“Access Credentials” means the methods by which you obtain access to SELF Products and includes Secret Recovery Phrase and Private Key.
“Affiliate” means any business entity which is now or in the future controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party to this Agreement, where control means ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock of the controlled corporation or more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests of a non-corporate entity.
“Attestation” is a Verifiable Credential that is either\ self-provided or issued by an Attester to another User’s DID.
“Attester” is a Third Party that creates Verifiable Credentials that are issued to Users.
“Blockchain” means a distributed digital ledger of cryptographically signed transactions that are grouped into blocks, and each block is cryptographically linked to the previous one (making it tamper evident) after validation and undergoing a consensus decision.
“Decentralized Identifiers,” or each a “DID”, are globally unique identifiers made up of a string of letters and numbers that may act as an identifying address when on a verifiable data registry, including Blockchains, and which are independent of any organization.
“Documentation” means the then-current technical documentation, user and reference guides, and other materials we provide related to our Products.
“Self”, is the secure structure in which private keys are stored, and is the sum of DIDs, including Verifiable Credentials, associated with a User's DID and it is Self's version of a “digital wallet”.
“Private Key” means a unique, confidential string of characters created with a cryptographic algorithm that is used to access and control the contents of your Self.
“Public Key” means a cryptographic identifier derived from a Private Key that is used to receive and verify transactions on a blockchain.
“Requester” is a specific category of Third Party who seeks certain subsets of your User Data for a specific business, commercial, or regulatory purpose. Each instance of such a solicitation of another User's User Data is a “Request.”
“Secret Recovery Phase” is a series of words used to regain access to your Self in case of a loss or compromise of your Private Key.
“SELF Products,” or “Products,” mean, without limitation, the SELF Mobile Apps, the SELF Web Portal, SELF API, and any other product or service made available to you by SELF and which references these Terms.
“SELF Network” means a decentralized, free-to-publish network that serves as the default publication location for Molecules and other User Data.
“Third Parties” means any User to whom you may disclose your User Data, including your Molecules, either at your discretion or as a requirement based on your interaction with SELF Products, and includes Attesters and Requesters.
“Third Party Registries and Platforms” refers to external services, including Blockchains, that Users can choose to interact with through SELF Products, enabling different functionality or features at User's discretion and include peer-to-peer networks (like Hyperswarm), blockchain ledgers (like Bitcoin), and distributed file systems (like IPFS).
“Usage Data” means technical, log, usage and other data related to User's general use of SELF Products, such as version number, but excludes User Data.
“User” means a natural person, an organization, or legal entity that controls one or more DIDs through SELF Products and, for clarity, includes Third Parties.
“User Data” means all data, information, digital assets, credentials, identifiers, and other materials created, generated, uploaded, stored, transmitted, or otherwise made available through SELF Products by a User including, without limitation, any digital currencies, tokens, VCs, or Access Credentials, in each case encrypted and controlled solely by the User.
“Verifiable Credential(s),” or each a “VC”, is a DID signed by an Attester and provided to a specific User.