License

Our Commitment to Open Knowledge

All research, documentation, and educational content published by Protokol Innovation Labs is freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This means you are free to:

✅ Share — Copy and redistribute our research in any medium or format ✅ Adapt — Remix, transform, and build upon our work ✅ Use Commercially — Use our content for any purpose, including commercial applications

The Only Requirement: Attribution

You must give appropriate credit to Protokol Innovation Labs, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests we endorse you or your use.

How to Attribute Our Work

When using or referencing our research, please include:

For Academic/Formal Citations:

Protokol Innovation Labs. (2025). [Title of Research Paper]. 
Retrieved from [URL]. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

For Web/Blog References:

Based on research by Protokol Innovation Labs, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
[Link to specific research]

For Adaptations/Derivatives:

Adapted from [Original Title] by Protokol Innovation Labs (CC BY 4.0). 
Modifications include [brief description of changes].

What This License Means

You CAN:

• Use our research in educational courses and training materials

• Translate our content into other languages

• Include excerpts in your own articles, reports, or presentations

• Build tools, applications, or products based on our research

• Republish on other platforms with attribution

• Use commercially without asking permission

You MUST:

• Provide clear attribution to Protokol Innovation Labs

• Link to the original source when possible

• Indicate if you modified the original content

• Include a link to the CC BY 4.0 license

You CANNOT:

• Claim you created the original research

• Imply that Protokol Innovation Labs endorses your use or derivative work

• Apply additional restrictions on others' use of the original content

Full Legal Text

Read the complete Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Why We Chose Open Licensing

At Protokol Innovation Labs, we believe that advancing decentralized technologies requires widespread understanding. By making our research freely accessible and legally reusable, we contribute to industry-wide progress and enable educators, policymakers, developers, and organizations to build informed decisions.

Open licensing strengthens the entire web3 ecosystem—and we're committed to that mission.

Questions About Usage?

If you have specific questions about using our research or need clarification on the license terms, please contact us at [contact email/form].

Code Repositories

For code samples and prototypes published in our GitHub repositories, separate software licenses (such as MIT or Apache 2.0) may apply. Please refer to the LICENSE file in each repository.

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Last Updated: October 28th, 2025