Terms of Service

These Terms govern your access to and use of any of the Services. Please read these Terms carefully, as they include important information about your legal rights. These Terms contain a disclaimer of warranties, limitations of liability, a time-bar for claims, and indemnification obligations, among other provisions, which could affect your legal rights. By using the Services you agree to be bound by these terms and any other terms and policies incorporated to these Terms by reference. If you do not understand or agree to these Terms, please do not use the Services.

For purposes of these Terms, “you” and “your” means you as the user of the Services. If you use the Services on behalf of a company or other entity then “you” includes you and that entity, and you represent and warrant that (a) you are an authorized representative of the entity with the authority to bind the entity to these Terms, and (b) you agree to these Terms on the entity’s behalf.

The Celestia protocol is a decentralized modular blockchain protocol created to enable others to easily deploy their own blockchain with minimal overhead (the “Celestia Protocol”). The Celestia Protocol is not part of the Website, and is not a Service and does not constitute any element of the Services. We do not control the Celestia Protocol or any deployment of the Celestia Protocol in any testnet or mainnet environment, and accept no liability for the operation of any of the foregoing. The Celestia Protocol continues to evolve through its communities of users. We are a member of those communities and we contribute to the continuing development of the Celestia Protocol, including by making available documentation and other tools. Your use of the Celestia Protocol and any testnet or mainnet deployment of the Celestia Protocol is entirely at your own risk.

Section 9 contains an arbitration clause and class action waiver. By agreeing to these terms, you agree (a) to resolve all disputes (with limited exception) related to the company’s services and/or products through binding individual arbitration, which means that you waive any right to have those disputes decided by a judge or jury, and (b) to waive your right to participate in class actions, class arbitrations, or representative actions, as set forth below. You have the right to opt-out of the arbitration clause and the class action waiver as explained in section 9.

1. Who may use the services

In order to use the Services, you must be thirteen 13 years of age or older, not be a Prohibited Person, and not have been previously suspended or removed from the Services. A “Prohibited Person” is any person, entity or body that is (a) listed on any U.S., EU (including its Member States) or UK list of prohibited or restricted parties, including the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals, the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List Entity List, the EU Consolidated List of persons, groups and entities subject to financial sanctions or the UK Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets, (b) located or organized in any U.S. embargoed countries or any country that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country (currently, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic), or (c) owned or controlled by such persons or entities listed in (a)-(b). By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you meet the foregoing requirements and will not be using the Services for any illegal activity or to engage in the prohibited activities in Section 5.2. The Company reserves the right to change, modify, or impose additional restrictions with respect to Prohibited Persons at its sole discretion without prior notice.

2. The services

2.1 Updates; Monitoring

We may make any improvement, modifications or updates to the Services, including but not limited to changes and updates to the underlying software, infrastructure, security protocols, technical configurations or service features (the “Updates”) from time to time. Your continued access and use of the Services are subject to such Updates and you shall accept any patches, system upgrades, bug fixes, feature modifications, or other maintenance work that arise out of such Updates. We are not liable for any failure by you to accept and use such Updates in the manner specified or required by us. Although the Company is not obligated to monitor access to or participation in the Services, it has the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Services, to ensure compliance with the Terms and to comply with applicable law or other legal requirements.

2.2 Wallets

The Services may require you to connect your own third-party self-custodial digital wallets (“Wallets”), including in connection with your use of Testnets (as defined below). A self-custodial Wallet means we do not own or control your Wallet. You are solely responsible for keeping your Wallet and any private keys necessary to decrypt your Wallet secure and you should never share your Wallet seed phrase or private keys with anyone else via the Services. We have no ability to help you access or recover your private keys for your Wallet. By using such Wallets to conduct transactions via the Services, you agree that you are governed by the terms of service and privacy policy for the applicable Wallets, and that the Company has no responsibility or liability to you in any way arising from your use of such third-party Wallets, including for any security failures or other errors or failures of such Wallets. We reserve the right to restrict any Wallet addresses from interacting with the Services for any reason, including to ensure legal compliance.

3. Testnets

3.1 Purpose and Participation

The Website may enable you to interact with deployments of the Celestia Protocol in testnet environments (“Testnets”), including but not limited to the Mamaki Testnet, the Arabica Testnet, and the Mocha Testnet. Testnets are designed to enable the community of Celestia Protocol users to understand the protocol’s functionality and explore potential improvements to the operational experience, security, and design of the Celestia Protocol. The Testnets are operated and maintained by the community of Celestia Protocol users and the Testnets are not part of the Services. Your participation in any testnet is entirely voluntary.

3.2 Duration

The availability of a Testnet is solely subject to the decision and activities of the community of Celestia Protocol users. The Company has no ability to and bears no responsibility to commence, terminate, or modify a Testnet.

3.3 No Monetary Value

In your use of a Testnet, you may accumulate “Testnet Tokens,” such as through a faucet, which are not, and shall never convert to or accrue to become any other tokens or virtual assets outside of the respective Testnet on which the Testnet Tokens were issued. Testnet Tokens are virtual items with no monetary value. Testnet Tokens do not constitute any currency or property of any type and are not redeemable, refundable, or eligible for any fiat or virtual currency or anything else of value. Testnet Tokens are not transferable between users outside of the respective Testnet on which the Testnet Tokens were issued, and you may not attempt to sell, trade, or transfer any Testnet Tokens outside of that respective Testnet, or obtain any manner of credit using any Testnet Tokens. Any attempt to sell, trade, or transfer any Testnet Tokens outside of the respective Testnet will be null and void. Testnet Tokens will not be converted into any future rewards offered by the Company.

4. Location of our privacy policy

4.1 Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle the information you provide to us when you use the Services. For an explanation of our privacy practices, please visit our Privacy Policy located at https://celestia.org/privacy. If a specific Service is governed by a separate set of terms, those terms may also contain privacy-related information.

5. Rights we grant you

5.1 Right to Use Services

We hereby permit you to use the Services for your personal non-commercial use only, provided that you comply with these Terms in connection with all such use. If any software, content or other materials owned or controlled by us are distributed to you as part of your use of the Services, we hereby grant you, a personal, non-assignable, non-sublicensable, non-transferrable, and non-exclusive right and license to access and display such software, content and materials provided to you as part of the Services, in each case for the sole purpose of enabling you to use the Services as permitted by these Terms. Your access and use of the Services may be interrupted from time to time for any of several reasons, including, without limitation, the malfunction of equipment, periodic updating, maintenance or repair of the Service or other actions that the Company, in its sole discretion, may elect to take.

5.2 Restrictions On Your Use of the Services

You may not do any of the following in connection with your use of the Services, unless applicable laws or regulations prohibit these restrictions or you have our written permission to do so (such as pursuant to one or more open source licenses that we may apply to any part of the Services):

6. Ownership and content

6.1 Ownership of the Services

The Services, including their “look and feel” (e.g., text, graphics, images, logos), proprietary content, information and other materials, are protected under copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. You agree that the Company and/or its licensors own all right, title and interest in and to the Services (including any and all intellectual property rights therein) and you agree not to take any action(s) inconsistent with such ownership interests. We and our licensors reserve all rights in connection with the Services and its content including, without limitation, the exclusive right to create derivative works.

6.2 Ownership of Trademarks

The Company’s name, the Company’s logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. Other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans that appear on the Services are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by us.

6.3 Ownership of Feedback

We welcome feedback, comments and suggestions for improvements to the Services (“Feedback”). You acknowledge and expressly agree that any contribution of Feedback does not and will not give or grant you any right, title or interest in the Services or in any such Feedback. All Feedback becomes the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and the Company may use and disclose Feedback in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever without further notice or compensation to you and without retention by you of any proprietary or other right or claim. You hereby assign to the Company any and all right, title and interest (including, but not limited to, any patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, show-how, know-how, moral rights and any and all other intellectual property right) that you may have in and to any and all Feedback.

7. Third-party services and materials

7.1 Use of Third-Party Materials in the Services

Certain Services may display, include or make available content, data, information, applications or materials from third parties (“Third-Party Materials”) or provide links to certain third-party websites. By using the Services, you acknowledge and agree that the Company is not responsible for examining or evaluating the content, accuracy, completeness, availability, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any other aspect of such Third-Party Materials or websites. We do not warrant or endorse and do not assume and will not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person for any third-party services, Third-Party Materials or third-party websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties. Third-Party Materials and links to other websites are provided solely as a convenience to you.

7.2 Use of Third-Party Software in the Services

The Services may include Third-Party software components that are subject to open source and/or pass-through commercial licenses and/or notices (“Third-Party Software” and “Third-Party Software Terms and Notices”, respectively). You acknowledge that your use of the Services may be also governed by such Third-Party Software Terms and Notices, and that to the extent of any conflict between these Terms and any Third-Party Software Terms and Notices, the latter shall control. Any undertakings, representations, warranties, guarantees, conditions, indemnities or other commitments made by the Company in these Terms concerning the Services (if any), are made by the Company and not by any authors, licensors, or suppliers of, or contributors to, such Third-Party Software. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence or anything in these Terms to the contrary, the Company does not make any representation, warranty, guarantee, or condition, and does not undertake any defense or indemnification, with respect to any Third-Party Software.

8. Disclaimers, limitations of liability and indemnification

8.1 Disclaimers

8.2 Limitations of Liability

To the extent not prohibited by law, you agree that in no event will the company entities be liable (a) for damages of any kind, including indirect, special, exemplary, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services, loss of use, data or profits, business interruption or any other damages or losses, arising out of or related to your use or inability to use the services), however caused and under any theory of liability, whether under these terms or otherwise arising in any way in connection with the services or these terms and whether in contract, strict liability or tort (including negligence or otherwise) even if the company entities have been advised of the possibility of such damage, or (b) for any other claim, demand or damages whatsoever resulting from or arising out of or in connection with these terms or the delivery, use or performance of the services. Some jurisdictions (such as the state of New Jersey) do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusion or limitation may not apply to you. The company entities’ total liability to you for any damages finally awarded shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). The foregoing limitations will apply even if the above stated remedy fails of its essential purpose. Some jurisdictions laws do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, or of other damages, and to the extent applicable to you, such exclusions and limitations may not apply but will apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. You acknowledge and agree that this section 8.2 is an essential basis of the bargain between you and the company.

8.3 Assumption of Risks

8.4 Indemnification

By entering into these Terms and accessing or using the Services, you agree that you shall defend, indemnify and hold the Company Entities harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred by the Company Entities arising out of or in connection with: (a) your violation or breach of any term of these Terms or any applicable law or regulation, including any such violation or breach related to any rewards that may be available as a result of your participation in a program maintained by us or our affiliates; (b) your violation of any rights of any Third-Party; (c) your misuse of the Services; (d) your negligence or wilful misconduct. If you are obligated to indemnify any Company Entity hereunder, then you agree that Company (or, at its discretion, the applicable Company Entity) will have the right, in its sole discretion, to control any action or proceeding and to determine whether Company wishes to settle, and if so, on what terms, and you agree to fully cooperate with Company in the defense or settlement of such claim.

9. Arbitration and class action waiver

9.1 Please read this section carefully – it may significantly affect your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court and to have a jury hear your claims. It contains procedures for mandatory binding arbitration and a class action waiver.

9.2 Informal Process First

You and the Company agree that in the event of any dispute between you and the Company Entities, either party will first contact the other party and make a good faith sustained effort to resolve the dispute before resorting to more formal means of resolution, including without limitation, any court action, after first allowing the receiving party 30 days in which to respond. Both you and the Company agree that this dispute resolution procedure is a condition precedent which must be satisfied before initiating any arbitration against the other party.

9.3 Arbitration Agreement and Class Action Waiver

After the informal dispute resolution process, any remaining dispute, controversy, or claim (collectively, “Claim”) relating in any way to the Company’s services and/or products, including the Services, and any use or access or lack of access thereto, will be resolved by arbitration, including threshold questions of arbitrability of the Claim. You and the Company agree that any Claim will be settled by final and binding arbitration, using the English language, administered in accordance with the Liechtenstein Arbitration Rules (LIS) of the Liechtenstein Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The seat of the arbitral tribunal will be Vaduz, Liechtenstein and the arbitral proceeding will be conducted in English. The arbitrator will apply applicable substantive law consistent with the laws of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court that has jurisdiction. Any arbitration under these Terms will take place on an individual basis – class arbitrations and class actions are not permitted. You understand that by agreeing to these Terms, you and the Company are each waiving the right to trial by jury or to participate in a class action or class arbitration.

9.4 Exceptions

Notwithstanding the foregoing, you and the Company agree that the following types of disputes will be resolved in a court of proper jurisdiction:

9.5 Costs of Arbitration

Payment of all filing, administration, and arbitrator costs and expenses will be governed by LIS rules, except that if you demonstrate that any such costs and expenses owed by you under those rules would be prohibitively more expensive than a court proceeding, the Company will pay the amount of any such costs and expenses that the arbitrator determines are necessary to prevent the arbitration from being prohibitively more expensive than a court proceeding (subject to possible reimbursement as set forth below).

Fees and costs may be awarded as provided pursuant to applicable law. If the arbitrator finds that either the substance of your claim or the relief sought in the demand is frivolous or brought for an improper purpose, then the payment of all fees will be governed by the LIS rules. In that case, you agree to reimburse the Company for all monies previously disbursed by it that are otherwise your obligation to pay under the applicable rules. If you prevail in the arbitration and are awarded an amount that is less than the last written settlement amount offered by the Company before the arbitrator was appointed, the Company will pay you the amount it offered in settlement. The arbitrator may make rulings and resolve disputes as to the payment and reimbursement of fees or expenses at any time during the proceeding and upon request from either party made within 14 days of the arbitrator’s ruling on the merits.

9.6 Waiver of right to bring class action and representative claims

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you and the company each agree that any proceeding to resolve any dispute, claim, or controversy will be brought and conducted only in the respective party’s individual capacity and not as part of any class (or purported class), consolidated, multiple-plaintiff, or representative action or proceeding (“class action”). You and the company agree to waive the right to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any class action. You and the company expressly waive any ability to maintain a class action in any forum. If the dispute is subject to arbitration, the arbitrator will not have the authority to combine or aggregate claims, conduct a class action, or make an award to any person or entity not a party to the arbitration. Further, you and the company agree that the arbitrator may not consolidate proceedings for more than one person’s claims, and it may not otherwise preside over any form of a class action. For the avoidance of doubt, however, you can seek public injunctive relief to the extent authorized by law and consistent with the exceptions clause above.

If this class action waiver is limited, voided, or found unenforceable, then, unless the parties mutually agree otherwise, the parties’ agreement to arbitrate shall be null and void with respect to such proceeding so long as the proceeding is permitted to proceed as a class action. If a court decides that the limitations of this paragraph are deemed invalid or unenforceable, any putative class, private attorney general, or consolidated or representative action must be brought in a court of proper jurisdiction and not in arbitration.

9.7 Timeline for Making a Claim

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claim or cause of action arising out of, or related to, these terms must be filed within 1 year after such claim or cause of action arose, or else you agree that such claim or cause of action will be permanently barred.

10. Additional provisions

10.1 Updating These Terms

We may modify these Terms from time to time in which case we will update the “Last Revised” date at the top of these Terms. If we make changes that are material, we will use reasonable efforts to attempt to notify you, such as by placing a prominent notice on the first page of the Website. However, it is your sole responsibility to review these Terms from time to time to view any such changes. The updated Terms will be effective as of the time of posting, or such later date as may be specified in the updated Terms. Your continued access or use of the Services after the modifications have become effective will be deemed your acceptance of the modified Terms. No amendment shall apply to a dispute for which an arbitration has been initiated prior to the change in Terms.

10.2 Notices

You agree that the Company may send you notices by email, physical mail, or by posting on or through the Website.

10.3 Termination of License

If you breach any of the provisions of these Terms, all licenses granted to you by the Company will terminate automatically. All sections which by their nature should survive the termination of these Terms shall continue in full force and effect subsequent to and notwithstanding any termination of these Terms by the Company or you. Termination will not limit any of the Company’s other rights or remedies at law or in equity.

10.4 Injunctive Relief

You agree that a breach of these Terms will cause irreparable injury to the Company for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and the Company shall be entitled to equitable relief in addition to any remedies it may have hereunder or at law without a bond, other security or proof of damages.

10.5 California Residents

If you are a California resident, in accordance with Cal. Civ. Code § 1789.3, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112 Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.

10.6 Export Laws

You agree that you will not export or re-export, directly or indirectly, the Services and/or other information or materials provided by the Company hereunder, to any country for which the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction requires any export license or other governmental approval at the time of export without first obtaining such license or approval. In particular, but without limitation, the Services may not be exported or re-exported (a) into any U.S. embargoed countries or any country that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country, or (b) to anyone listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties, including the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity List. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are not located in any such country or on any such list. You are responsible for and hereby agree to comply at your sole expense with all applicable United States export laws and regulations.

10.7 Force Majeure

We will not be liable or responsible to you, nor be deemed to have defaulted under or breached these Terms, for any failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any of our obligations under these Terms or in providing the Services, when and to the extent such failure or delay is caused by or results from any events beyond our ability to control, including acts of God, flood, fire, earthquake, epidemics, pandemics, tsunami, explosion, war, invasion, hostilities (whether war is declared or not), terrorist threats or acts, riot or other civil unrest, government order, law, or action, embargoes or blockades, strikes, labor stoppages or slowdowns or other industrial disturbances, shortage of adequate or suitable Internet connectivity, telecommunication breakdown or shortage of adequate power or electricity, and other similar events beyond our control.

10.8 Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms and the licenses granted hereunder may be assigned by the Company but may not be assigned by you without the prior express written consent of the Company. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for reference only and shall not be read to have any legal effect. The Services are operated by us in Liechtenstein. Those who choose to access the Services from locations outside Liechtenstein do so at their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. These Terms are governed by the laws of the Principality of Liechtenstein District Court and any appellate court from any such court, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the arbitration venue set forth in Section 9, or if arbitration does not apply, then the aforementioned Liechtenstein courts.

10.9 How to Contact Us

You may contact us regarding the Services or these Terms at: Pradafant 11, 9490 Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein, or by e-mail at [email protected].