About Capsule

Last updated: June 14, 2026

1.Purpose and Scope

Capsule is a verified knowledge platform operated by Solis Holdings Group Inc., incorporated under the laws of Canada. This Policy governs all use of the Capsule platform, including content creation, classification, verification, and community participation.

By accessing or using Capsule, you agree to be bound by this Policy in its entirety. Use of the platform constitutes acceptance of these terms.

2.Knowledge Classification System

Capsule classifies all submitted knowledge under one of six designations, applied with the highest available standard of evidentiary support:

Primary Classifications

Fact: Information supported by verified consensus, multiple independent credible sources, and broad scholarly or empirical agreement. Facts are subject to revision when new verified evidence emerges.

Theory: Acoherent framework proposed to explain observed phenomena, supported by significant evidence but not yet established as fact. Theories remain subject to refinement and challenge.

Hypothesis: Aclaim that is plausible and supported by preliminary evidence but remains under active investigation. Hypotheses are explicitly provisional.

Sub-classifications

Proven: Claims confirmed through rigorous verification, replication, or formal demonstration.

Contested: Claims for which credible evidence stands in genuine conflict, without current consensus.

Debunked: Claims demonstrated to be false through verified evidence.

Misclassification of knowledge is a violation of this Policy and may result in content review, correction, or removal.

3.Contributor Conduct

3.1 Intellectual Honesty

Contributors must represent claims accurately, cite verifiable sources, and disclose conflicts of interest. Fabrication, falsification, or knowing misrepresentation of evidence is strictly prohibited.

3.2 Attribution

All contributors must credit original sources, prior contributors, and the intellectual lineage of ideas. Plagiarism in any form is a serious violation.

3.3 Respectful Discourse

Contributors must engage with other members respectfully regardless of background, credentials, or institutional affiliation. Personal attacks, harassment, or discriminatory conduct will result in removal from the platform.

3.4 No Malicious Contribution

Coordinated misinformation campaigns, bot-driven content submission, sock puppetry, or any attempt to manipulate the verification system is prohibited and may result in permanent ban and legal action where applicable.

4.Verification and Reputation

4.1 Expert Verification

Users may apply for verified expert status by submitting credentials for review. Verification grants additional review privileges but does not exempt verified users from accountability under this Policy.

4.2 Reputation System

Reputation scores are algorithmically calculated based on contribution quality, peer review outcomes, classification accuracy, and community standing. Reputation cannot be transferred, sold, or artificially inflated.

4.3 Institutional Verification

Verified organizations may host research groups and validate contributions from their affiliated members. Institutional verification is granted at the sole discretion of Capsule administration.

5.Content Ownership and Licensing

5.1 User-Generated Content

Contributors retain copyright ownership of original content they submit to Capsule. By submitting content, contributors grant Capsule a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display, distribute, and adapt the content for platform purposes.

5.2 Platform Property

The Capsule name, logo, the capsule-pill mark, the clock logo, design system, and source code are the exclusive property of Solis Holdings Group Inc. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.

5.3 Public Knowledge Commitment

Capsule's commitment is to public access to verified knowledge. Free-tier content will remain accessible to readers without payment.

6.Privacy and Data Handling

6.1 Data We Collect

Capsule collects only the data necessary to operate the platform: account information, contribution history, and interaction data. We do not sell your personal information. Data in our database is encrypted at rest by our database provider, and the most sensitive categories receive an additional, device-level layer of encryption described below.

6.2 Device-Level Encryption, and What Our Providers Can See

Your Vault capsules (those marked Private or Shared) are encrypted and decrypted entirely on your own device, in your browser, using keys derived from a passphrase that only you know. Your unencrypted Vault content and your encryption keys never leave your device. Because of this, the only thing our systems ever store or transmit for that content is scrambled ciphertext. Neither Capsule, nor the cloud and hosting providers that run the platform for us (our compute provider Vercel, our database provider Neon, and our file storage provider, among others), can read your encrypted Vault capsules. They hold scrambled data they have no key to unlock. We built it this way on purpose, so that your private knowledge is protected even from us and from the infrastructure beneath us. If you lose your passphrase, your recovery code is the only way back in, so keep it safe: without it, not even Capsule can restore your content.

6.3 Verification Documents

Documents you upload for credential verification are encrypted in your browser before they reach us and are stored encrypted. Unlike Vault capsules, these can be decrypted by Capsule's verification team for the limited purpose of reviewing your credentials, and every such access is recorded in an audit log. We use them only for verification and do not share them except where required by law.

6.4 Private Messages

Direct messages between members are encrypted so that our cloud and hosting providers cannot read them in storage or in transit; message content is encrypted to the sender and the recipient. For full transparency, Capsule also retains a separate recovery key, held offline and outside our cloud infrastructure, that is technically capable of decrypting message content. We keep this key to protect members and the integrity of the platform, for example to help in cases of serious abuse, account recovery, or where we are compelled by valid legal process. We never use it for advertising and we never sell message content. If you need communication that only you and your correspondent can ever read, share an end-to-end encrypted Vault capsule instead.

6.5 Infrastructure and Data Residency

During open beta, Capsule runs on established third-party cloud infrastructure (currently including Vercel for compute and Neon for our database), which may process or store data outside Canada. We are working toward Canadian-based hosting in keeping with Canadian data sovereignty principles, and we will update this Policy when that transition is complete. Wherever data is hosted, the device-level encrypted content described in 6.2 and 6.4 remains unreadable to those providers.

7.Enforcement

7.1 Violations

Violations of this Policy may result in: content removal, reputation penalties, temporary suspension, permanent account termination, or referral to legal authorities where applicable.

7.2 Appeals

Users may appeal enforcement actions through the appeals process outlined in the Help Center.

7.3 Modifications

Capsule reserves the right to modify this Policy with notice to active users. Continued use of the platform after modifications constitutes acceptance.

8.Jurisdiction

This Policy is governed by the laws of the Province of Manitoba and the applicable federal laws of Canada. Disputes arising under this Policy shall be resolved in the courts of Manitoba.

9.Support and the Future of Capsule

Capsule’s knowledge is for everyone. The core encyclopedia, including reading, contributing, classifying, and verifying knowledge, is and will remain free.

During our open beta, Capsule is free to use. Voluntary donations are accepted for a limited time to help cover infrastructure and ongoing development. Donations are processed securely by Stripe; Capsule does not store payment-card details, and a donation does not purchase access or confer any special benefit.

Premium features, including Capsule+ and organization tools, are coming soon. These will be optional additions layered on top of the always-free core, and we will give clear notice before any paid feature launches.

For questions regarding this Policy, contact legal@joincapsule.org.