Standards & Compliance
Built to comply with — citations, not endorsements.
TrueStake Security Posture
Built to comply with — Defense of the identity↔validator linkage
An honest, self-assessed overview of how TrueStake protects the identity↔validator linkage — what we encrypt, how access is controlled, and where we hold ourselves to account.
Sub-Processor Disclosure
Built to comply with — Transparent sub-processor disclosure
The third-party vendors that process customer personal data on TrueStake's behalf, with honest notes on data-processing agreement status and which vendors handle only public on-chain data.
What TrueStake Does Not Collect
Built to comply with — Data minimization by design
Data minimization is a security principle. The data we never collect cannot be breached, subpoenaed, or misused. Here is the complete list of what TrueStake does not hold — and why that is intentional.
Ethereum Consensus + Withdrawals
Built to comply with — Ethereum consensus + withdrawals
The on-chain technical standard that TrueStake's reconciliation engine is built on — validator lifecycle, the nine-category reward decomposition, gwei-to-wei normalization, and Capella-era withdrawal mechanics.
Form 1099-DA Readiness
Built to comply with — 2025 broker-reporting era
Form 1099-DA is the new IRS broker-reporting form for digital assets, effective for the 2025 tax year. Solo stakers and self-custodied validators are not covered brokers and will not receive a 1099-DA for staking rewards.
IRC §6001 / Treas. Reg. §1.6001-1
Built to comply with — audit-defensible record-keeping
The federal record-keeping statute requiring taxpayers to maintain books and records sufficient to establish gross income, deductions, and other items — the legal foundation for audit-defensible staking records.
IRS Notice 2014-21
Built to comply with — FMV-at-receipt methodology
The foundational IRS guidance establishing that virtual currency is property for federal tax purposes, and that fair market value at the time of receipt is the measure of income.
IRS Rev. Rul. 2023-14
Built to comply with — staking income recognition
The IRS ruling that establishes when proof-of-stake staking rewards become taxable income — at the moment the staker gains dominion and control over the rewards.
Paschall v. Commissioner
Built to comply with — corroborating Tax Court decision
The first Tax Court decision on the merits of proof-of-stake staking taxation. Holds that staking rewards are gross income under IRC §61 in the year received, and rejects the 'newly created property' deferral theory.