> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.x1id.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Trust & transparency

> Permanent ownership, anti-impersonation by design, verified records, recovery, and the on-chain program address you can audit yourself.

# Trust & transparency

X1ID handles hold identity and route payments, so trust matters. Everything below is built in, and the final section gives you the on-chain address to check it all yourself.

## Your handle is permanently yours

Once you register a handle, it's yours — there's no renewal to miss and no expiry that could quietly transfer it to someone else. A name people send money to must never change owners through inaction, so ownership doesn't lapse. It only moves when **you** choose to transfer or sell it.

## Built to resist impersonation

Handles use **letters, numbers, and simple characters only** — no emoji and no lookalike letters borrowed from other alphabets.

<Warning>
  This closes a real trap. In many systems, an attacker can register a name that *looks* identical to yours using a lookalike character from another alphabet — for example a Cyrillic "а" in place of a Latin "a" in `@alice`. To the eye they're the same; to a computer they're different names. By allowing only one, plain character set, X1ID removes that whole class of attack instead of trying to spot it after the fact.
</Warning>

## Verified vs. unverified records

Anyone can *type* an address into a name. X1ID lets you **prove** you control your addresses, and it shows the result honestly: a proven address appears as **verified**, and an unproven one is shown as **unverified**. Nothing unproven is ever dressed up as trusted, so people know what they're relying on before they send.

## Recovery, if you lose access

You can set up recovery in advance so that a lost or inaccessible wallet doesn't mean a lost handle. Set it up while everything is working — it's the safety net that lets you get your name back later. See [What you can do](/features#a-safety-net).

## You can audit it yourself

X1ID runs as a public on-chain program. You don't have to take our word for anything — you can inspect it directly on the X1 explorer.

<Card title="Registry program address" icon="magnifying-glass">
  `8JgnNWi24bq9uzfnT9XmkWxvaWMVgoEs9bu8QsHhLe1P`
</Card>

<Note>
  This program is currently deployed on **X1 testnet**. The move to X1 mainnet is a separate, deliberate step we're preparing for — until then, treat handles as running on testnet. We'll make the mainnet launch clear when it happens.
</Note>

## For developers

If you're building an app and want to resolve `@handles` to addresses, there's a public package, **`@x1id/resolve`**, on npm. Start at [app.x1id.io](https://app.x1id.io).