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If you have any dispute or claim arising out of or relating in any way to the Interface or these Terms, you must send an email to [email protected] to resolve the matter via an informal, good faith negotiation process. If that dispute or claim is not resolved within 60 days of sending such an email , then you agree that all unresolved disputes or claims shall be finally and exclusively settled by arbitration administered by the London Court of International Arbitration under the LCIA Arbitration Rules in force at the time of the filing for arbitration of such dispute. The arbitration shall be held before a single arbitrator and shall be conducted in the English language on a confidential basis. Any award made by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction as necessary. This section shall survive termination of these Terms, the Interface, or any connection you may have to the information you obtained from the Interface.

You agree to bring all disputes or claims connected to the Interface in your individual capacity and not as a plaintiff in or member of any class action, collective action, private attorney general action, or other representative proceeding. Further, you irrevocably waive the right to demand a trial by jury.

You agree that the laws of the Cayman Islands, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws, govern these Terms.

The Interface aggregates and publishes publicly available third-party information about liquid staking technology.

The Interface also offers interaction methods whereby the User can indicate a transaction that the User would like to perform in connection with the publicly available Lido Smart Contract Systems (the Middlewares) which are based on copies of the Lido Smart Contract Protocols. The interaction methods include accessing the functionalities of publicly deployed Middleware for Users to self-authorize token transfers and self-mint utility tokens on relevant blockchains. When used in this way, the interface can generate a draft transaction message which a User can independently use in conjunction with a third-party wallet application or device to conduct transactions on any of the relevant blockchains.

The Lido Smart Contract Protocols are software source codes freely licensed to the public. Each Middleware is a copy of one of the Lido Smart Contract Protocols that is compiled to bytecode and permanently associated with one or more specific public addresses on specific blockchains.

Using the relevant blockchain systems, third-party supplied wallets, devices, validator nodes or the Middleware does not require use of this Interface. Anyone with an internet connection can connect directly to the Middleware or blockchain without accessing or using the Interface.

The Interface maintainers do not own, operate or control the blockchain systems, wallets or devices, validator nodes, or the Middleware.

The Interface aggregates and publishes publicly available information about the Middleware in a user-friendly and convenient format. Such information is also independently available from other sources—for example, a User may directly review the blockchain transaction history, account balances, and the individual Lido Smart Contract Systems on compatible block explorers on each relevant blockchain. Users may also access code repositories for the various Lido Smart Contract Protocols on platforms like Github.

By combining publicly available information with the User’s interactions with the Interface, the Interface can draft standard transaction messages compatible with the Middleware. Standard transaction messages are designed to accomplish the User’s operational goals as expressed through the interactions. If the User wishes, they may broadcast such messages to the relevant blockchain in order to initiate native token staking.

All draft transaction messages are delivered by the web Interface via an API to a compatible third-party wallet application or device selected by the User after pressing the “Connect Wallet” (or similar) button on the Interface.

The User must personally review and authorize all transaction messages that the User wishes to send to blockchain systems; this requires the User to sign the relevant transaction message with a private cryptographic key inaccessible to the Interface or the Interface maintainers, or Interface contributors. The use of such associated private cryptographic keys is beyond the control of the Interface, the Interface maintainers, or contributors.

The User-authorised message will then be broadcasted to blockchain systems through the wallet application or device and the User may pay a network fee to have the transaction message delivered through the Middleware and record the results on the appropriate blockchain—resulting in a token transaction being completed on that blockchain.

The Interface maintainers and the Interface are not agents or intermediaries of the User. The Interface or the Interface maintainers do not store, have access to or control over any tokens, private keys, passwords, accounts or other property of the User. The Interface or the Interface maintainers are not capable of performing transactions or sending transaction messages on behalf of the User. The Interface or the Interface maintainers do not hold and cannot purchase, sell or trade any tokens. All transactions relating to the Middleware are executed and recorded solely through the User’s interactions with the respective blockchains. The interactions are not under the control of or affiliated with the Interface maintainers or the Interface. The Interface maintainers do not collect any compensation from the User for use of the Interface.

If you use the interface you represent and declare that you:

1. are of legal age in the jurisdiction in which you reside to use the Interface and the Middlewares, and you have legal capacity to consent and agree to be bound by these Terms;
2. have all technical knowledge necessary or advisable to understand and evaluate the risks of using the Interface and the Middlewares;
3. comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in your relevant jurisdiction and your use of the Interface is not prohibited by and does not otherwise violate or facilitate the violation of any applicable laws or regulations, or contribute to or facilitate any illegal activity;
4. are not a US person, or currently or ordinarily located or resident in (or incorporated or organized in) the United States of America;
5. are not a resident, citizen, national or agent of, or an entity organized, incorporated or doing business in, Belarus, Burundi, Crimea and Sevastopol, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Zimbabwe or any other country to which the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union or any of its member states or the United Nations or any of its member states (collectively, the Major Jurisdictions) embargoes goods or imposes similar sanctions (such embargoed or sanctioned territories, collectively, the Restricted Territories);
6. are not, and do not directly or indirectly own or control, and have not received any assets from any blockchain address that is listed on any sanctions list or equivalent maintained by any of the Major Jurisdictions (such sanctions-listed persons, collectively, Sanctions Lists Persons); and
7. do not intend to transact in or with any Restricted Territories or Sanctions List Persons;

The Permitted Use of the Interface is exclusively to aid technologically sophisticated persons who wish to use the Interface for informational purposes only as an aid to their own research, due diligence, and decision-making. Before using any information from the Interface (including any draft transaction messages) to engage in transactions, each User must independently verify the accuracy of such information (and the consistency of such draft transaction messages with the User's intentions).

Each User must not, directly or indirectly, in connection with their use of the Interface:

1. use the Interface other than for the Permitted Use;
2. use the Interface at any time when any representation of the User set forth in the Terms is untrue or inaccurate;
3. rely on the Interface as a basis for or a source of advice concerning any financial or legal decision making or transactions;
4. employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud, or otherwise materially mislead, any person;
5. engage in any act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person;
6. fail to comply with any applicable provision of these Terms or any other terms or conditions, privacy policy, or other policy governing the use of the Interface;
7. engage, attempt, or assist in any hack of or attack on the Interface or any wallet application or device, including any “sybil attack”, “DoS attack”, “griefing attack”, virus deployment, or theft;
8. commit any violation of applicable laws, rules or regulations in your relevant jurisdiction;
9. transact in securities, commodities futures, trading of commodities on a leveraged, margined or financed basis, binary options (including prediction-market transactions), real estate or real estate leases, equipment leases, debt financings, equity financings or other similar transactions, in each case, if such transactions do not comply with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the parties and assets engaged therein;
10. engage in token-based or other financings of a business, enterprise, venture, DAO, software development project or other initiative, including ICOs, DAICOs, IEOs, or other token-based fundraising events;
11. engage in activity that violates any applicable law, rule, or regulation concerning the integrity of trading markets, including, but not limited to, the manipulative tactics commonly known as spoofing and wash trading.
12. engage in any act, practice, or course of business that operates to circumvent any sanctions or export controls targeting the User or the country or territory where the User is located.
13. engage in any activity that infringes on or violates any copyright, trademark, service mark, patent, right of publicity, right of privacy, or other proprietary or intellectual property rights under any law.
14. engage in any activity that disguises or interferes in any way with the IP address of a computer used to access or use the Interface or that otherwise prevents correctly identifying the IP address of the computer used to access the Interface.
15. engage in any activity that transmits, exchanges, or is otherwise supported by the direct or indirect proceeds of criminal or fraudulent activity; and
16. engage in any activity that contributes to or facilitates any of the foregoing activities.

Additionally, if you use the interface you consent to, represent, and declare that you agree:

1. that the only duties and obligations connected with the Interface owed to the User are set forth in these Terms;
2. that these Terms constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations enforceable against the Users;
3. that the Interface shall be deemed to be based solely in the Cayman Islands and that although the Interface may be available in other jurisdictions, its availability does not give rise to general or specific personal jurisdiction in any forum outside the Cayman Islands;
4. that the Interface is provided for informational purposes only and it is not directly or indirectly in control of the Middleware and related blockchain systems or capable of performing or effecting any transactions on your behalf;
5. that the Interface is only being provided as an aid to your own independent research and evaluation of the Middleware and you should not take, or refrain from taking, any action based on any information on the Interface and without limitation from third party blog posts, articles, links news feeds, tutorials, tweets, and videos;
6. that the ability of the Interface to connect with third-party wallet applications or devices is not an endorsement or recommendation by or on behalf of the Interface maintainers, and you assume all responsibility for selecting and evaluating, and incurring the risks of any bugs, defects, malfunctions or interruptions of any third-party wallet applications or devices you directly or indirectly use in connection with the Interface;
7. to not hold the Interface maintainers or any affiliates liable for any damages that you may suffer in connection with your use of the Interface or the Middleware;
8. that the information available on the Interface is not professional, legal, business, investment, or any other advice related to any financial product;
9. that the information is not an offer or recommendation or solicitation to buy or sell any particular digital asset or to use any particular investment strategy;
10. that before you make any financial, legal, or other decision in connection with the interface, you should seek independent professional advice from an individual who is licensed and qualified in the area for which such advice would be appropriate;
11. that the Terms are not intended to, and do not, create or impose any fiduciary duties on any party;
12. to the fullest extent permitted by law, you acknowledge and agree that the Interface maintainers owe no fiduciary duties or liabilities to you or any other party;
13. that to the extent, any such duties or liabilities may exist at law or in equity, those duties and liabilities are hereby irrevocably disclaimed, waived, and eliminated;
14. that you may suffer damages in connection with your use of the Interface or the Middleware and the Interface and Interface maintainers are not liable for such damages;

Each User acknowledges, agrees, consents to, and assumes the risks of, the matters described in this Section 11.

Each User, subject to their eligibility, acceptance, and adherence to these Terms, is hereby granted a personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to view, access and use the Interface for the Permitted Uses in accordance with these Terms. Unlike the Interface, the Middleware is open-source software running on public blockchains and is not the property of the Interface Maintainers.

The Interface may directly or indirectly collect and temporarily store personally identifiable information for operational purposes, including for the purpose of identifying blockchain addresses or IP addresses that may indicate the use of the Interface from prohibited jurisdictions or by sanctioned persons or other Prohibited Uses. Except as required by applicable law, the Interface maintainers will have no obligation of confidentiality with respect to any information collected by the Interface.

The Users declare that they are knowledgeable, experienced, and sophisticated in using and evaluating blockchain and related technologies and assets, including blockchains, tokens, and proof of stake smart contract systems. The Users declare that they have conducted their own thorough independent investigation and analysis of the Middleware and the other matters contemplated by these Terms, and have not relied upon any information, statement, omission, representation, or warranty, express or implied, written or oral, made by or on behalf of Interface maintainers in connection therewith, except as expressly set forth in these Terms.

Each User hereby acknowledges and agrees, and consents to, and assumes the risks of, the matters described in Section 15 of the Terms.

These Terms, including the Privacy Policy, constitute your entire representation, consent, and agreement with respect to the subject matter, including the Interface. These Terms, including the Privacy Policy, and any disclosure and disclaimers incorporated by reference supersede all prior Terms, written or oral understandings, communications, and other agreements relating to the subject matter of the Terms.

Happy Liquid Staking!