Geo restrictions and prohibited use cases
Geo restrictions
Network Partners may promote use of Open USD globally, with the exception of the geographies listed below.
- European Economic Area
- Afghanistan
- Belarus
- Congo, the Democratic Republic
- Cuba
- Gaza Strip
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Myanmar
- North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
- Russian Federation
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syria
- Ukrainian Territories (Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia)
- Venezuela
- West Bank (Palestinian Territory, Occupied)
- Yemen
Prohibited use cases
Network Partners are prohibited from promoting OUSD for use in the following use cases.
- Adult content and services
- Bail bonds
- Cannabis
- Cannabis related products and services
- Check cashing
- Collections agencies
- Counterfeit or unauthorized goods
- Fraud
- Gambling
- Games of chance
- Intellectual property infringement
- Jewelry
- Lotteries
- Luxury goods
- Mixing
- Multi-level marketing
- Pharmaceuticals
- Precious metals
- Safe Deposit Box Rentals
- Substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
- Sweepstakes
- Tobacco products
- Unfair, predatory or deceptive practices
- Unlawful or abusive activity
- Unlawful prediction markets
- Watches
- Weapons