User

A User represents an individual that signed up on talentprotocol.com

A User represents an individual that signed up on talentprotocol.com to verify their reputation data and increase their Builder Score, by connecting multiple accounts.

An Account represents a connection with a third-party entity (e.g., Wallet Address, GitHub, X, LinkedIn) that feeds reputation data into Talent Protocol. Accounts can exist independently or be linked to a user.

Key Attributes:

• Each user has a unique identifier (UUID) in the Talent database, ensuring every user is distinct.

• Users have a single profile URL aggregating data from all associated accounts.

  • talentprotocol.com/UUID

• A user can connect multiple accounts, but an account can only be linked to one user at a time.

• A user aggregates reputation data from all its connected accounts into a unified Builder Score.

• A user is be able to sign-in to the Talent Protocol App with any account that they connected.

• For now, only the Talent Protocol app can create, update or delete users from the database. Ecosystem apps can only read data.

Types of Users:

• User: when we mention the term "user", we're referring to all individuals who signed up at talentprotocol.com, even if they haven’t connected a wallet or other accounts yet.

• Onchain User: Users with a verified EVM address added to the onchain Talent Registry.

• Verified User: Users who have earned a Human Checkmark.

• Paying User: Users who have spent funds on Talent Protocol, via the app or smart contracts.

• Private User: Users hidden from the app and API outputs, but still present in the database.