# KYC (Know-Your-Contract) Level System

Metapad's KYC Level System follows consensus-based approvals between the applicant and the KYC reviewer role. The leveling system is consists of 4 levels/tiers. These levels are applied on an in order basis.

From project owner's perspective, this is where they prove smart contracts and project ownership, establish more trust credibility scores to their users, and add more integrity to their projects.

For users, this tiering can be a guide to get informed and understand more about the project's smart contracts cans and risks.

Below are the levels/tiers list. The example is collected from https://testnet.metapad.dev/token/3.

# KYC Level 1: Token Info

This refers to the project information and their respective smart contracts. Projects owners should enlist their project first and is subject for review.

KYC Level 1 shows the following information:

  • Token Name
  • Token Description
  • Token Image
  • Chain
  • Creator Address (minter of the project Metapad token)
  • Owner Address (current owner of the project Metapad token)
  • Project Type
  • Website
  • Contract Addresses (with indicator if the Metapad token owner address matches the owner address of the project's contracts)
  • Web Archive (Wayback Machine) of the project website during KYC Level 1 approval

Token information shown when token is KYC Level 1 approved
Token information shown when token is KYC Level 1 approved

# KYC Level 2: Contract Notes

Contract notes contains the contracts rules written now in user-friendly language (layman's term). Contract notes fees varies from contract to contract scope.

You can find the open-sourced list here listed by token:

https://github.com/Nuxify/metapad-contract-notes

https://github.com/Nuxify/metapad-contract-notes/tree/testnet

KYC Level 2 shows the following information:

  • Reviewed contract addresses
  • ERC standards used
  • Contract summary in layman's term
  • Contract user and owner functionalities, capabilities
  • Contract owner cans and cannot
  • Update time
  • Contract notes GitHub link

Contract notes shown when token is KYC Level 2 approved
Contract notes shown when token is KYC Level 2 approved

# KYC Level 3: Contract Audits

Contract audits contains the contract audit reports from smart contract auditing companies. The audit reports are stored indefinitely in IPFS.

KYC Level 3 shows the following information:

  • Audit reports from smart contract auditing companies

# KYC Level 4: Crews

Crews refers to the team members of the project. These are the brave souls that wanted to leave a strong footprints in their works and are doxxed.

All info here are public and stored in IPFS (referenced by the Metapad's contract).

KYC Level 4 shows the following information:

  • Team members info (name, profile image, verified LinkedIn accounts)
  • Team members video introduction video