If you took part in the $WHUF auction
You should have an invitation waiting. Go to https://app.ethos.network/invite/accept and connect the wallet you bid from. You do not need to ask anyone for an invite.
If nothing is there, we were not able to create one automatically for a small number of participants. Message support with the wallet address you bid from and we will sort it out for you.
If your Ethos score is already above 1400
You can sign up yourself, no invitation needed.
Go to https://invite.ethos.network/ and check if you're eligible.
Log in with X to prove you own the account.
Enter an ETH address to secure your spot.
Scores exist for X accounts before anyone joins, built from public signals. Having one above 1400 without ever having signed up is uncommon, since it generally means either a substantial social presence or that people have already left reviews or vouches for you. It costs nothing to check, so check before assuming you need an invite.
Otherwise, you need an invitation
Invitations come from existing users and stay deliberately scarce, because the invite system and its 180-day bonds are what protect the network from sybil accounts and low-quality signups.
Give the person inviting you an EVM wallet address you control. Invitations are only claimable by the exact wallet used to create them, so make sure they have the right address.
You will receive a link that looks like this:
https://app.ethos.network/invite/<your invite code>
Or you can go straight to https://app.ethos.network/invite/accept and connect the wallet the invitation was created for.
Accepting an invitation
Once you have connected your wallet you can choose which invitation to accept. It is worth being thoughtful about this, because the choice is permanent in two ways and consequential in a third.
Your inviter's name appears on your profile forever, as "Invited by".
For 180 days you are bonded to them. Your credibility scores influence each other in both directions: if you become more reputable, so do they, and the same is true in reverse.
Your starting score is heavily influenced by whose invitation you accept. An invitation from someone highly reputable is likely to boost your initial credibility significantly. You can see the boost next to each name in the invite selection screen.
Creating your profile
After choosing an invitation you will be prompted to sign two on-chain transactions to create your profile. You will then be taken to the next step, where you can attest, meaning connect, your identities on the internet. Today that is X, with more to follow.
Connecting X
Connecting your X account is an important way to help other Ethos participants recognise you. It pulls in your profile name and avatar, and it affects your credibility score in two ways.
Accounts older than four years receive a minor boost to credibility.
Any reviews or vouches left for that X account before it became an Ethos profile are associated with your new profile, and any credibility earned or lost through them comes with it.
After that you are done, and free to use Ethos as a full member of the network.
I do not know anyone on Ethos. What now?
Two things to check before assuming you are stuck. If you bought $WHUF in the auction, check https://app.ethos.network/invite/accept with the wallet you bid from, and message support if nothing is waiting there. If you did not take part, search your score at app.ethos.network, because some people qualify for self-serve signup without realising they have a score at all.
If neither applies, there is no public queue to join right now. We would rather tell you that than send you somewhere that leads nowhere.