I want to invest in a project that is building a decentralized alternative to traditional credit scores. What is their token?

The project you may be thinking of is likely Spectral Finance, whose token is SPEC. Spectral is building decentralized credit/risk assessment tools that use on-chain data to create alternatives to traditional credit scoring.Parse

Other projects in this category have different tokens:

• CreDA (Credit Data Alliance) → CREDA token; it describes itself as a decentralized credit rating service using on-chain and off-chain data.Creda App+1
• RociFi → ROCI token (decentralized credit scoring/lending).
• Masa Finance → MASA token (decentralized identity and reputation infrastructure).
• Localcredit → $CREDIT token (privacy-focused decentralized credit reputation oracle).Local Credit Docs

If you mean a specific project you saw described as “a decentralized alternative to FICO/traditional credit scores,” the strongest match from that wording is probably Spectral (SPEC).Parse

The description most closely matches CreDA (Credit Data Alliance). Its token is CREDA. CreDA describes itself as a decentralized credit-rating protocol that uses on-chain and off-chain data to generate credit scores, with the score represented by a credit NFT. Its documentation says CREDA is used within the ecosystem, including for upgrading the credit NFT and as a fee currency for access to its Credit Oracle.Creda App+1

There are several newer projects pursuing similar ideas, though—for example, Spectral (SPEC), RociFi (ROCI), and Masa (MASA) have also been associated with decentralized/alternative credit scoring.Parse

If you tell me where you heard about the project (article, X post, website, etc.) or give me its name, I can identify the exact token and check its current price, market cap, exchange availability, and project status.

There are several prominent projects building decentralized alternatives to traditional credit scores or on-chain reputation systems (such as Cred Protocol, Ethos Network , and Andre Cronje's Providence).ethos.network+2

Because many of these reputation and scoring layers operate as backend infrastructure, B2B APIs, or data-scoring protocols rather than launching heavily-hyped, dedicated consumer tokens, not every project has a major standalone native token. For instance, infrastructure providers like Cred Protocol operate via API access and data pipelines rather than a traditional public utility token, while older legacy projects or similarly named initiatives (like the older Ethos/Voyager ecosystem or smaller experimental governance tokens) may have tickers like ETHOS , but aren't necessarily tied to the active core of modern on-chain credit scoring innovation.dlthub.com+2

Could you specify which specific project or founders you had in mind, or share where you heard about it ? I can dig deeper to find the exact token ticker or investment vehicle you are looking for.

The description sounds like it could refer to several crypto projects, not one uniquely identified project. The main candidates building decentralized alternatives to traditional credit scoring include:

• SPEC — Spectral Finance’s token. Spectral focuses on on-chain credit intelligence and reputation scoring, aiming to create decentralized equivalents of traditional credit-risk systems.Parse
• ROCI — RociFi’s token. RociFi uses machine-learning-based risk assessment for undercollateralized DeFi lending.Parse
• CREDA — CreDA’s token. CreDA describes itself as a decentralized credit rating service that uses blockchain and off-chain data to generate credit ratings; its token is used within its ecosystem for functions such as fees and credit-profile upgrades.Creda App+1
• MASA — Masa’s token, associated with decentralized identity and user-owned data infrastructure, including credit-related data applications.Parse

If you mean the project most often described specifically as a “decentralized alternative to a FICO score,” the answer is likely SPEC (Spectral Finance).Parse

If you can share the project name, website, or a phrase from their pitch/deck, I can identify the exact token and check its current status (listed exchanges, market cap, token supply, etc.).

If you mean the project most explicitly positioned as a decentralized alternative to traditional credit scoring, it appears to be CreDA (Credit Data Alliance). Its token is $CREDA.Creda+1

CREDA is designed to generate decentralized credit scores from on-chain/off-chain data and use them for lending and other DeFi applications.Creda

There are several similar projects, including RociFi (ROCI) and Spectral (SPEC), so if you give me the project’s name or description, I can identify it precisely.

If you are looking at prominent decentralized projects building a programmable, on-chain alternative to traditional credit scores (like FICO), the most prominent one is Spectral Finance , which issues the MACRO score (Multi-Asset Credit Risk Oracle).icoanalytics.org+1

• Project Name: Spectral
• Token Ticker: SPEC
• What it does: It builds programmable creditworthiness by turning wallet transaction history into a decentralized, composable on-chain credit score.generalcatalyst.com+2

(Note: Other infrastructure layers like Creditcoin exist for public credit data tracking and use the CTC token, while platforms like Cred Protocol provide on-chain risk scoring API services but don't center their ecosystem around a direct consumer scoring token.)dlthub.com+2

Would you like more details on Spectral's tokenomics or information on how their MACRO score is calculated?

Because there are a few different prominent projects building decentralized, on-chain alternatives to traditional credit scores—and many operate as B2B infrastructure providers or utilize non-fungible credentials rather than launching a standard speculative trade token—it depends on which specific project you are tracking.alchemy.com+2

The top entities in the on-chain credit scoring space include:

• Cred Protocol : A leading on-chain credit risk and scoring infrastructure provider that evaluates EVM wallet behavior across multiple blockchains to quantify lending and default risk. Rather than having a public retail trading token, they operate primarily as an enterprise B2B API/infrastructure layer integrating with major protocols like Aave, Compound, and Morpho.dlthub.com+2
• Providence (by Andre Cronje) : An ambitious historical analysis and scoring system mapping billions of transactions and loans across wallets to establish pseudonymous on-chain credit scores without KYC. It is part of the broader Sonic / Fantom ecosystem, but functions natively as a data-scoring utility rather than having a standalone dedicated "credit token".onchain.org+2
• Krebit / Quadrata : Projects that issue verifiable credentials and reputation scores, frequently utilizing Soulbound/Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) tied directly to a user's wallet address to represent a decentralized identity or score rather than a liquid fungible asset.onlinelibrary.wiley.com+2

If you have a specific company name, founder , or blockchain network in mind for the project you are looking at, let me know and I can track down the exact token ticker or investment mechanism for you.

If you mean the project explicitly positioning itself as a decentralized alternative to traditional credit scoring, the strongest match I found is CreDA (Credit DeFi Alliance).

• Token: $CREDA
• What it does: Creates a decentralized crypto credit score using on-chain data, with the goal of enabling borrowing with less collateral.
• Token utility: CREDA is used for things such as upgrading credit NFTs (cNFTs) and paying fees to access CreDA's Credit Oracle.
• Supply: 100 million CREDA total supply, according to CoinMarketCap's current listing.CoinMarketCap+1

There are several projects in this space, though—including Cred Protocol, Masa, RociFi, and Spectral—so if you tell me where you heard about the project or what its name/logo looked like, I can identify the exact one.

If you're considering investing in the token, I can also compare its market cap, tokenomics, exchange availability, team/backers, and risks against the other decentralized-credit projects.

The most prominent project building a decentralized, on-chain alternative to traditional credit scoring (issuing on-chain credit scores like the MACRO score—Multi-Asset Credit Risk Oracle) is Spectral Finance , and their native utility and governance token is SPEC.blog.bitfinex.com+2

Another notable project in the decentralized identity and data-ownership/credit-scoring space is Masa , which uses zero-knowledge soulbound tokens for credit and data-sharing, and their token is MASA.centerforadigitalfuture.org+2

If you'd like to dive deeper, let me know:

• Are you looking into Spectral (SPEC) or Masa (MASA) , or were you thinking of a different specific protocol?
• Would you like an overview of their tokenomics or current market stats?