Your network identity

Ordinary participation does not require linking a network identity to your legal name. You authorize actions using a key you control. Appointed roles, including validators and footnote reviewers, have separate admission requirements.

It allows the protocol to check that the action was authorized by the relevant key. It does not establish the author’s legal name, the truth of a statement, or the trustworthiness of the person using that identity. Identity without a personal account explains why.

Published records and ledger activity are public. Activity under the same identity can be associated, and what you publish may reveal personal information. Read Public records and personal privacy.

Keep a usable copy of your key, normally through a protected identity backup. Soliton Group LLC cannot reset a lost key or recover a forgotten backup passphrase. See Manage identities and backups for browser instructions.