Last updated: March 16, 2022
General
These terms and conditions (" Terms") govern the use of the Site (defined below) and the Services (defined below). These Terms also include any guidelines, announcements, additional terms, policies, and disclaimers made available or issued by us from time to time. These Terms constitute a binding and enforceable legal contract between Interchain Foundation and its affiliates (" ClayStack", " we", " us") and you, an end user of the services (" you" or " User") at https://claystack.com/ (" Services"). By accessing, using or clicking on our website (and all related subdomains) or its mobile applications (" Site") or accessing, using or attempting to use the Services, you agree that you have read, understood, and to be bound by these Terms and that you comply with the requirements listed herein. If you do not agree to all of these Terms or comply with the requirements herein, please do not access or use the Site or the Services. In addition, when using some features of the Services, you may be subject to specific additional terms and conditions applicable to those features.
If you are acting for or on behalf of an entity, you hereby represent and warrant that you are authorised to accept these Terms and enter into a binding agreement with ClayStack on such entity's behalf, and you accept these Terms both on behalf of such entity and on your own behalf.
This Site and the Services are not available to residents of Belarus, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, the United States of America, Yemen, Zimbabwe and any other jurisdiction in which accessing or using our protocol is prohibited (each a " Restricted Country"). We reserve the right to choose markets and jurisdictions to conduct business and may restrict or refuse the access of Site and our Services in other countries or regions in our sole discretion.
We may modify, suspend or discontinue the Site or the Services at any time and without notifying you. We may also change, update, add or remove provisions of these Terms from time to time. Any and all modifications or changes to these Terms will become effective upon publication on our Site or release to Users. Therefore, your continued use of our Services is deemed your acceptance of the modified Terms and rules. If you do not agree to any changes to these Terms, please do not access or use the Site or the Services. We note that these Terms between you and us do not enumerate or cover all rights and obligations of each party, and do not guarantee full alignment with needs arising from future development. Therefore, our privacy policy which can be viewed at the "Privacy Policy" link at the bottom of our Site, platform rules, guidelines and all other agreements entered into separately between you and us are deemed supplementary terms that are an integral part of these Terms and shall have the same legal effect. Your use of the Site or Services is deemed your acceptance of any supplementary terms too.
Protocol
The Site is an interface that enables you to interact with the Protocol, which is a decentralised autonomous smart-contract system deployed on certain blockchain networks, that allows for programming and automating positions on the blockchain with higher efficiency, and certain implementations thereof (the " Protocol"). The Protocol shall be available on one or more blockchain networks, the list of such networks may evolve from to time. It is further expressly acknowledged that we neither control nor operate the Protocol. Information and materials about the Protocol available on the Site are provided for the information purposes only, are not binding and do not form a part of these Terms.
The Protocol is comprised of smart-contracts deployed on the blockchain network(s) that operate in a decentralised and autonomous manner. These smart-contracts can be reviewed, verified, used, copied, modified, and distributed by anyone (subject to the terms of the applicable license). Accordingly, there might be other interfaces enabling interaction with the Protocol that we neither control nor are affiliated with. Furthermore, anyone can interact directly with the Protocol bypassing ClayStack and other interfaces. You should carefully and thoroughly review and assess the Protocol and related software before you use them, and any such use shall be at your own risk. You should always do your own research.
You further acknowledge that we do not control the Protocol, its underlying blockchain networks, and any software through which such network is formed. ClayStack only provide the users with the Site being an interface to access the Protocol. Accordingly, in no event shall ClayStack be responsible for or held liable in connection with the Protocol, underlying blockchain networks or software, their operation, functioning, implementation, or use, and you hereby assume and accept any and all related risks, including the risk of possible losses and damages that you may incur in connection with the use thereof.
Your Digital Wallet
When using the Site, you may connect your Digital Wallet through one of the compatible third-party software wallets, such as, for illustration purposes only, MetaMask, TrustWallet, WalletConnect or similar software. Software wallets constitute Third-Party Services and ClayStack is not responsible for, does not endorse, shall not be held liable in connection with, and does not make any warranties, whether express or implied, as to the software digital wallets used by you with the Site or otherwise. When using third-party software wallets, you should review applicable terms and policies that govern your use of such software.
ClayStack never receives access to or control over your Digital Wallet or Virtual Assets held in such Digital Wallet. Therefore, you are solely responsible for securing your Digital Wallet and credentials thereto (including private key, seed phrase, password, etc.) You may disconnect your Digital Wallet from the Site at any time.
Eligibility
By accessing, using or clicking on our Site and using or attempting to use our Services, you represent and warrant that:
as an individual, legal person, or other organization, you have full legal capacity and authority to agree and bind yourself to these Terms;
you are at least 18 or are of legal age to form a binding contract under applicable laws;
your use of the Services is not prohibited by applicable law, and at all times compliant with applicable law, including but not limited to regulations on anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, and counter-terrorist financing (" CTF");
you are not a citizen, resident or domiciliary in a Restricted Country, nor are you using our Services on behalf of any person or entity from a Restricted Country;
you have not been included in any trade embargoes or economic sanctions list, the list of specially designated nationals maintained by OFAC, or the denied persons or entity list of the U.S. Department of Commerce, nor you have been a subject or target of any other economic sanctions administered or enforced by the United Nations, the European Union or the United Kingdom;
you have not been previously suspended or removed from using our Services;
if you act as an employee or agents of a legal entity, and enter into these Terms on their behalf, you represent and warrant that you have all the necessary rights and authorizations to bind such legal entity; and
you are solely responsible for use of the Services and, if applicable, for all activities that occur on or through your access to the Site.
Required Information
We and our affiliates may, but are not obligated to, collect and verify information about you in order to keep appropriate record of our customers or for other lawful purposes.
We may require you to provide or verify additional information before permitting you to access, use or click on our Site and/or use or attempt to use our use or access any Service. We may also suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to our Site or any or all of the Services in the following circumstances : (a) if we reasonably suspect you of using our Site and Services in connection with any prohibited use or business; (b) your use of our Site or our Services is subject to any pending litigation, investigation, or government proceeding and/or we perceive a heightened risk of legal or regulatory non-compliance associated with your activity; or (c) you take any action that we deem as circumventing our controls, including, but not limited to abusing promotions which we may offer from time to time.
In addition to providing any required information, you agree to allow us to keep a record of that information during the period for which you use the Site and Services and within five (5) years after your last use. You also authorize us to share your submitted information and documentation to third parties to verify the authenticity of such information. We will collect, use and share such information in accordance with our privacy policy.
If you provide any information to us, you must ensure that the information is true, complete, and timely updated when changed. If there are any grounds for believing that any of the information you provided is incorrect, false, outdated or incomplete, we reserve the right to send you a notice to demand correction, directly delete the relevant information, and as the case may be, terminate all or part of the Services we provide for you. You shall be fully liable for any loss or expense caused to us during your use of the Services. You hereby acknowledge and agree that you have the obligation to keep all the information accurate, update and correct at all times.
We reserve the right to confiscate any and all funds that are found to be in violation of relevant and applicable AML or CFT laws and regulations, and to cooperate with the competent authorities when and if necessary.
Restrictions
You shall not use the Services in any manner except as expressly permitted in these Terms. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, you may NOT:
use the Services in any dishonest or unlawful manner, for fraudulent or malicious activities, or in any manner inconsistent with these Terms;
violate applicable laws or regulations in any manner;
infringe any proprietary rights, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, trademarks, or trade secrets of ClayStack;
use the Services to transmit any data or send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, or any other harmful programmes or computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;
use any deep linking, web crawlers, bots, spiders or other automatic devices, programs, scripts, algorithms or methods, or any similar or equivalent manual processes to access, obtain, copy, monitor, replicate or bypass the Site or the Services;
make any back-up or archival copies of the Site or any part thereof, including disassembling or de-compilation of the Site;
violate public interests, public morals, or the legitimate interests of others, including any actions that would interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect, or prohibit other Users from using the Services;
use the Services for market manipulation (such as pump and dump schemes, wash trading, self-trading, front running, quote stuffing, and spoofing or layering, regardless of whether prohibited by law);
attempt to access any part or function of the Site without authorization, or connect to the Site or Services or any ClayStack servers or any other systems or networks of any the Services provided through the services by hacking, password mining or any other unlawful or prohibited means;
probe, scan or test the vulnerabilities of the Site or Services or any network connected to the properties, or violate any security or authentication measures on the Site or Services or any network connected thereto;
reverse look-up, track or seek to track any information of any other Users or visitors of the Site or Services;
take any actions that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure of systems or networks of the Site or Services, or the infrastructure of any systems or networks connected to the Site or Services;
use any devices, software or routine programs to interfere with the normal operation of any transactions of the Site or Services, or any other person's use of the Site or Services; or
forge headers, impersonate, or otherwise manipulate identification, to disguise your identity or the origin of any messages or transmissions you send to ClayStack or the Site.
By accessing the Services, you agree that we have the right to investigate any violation of these Terms, unilaterally determine whether you have violated these Terms, and take actions under relevant regulations without your consent or prior notice.
ClayStack Services
The Site is a web-based interface that enables the users to interact with the Protocol which is a decentralized autonomous smart-contract system deployed on blockchain. The Protocol provide the users with non-custodial cross-chain liquid staking of virtual assets. Through the Protocol, staked assets with deep liquidity are accessible on multiple blockchains. The Protocol realises tokenized claims in smart contracts on staked assets from core Proof-of-Stake protocols, also known as staking derivatives.
Transactions
Transactions carried out with the use of the Site on the blockchain are irreversible and final. You may not claim refunds or cancel transactions once they are processed by the blockchain network. You are solely responsible for any transactions carried out with the use of the Site, including on the blockchain, and you will carefully appraise and assess the risks involved in every such transaction before it is made. Furthermore, you hereby acknowledge that virtual assets are highly volatile due to multiple factors including but not limited to speculation, lack of regulation, regulatory, security risks, other factors and circumstances. The price of a virtual Asset may change dramatically and rapidly, and certain virtual assets may lose their value entirely; you shall not hold ClayStack responsible for or liable in connection with the foregoing and hereby assume all such risks. You shall solely make all decisions with regard to your transactions, and shall be solely responsible for their consequences, including possible losses and damages.
Termination
ClayStack may terminate, suspend, or modify your access to the Services, or any portion thereof, immediately and at any point, at its sole discretion. ClayStack will not be liable to you or to any third party for any termination, suspension, or modification of your access to the Services.Upon termination of your access to the Services, these Terms shall terminate, except for those clauses that expressly or are intended to survive termination or expiry.
No Advice
No part of the information or content available on the Site or otherwise communicated by ClayStack or on its behalf should be considered to be business, legal, financial, investment, or tax advice, or advice of a broker regarding any matters to which all or any part of such information relates. You should consult your own legal, financial, tax, or other professional advisor regarding this information. We shall not be responsible for the accuracy of the information and materials contained on or provided through the Site, therefore any use of such information and materials is at your own discretion and risk, and you shall be solely responsible for any possible damages or losses arising from such use.
Disclaimers
OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NOT RELIED UPON ANY OTHER STATEMENT OR AGREEMENT, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USE AND ACCESS OF THE SERVICES.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. CLAYSTACK DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT ACCESS TO THE SITE, ANY PART OF THE SERVICES, INCLUDING MOBILE SERVICES, OR ANY OF THE MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN, WILL BE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, OR ERROR-FREE AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES RELATING THERETO. CLAYSTACK DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE SITE, THE SERVICES OR ANY MATERIALS OF CLAYSTACK ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NONE OF CLAYSTACK OR ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUPPLIERS OR CONTRACTORS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INTANGIBLE OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO:
ANY PERFORMANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT, SERVICE OR OTHER ITEM PROVIDED BY OR ON BEHALF OF CLAYSTACK OR ITS AFFILIATES;
ANY AUTHORIZED OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT;
ANY INACCURACY, DEFECT OR OMISSION OF ANY DATA OR INFORMATION ON THE SITE;
ANY ERROR, DELAY OR INTERRUPTION IN THE TRANSMISSION OF SUCH DATA;
ANY DAMAGES INCURRED BY ANY ACTIONS, OMISSIONS OR VIOLATIONS OF THESE TERMS BY ANY THIRD PARTIES; OR
ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY ILLEGAL ACTIONS OF OTHER THIRD PARTIES OR ACTIONS WITHOUT AUTHORIZED BY CLAYSTACK.
EVEN IF CLAYSTACK KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ANY AGREED OR OTHER REMEDY OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF A FINAL JUDICIAL DETERMINATION THAT SUCH DAMAGES WERE A RESULT OF OUR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, ACTUAL FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR INTENTIONAL VIOLATION OF LAW OR EXCEPT IN JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THIS PROVISION WILL SURVIVE THE TERMINATION OF THESE TERMS.
WE MAKE NO WARRANTY AS TO THE MERIT, LEGALITY OR JURIDICAL NATURE OF ANY TOKEN SOLD ON OUR PLATFORM (INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT IT IS CONSIDERED A SECURITY OR FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS).
Intellectual Property
All present and future copyright, title, interests in and to the Services, registered and unregistered trademarks, design rights, unregistered designs, database rights and all other present and future intellectual property rights and rights in the nature of intellectual property rights that exist in or in relation to the use and access of the Site and the Services are owned by or otherwise licensed to ClayStack. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-sub license, and any limited license to merely use or access the Site and the Services in the permitted hereunder.
Except as expressly stated in these Terms, nothing in these Terms should be construed as conferring any right in or license to our or any other third party's intellectual rights.
If and to the extent that any such intellectual property rights are vested in you by operation of law or otherwise, you agree to do any and all such acts and execute any and all such documents as we may reasonably request in order to assign such intellectual property rights back to us.
You agree and acknowledge that all content on the Site must not be copied or reproduced, modified, redistributed, used, created for derivative works, or otherwise dealt with for any other reason without being granted a written consent from us.
Third parties participating on the Site may permit us to utilise trademarks, copyrighted material, and other intellectual property associated with their businesses. We will not warrant or represent that the content of the Site does not infringe the rights of any third party.
Independent Parties
ClayStack is an independent contractor but not an agent of you in the performance of these Terms. These Terms shall not be interpreted as facts or evidence of an association, joint venture, partnership or franchise between the parties.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ClayStack and its affiliates and their respective shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, representatives, suppliers or contractors from and against any potential or actual claims, actions, proceedings, investigations, demands, suits, costs, expenses and damages (including attorneys' fees, fines or penalties imposed by any regulatory authority) arising out of or related to:
your use of, or conduct in connection with, the Site or Services;
your breach or our enforcement of these Terms; or
your violation of any applicable law, regulation, or rights of any third party during your use of the Site or Services.
If you are obligated to indemnify ClayStack and its affiliates and their respective shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, representatives, suppliers or contractors pursuant to these Terms, ClayStack will have the right, in its sole discretion, to control any action or proceeding and to determine whether ClayStack wishes to settle, and if so, on what terms.
Your obligations under this indemnification provision will continue even after these Terms have expired or been terminated.
Confidentiality
You acknowledge that the Services contain ClayStack and its affiliates' trade secrets and confidential information. You agree to hold and maintain the Services in confidence, and not to furnish any other person any confidential information of the Services or the Site. You agree to use a reasonable degree of care to protect the confidentiality of the Services. You will not remove or alter any of ClayStack or its affiliates' proprietary notices. Your obligations under this provision will continue even after these Terms have expired or been terminated.
Anti-Money Laundering
ClayStack expressly prohibits and rejects the use of the Site or the Services for any form of illicit activity, including money laundering, terrorist financing or trade sanctions violations. By using the Site or the Services, you represent that you are not involved in any such activity.
Force Majeure
ClayStack shall have no liability to you if it is prevented from or delayed in performing its obligations or from carrying on its Services and business, by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, strikes, failure of a utility service or telecommunications network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation, or direction.
Jurisdiction and Governing Law
The parties shall attempt in good faith to mutually resolve any and all disputes, whether of law or fact, and of any nature whatsoever arising from or with respect to these Terms.These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Services or the Site shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the British Virgin Islands.
[Any dispute that is not resolved after good faith negotiations may be referred by either party for final, binding resolution by arbitration under the arbitration rules of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (" HKIAC") under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules in force when the notice of arbitration is submitted. The law of this arbitration clause shall be Hong Kong law. The seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The number of arbitrators shall be one (1). The arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in English.]
Any Dispute arising out of or related to these Terms is personal to you and us and will be resolved solely through individual arbitration and will not be brought as a class arbitration, class action or any other type of representative proceeding. There will be no class arbitration or arbitration in which an individual attempts to resolve a dispute as a representative of another individual or group of individuals. Further, a dispute cannot be brought as a class or other type of representative action, whether within or outside of arbitration, or on behalf of any other individual or group of individuals.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful or unenforceable, the other provisions of these Terms will continue in effect.
If any unlawful or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect (unless that would contradict the clear intention of the clause, in which case the entirety of the relevant provision will be deemed to be deleted).
Notices
All notices, requests, demands, and determinations for us under these Terms (other than routine operational communications) shall be sent to legal@interchain-foundation.org
Assignment
You may not assign or transfer any right to use the Services or any of your rights or obligations under these Terms without prior written consent from ClayStack, including any right or obligation related to the enforcement of laws or the change of control. ClayStack may assign or transfer any or all of its rights or obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, without notice or obtaining your consent or approval.
Third Party Rights
No third party shall have any rights to enforce any terms contained herein.
Third Party Website Disclaimer
Any links to third party websites from our Services does not imply endorsement by us of any product, service, information or disclaimer presented therein, nor do we guarantee the accuracy of the information contained on them. If you suffer loss from using such third party product and service, we will not be liable for such loss. In addition, since we have no control over the terms of use or privacy policies of third-party websites, you should carefully read and understand those policies.