Validation Terms & Conditions
1. Student Eligibility and Validation Credits
Earning Digital Gold through DigitalGold.co is currently reserved for college students. You acknowledge and agree that:
- You must register with a verified student email address (.edu or other student email).
- New accounts receive starter validation credits. Referred signups and invite ranks may add further credits under the published referral rules.
- While your account has a validation balance, new funded account signups release DGD equally to funded accounts and deliver earned coins to your QT wallet.
- You must submit a valid DGD QT wallet address during registration to receive delivered DGD.
- Public access is planned for early 2027.
2. Node Operation Requirements
DGD operates on a Proof of Participation (POP) consensus model. Participation is restricted to locally operated desktop or laptop nodes. By creating an account, you confirm that:
- The wallet address submitted during registration corresponds to an active, locally installed DGD QT wallet and core node.
- Node operation via data centers, virtual private servers (VPS), cloud instances, or emulated environments is prohibited and subject to automated protocol-level detection and restriction.
- Each registered wallet must correspond to one physical machine under your direct control.
3. Distribution Rules
DGD allocations are divided equally among verified online consensus nodes in accordance with the active validation model. You agree that:
- No single participant may accumulate a disproportionate or monopolistic share of the circulating supply.
- Distributions are processed by the validation platform after student email verification, validation-credit balance checks, and network rules.
- Distribution amounts and timing are governed by protocol rules and are not subject to manual override or dispute.
4. Validation Compliance and Fair Participation
By checking the acceptance box during registration, you certify that you are a student registering one genuine account and operating a single physical node under your own control. The following are strictly prohibited and will result in permanent blacklisting from all distribution loops:
- Sybil attacks or creation of duplicate node keys on a single physical system
- Any attempt to simulate, multiply, or misrepresent node participation
- Exploitation of any technical or procedural vulnerability in the fair distribution process
DigitalGoldX reserves the right to terminate access, withhold distributions, and take further remedial action where violations are detected or reasonably suspected.
5. Acceptance
By creating an account and accepting these terms, you confirm that you have read, understood, and accepted them in full.