1. The publisher
knowlesta.com is published by Nathan Edward Collins (Knowlesta), Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7ED, United Kingdom. Contact details are in our Imprint.
2. What the website is for
Knowlesta publishes essays, a timeline, an annotated bibliography and short biographies on the history of money and digital cash, for general education. The content is not financial, investment, legal or tax advice, is not an offer of any product or service, and is not a recommendation to acquire, sell or hold any crypto-asset or financial instrument. We do not provide crypto-asset services of any kind.
3. Free access
Reading the website is free and needs no registration. We do not sell anything on it.
4. Acceptable use
When using the website you agree not to:
- break any applicable law or infringe the rights of others;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, its server or connected systems, or interfere with their operation;
- send automated requests at a rate that burdens the website, or copy its content systematically to build a competing collection;
- present our texts as your own, or suggest that we endorse you, your products or your opinions.
5. Copyright and quotation
Unless stated otherwise, the texts, timeline, library notes, profiles, ornaments and design of this website belong to the publisher and are protected by copyright. You may read and print pages for personal study, link to any page, and quote short passages with attribution and a link. Teachers may share links with students freely. Any other reproduction requires written permission. Titles and quotations from third-party works remain the property of their authors and publishers and are used for criticism, review and scholarship.
6. External links
We link to external sources, mostly archives, academic publishers and official bodies, so that readers can check what we write. We are not responsible for the content, availability or privacy practices of those websites.
7. Accuracy
We check facts against primary sources and correct errors openly, but history is revised as new evidence appears and laws change. Each essay shows the date of its latest update. Please read our Disclaimer and Risk notice.
8. Liability
The website is provided as it is, free of charge. To the extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on its content or from the use of external websites linked from it. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for intent and gross negligence.
9. Changes
We may update these terms from time to time. The version published on this page when you use the website applies.
10. Governing law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you use the website as a consumer, you also keep the protection of the mandatory rules of the country where you normally live.
11. Contact
Questions about these terms: info@knowlesta.com.