The First Protocol Where Reviews Make You Money
We solved e-commerce's $787B fake review problem by making honest reviews more profitable than fake ones.
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Online Reviews Are Broken
30% of online reviews are fake today, costing $787B annually. 54% of consumers won't buy a product if they find fake reviews. And the current solutions—identity verification, AI detection, manual moderation—all fail because they're playing defense.
Source: Capital One Shopping Research (2025)
You can't solve fake reviews with better detection. You need to make honest reviews more profitable than fake ones.
Meet the Founders
UMP Labs is founded by crypto-native OGs with years of experience in building blockchain infrastructure and smart contract development.
Nick Bax
CEO
Stanford PhD and forensics expert. Crypto OG and advisor to multiple web3 startups.
Barabazs
CTO
Crypto-native engineer specializing in trading infrastructure, NFT theft prevention, AI scaling, and web3 backend systems.
Backed By
Serial founder, cryptonative OG, and web3 investor
The UMP Review System
A revenue-sharing review system that rewards users who accurately predict marketplace success, solving the fake review problem through economic incentives rather than identity verification.
ECONOMICS
Earn Revenue, Not Just Cashback
Reviewers can stake their cashback on promising storefronts and earn ongoing revenue as those stores grow. Real skin in the game.
SECURITY
Sybil-Resistant
Economic incentives and protocol fees make manipulation unprofitable, ensuring authentic reviews without KYC.
PROCESS
How It Works
Buy products, write reviews, stake your cashback on promising storefronts, and earn a share of their future revenue as they grow.
MECHANISM
Prediction Market Design
Unlike binary markets, UMP applies prediction mechanics to continuous marketplace dynamics and sales performance.
See how this solves the $787B problem—and what it means for early investors.
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Built on a Live Marketplace
The UMP Review System is powered by our decentralized marketplace running live on Base mainnet—featuring smart contract escrow, privacy-preserving logistics, and near-zero fees.
- Live on Base mainnet with active storefronts and real transactions
- 2-of-3 multisig escrow protects buyers and sellers
- Privacy by design with encrypted shipping and XMTP messaging
- Mobile-optimized user experience
- Seamless wallet integration
Why now?
Crypto UX has reached mass-market usability, trade policies are shifting toward peer-to-peer models, consumers are demanding alternatives to expensive intermediaries, and privacy is becoming a core expectation in digital commerce.