide transparent, on-chain attestations about their reputation and legitimacy.


DeVouch addresses these problems by enabling reputable organizations to vouch for projects, consolidating trust and credibility through on-chain attestations. By centralizing project information from multiple platforms, DeVouch streamlines the process of assessing endorsements and flags, empowering funders to make more informed and efficient funding decisions.


DeVouch offers a decentralized and transparent system for assessing the credibility of projects seeking funding in the Ethereum ecosystem. Unlike traditional funding platforms that rely on centralized vetting processes or subjective reputation systems, DeVouch leverages on-chain attestations through the Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS). This allows multiple reputable organizations, rather than a single authority, to vouch for or flag projects.


Additionally, DeVouch enables the creation of a public, shared registry of project endorsements and flags. This integration provides funders with a cohesive, verifiable record of a project’s reputation across multiple trusted sources, making the funding process more efficient and transparent.

By enabling communities to leverage reputation groups that already exist, we make it easy for anyone to bootstrap their own reputation system for their use case.