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2. About This Site

The New Financial World LLC develops BRIS and VRL, methodologies focused on reliability and verification for critical energy infrastructure. This website provides an overview of that work, development progress, and supporting educational content — including commentary, media, and a published book on blockchain and financial systems — for utilities, power producers, regulators, institutional finance, and other interested parties.

3. Informational Purposes; No Advice

All content on this site — including methodology overviews, roadmap and progress updates, media, and published materials — is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial, investment, engineering, regulatory, legal, or tax advice, and nothing on this site should be relied upon as a substitute for professional advice specific to your organization or circumstances.

4. Pilot and Partnership Discussions

Information on this site about BRIS, VRL, pilot programs, or partnership opportunities is provided to support early conversations with interested organizations. It does not itself constitute an offer, commitment, or binding agreement of any kind. Any advisory engagement, pilot program, conformance arrangement, or other formal relationship with The New Financial World LLC will be governed by a separate written agreement negotiated directly with the relevant parties.

5. Intellectual Property

This website, including its text, design, graphics, the BRIS and VRL names and marks, related methodology materials, the published book, and all other content, is owned by The New Financial World LLC or its licensors and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Subject to these Terms, you may view and share this site's public content for personal, non-commercial, or internal evaluation purposes.

You may not reproduce, distribute, publicly display, or create derivative works from this site's content for commercial purposes, or use the BRIS or VRL names, marks, or methodology materials to imply endorsement, certification, or affiliation, without our prior written consent.

6. Prohibited Conduct

• Interfering with site security, availability, or functionality.
• Reverse engineering, extracting, or attempting to derive underlying methodology, architecture, or implementation detail not made publicly available on the site.
• Using bots or automated tools to access or copy significant portions of the site's content.
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7. Third-Party Links

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9. Limitation of Liability

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11. Changes to This Site and These Terms

We may update this site's content and these Terms from time to time as BRIS and VRL development progresses. When we make material changes to these Terms, we will update the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the site after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms.

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13. Contact

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