# The Tech 🤓 As you may appreciate, it is hard to patent code. In order to retain first mover advantage, our code will be opensource and published on GitHub upon project launch. Links to our GitHub will be provided on launch of the project. For now please find a high level overview below. SELF identities are, in fact, an NFT, using the ERC721 standard. We have designed it with this standard so that your registered identity can be transferred to other addresses under your control or sold to a third party. Our NFT solution runs on the BNB Chain due to utility requirements but it includes other non-EVM chain processing as well. All transactions and products are on-chain and decentralised. SELF, under no circumstances, will be able to modify any data contained within an NFT, nor will it be able to transfer it to another address. Once you purchase a SELF identity and the NFT is minted, that NFT becomes your exclusive property to hold, use, sell or transfer as you wish. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://whitepaper.selfcrypto.io/self-whitepaper/core-product/the-tech.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.