📖Ethereum Staking Terms

PLEASE READ THESE ETHEREUM STAKING TERMS CAREFULLY. NOTE THAT THESE TERMS CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE AND REPRESENTATIVE ACTION WAIVER, WHICH AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. THE SERVICES’ USE WILL FACE SIGNIFICANT RISKS INDICATED HEREUNDER THAT YOU HAVE READ AND CONFIRMED IN FULL. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE ETHEREUM STAKING TERMS, YOU SHALL NOT EITHER PURCHASE OR SELL CRYPTOCURRENCY AND/OR USE OUR SERVICES. THE SERVICES ' USE IS TREATED AS YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS IN FULL. ONCE YOU STAKED YOUR ETHs, YOU MAY NOT WITHDRAW THEM, AND ANY REWARDS GENERATE.

This document acts as an agreed upon Ethereum Staking Terms (“Terms”) between you (“you”) and Chainbase Staking or other authorized by Chainbase Staking company(-ies) (“Chainbase”, “us” or “we”). You accept these Terms when you access Chainbase website’s page at “Website”) to use the Services (as defined below). These Terms apply only to the Services, any other services that may be from time to time offered by Chainbase through the Website or otherwise, including, without limitations, services to allow staking in other blockchains, protocols, or networks, are not governed by these Terms.

These Terms shall enter into force as of the moment you first access or use the Services. Should you disagree with any provision of these Terms, you shall cease using the Services immediately. The content of the Website and websites accessible from hyperlinks on the Website do not form an integral part of these Terms. If you are using Services on behalf of any entity, you are authorized to accept these Terms on such entity’s behalf, and such an entity will be responsible for any damage arising out of a breach of these Terms by you or any other employee or agent of such entity (in such event references to “you” in these Terms refer to you and such an entity, jointly).

Chainbase reserves the right to amend or otherwise alter these Terms at its sole discretion; Chainbase will provide notice of any amendment to these Terms by posting any revised document to the Website and updating the “Last updated” field above accordingly or by any other method Chainbase deems appropriate. Chainbase is not obligated to provide notice in any other method beyond these. Any change to these Terms will be effective immediately upon such notice and apply to any ongoing or subsequent use of the Website and Services.

By accessing the Website and/or using the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of these Terms, you may not access the Website and/or use the Services.

  1. Terms and Definition

    1. “ETH” means Ether, the native cryptocurrency (token) of the Blockchain;

    2. “Blockchain” means the Ethereum blockchain post Merge (as describedhere);

    3. “Services” means the technical ancillary, software, and related services, solely through the internet, that Chainbase provides to you in order to enable you to use Validation Services;

    4. “Validation Services” means validation services performed in connection with the Blockchain that consists of creation, signing and broadcasting attestations during each epoch of the Blockchain;

    5. “Validator” means validation software developed and maintained by the Blockchain’s community and developers provided “AS IS” that allows you to effect Validation Services during the Term of the Services provided to you;

    6. “Transactional Fees” means a portion of rewards in ETHs that may be generated by Validators on the amount of ETHs you staked on the Validators for the Validation Services that are distributed by the Blockchain;

    7. “Staking Rewards” means a portion of rewards in ETHs that may be generated by Validators on the amount of ETHs you staked on the Validators for the Validation Services that are not distributed by the Blockchain;

    8. “Total Rewards” means the sum of Transactional Fees and Staking Rewards;

    9. “Slashing” means any slashing penalty assessed by the Blockchain for a material failure to perform the Validation Services.

  2. Use of the Services

    1. You agree that you are solely responsible for all costs and expenses you may incur in relation to your use of the Services. Chainbase makes no promises, warranties, or representations that the Services are appropriate or available for use in any location. If you choose to access the Services from any location, you acknowledge you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws where they apply. Chainbase may limit or otherwise restrict your use of and/or access to the Services in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitations, to comply with applicable sanctions regimes and regulations.

    2. As a condition of your use of the Website and the Services, and when using our Services, you agree, warrant and represent that:

      1. you need to stake at least 32 ETHs in order to use the Services, and the Services cannot be provided in the event you have less than 32 ETHs or any number of ETHs that is not a multiple of 32, including as a result of any Slashing event;

      2. there is a risk of Slashing of now only Total Rewards but the amount of ETHs you stake;

      3. as a result of any Slashing event affecting ETHs you staked, the Services cannot be further provided, and any Validators on which you stake will be non-active and generate no Total Rewards;

      4. it shall be your sole responsibility to keep the confidentiality of any private keys and mnemonic (seed) phrases used to stake ETHs and withdraw Total Rewards (if and then such functionality will be made available by the Blockchain). If you lose your private keys and/or mnemonic (seed) phrases, you may never access the ETHs you stake or any Total Rewards;

      5. in event if any upgrade on the Blockchain occurs, you may never have the possibility to withdraw the ETHs you staked and Staking Rewards;

      6. after staking of ETHs, you will be required to pay Service Fees. Failure to pay them may result in Slashing, lost of ETHs you staked and Total Rewards, Services termination and other consequences that may result in loss of a portion or entirely of the ETHs you staked on the Validators;

      7. you may partially or completely lose ETHs you staked, Staking Rewards;

      8. in the event of any Slashing, Validators on which you staked your ETHs will be discontinued from the active set and prevented from performing Validation Services within approximately 36 days from the moment of Slashing, and Validators may not be returned to the active set and will not be able to perform any Validation Services;

      9. there is no guarantee, warranty, or representation that any Validators on which you staked ETHs will ever generate any Total Rewards and that any of them will have any market value or secondary market;

      10. Chainbase has no control over the operations of the Blockchain, including how the Total Rewards are calculated, Slashed, or distributed. Chainbase provides non-custodial Services only and has no custody, operation, control, or otherwise in relation to ETHs you stake or Total Rewards;

      11. you will not misuse or attack the Services by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful (such as by way of a denial-of-service attack);

      12. you will not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Services, the server on which our Services are stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Services;

      13. you will not use the Website or the Services for any criminal, illegal, or otherwise prohibited use, including, without limitation, activities related to money-laundering, drug trafficking, human trafficking, weapon trafficking, terrorism, securities fraud, or tax evasion;

      14. you have a sufficient understanding of cryptocurrencies, their storage mechanisms (such as digital wallets), and blockchain technology;

      15. you have: (i) the necessary technical expertise and ability to review and evaluate the security, integrity and operation you wish to proceed with and (ii) the knowledge, experience, understanding, professional advice and information to make your own evaluation of the related merits and risks;

      16. you are not a Restricted Person, and you are not acting on behalf of any unrevealed third party, including Restricted Person;

      17. you agree that the risks provide in this clause 2.2 are not exhaustive, and you should be aware that staking of your ETHs may be exposed to risks of an exceptional or any other nature from time to time;

      18. you hereby confirm and agree that Chainbase will have no responsibility or liability for such risks indicated above in this clause 2.2 and its subclauses or elsewhere in these Terms; and

      19. you hereby irrevocably waive, release and discharge all claims, whether known or unknown to you, against Chainbase and any of its affiliates and their respective shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, suppliers, licensors, and representatives (collectively, “Chainbase Party”) related to any of the risks set forth in this clause 2.2 and its subclauses.

    3. Chainbase may prevent or suspend your access to or use of the Website and/or the Services or any portions thereof at any time as Chainbase may deem reasonable, including, but not limited to, if you do not comply with these Terms or any applicable laws and/or regulation.

    4. Using the EigenLayer technology You agree, warrant, and represent that:

      1. You understand that after entering the EigenPod address, filling in the Withdrawal address credentials, and by pressing the button “Stake,” these actions, together with the EigenPod address, CANNOT be changed. You independently enter the address for providing Consensus rewards and for returning your Funds in case of EigenLayer Restaking and understand that if entered incorrectly, any funds may go to the wrong address irrevocably.

      2. You have checked all data related to the filled EigenPod address, and the data provided is reliable. You are solely responsible for incorrectly entered data.

      3. You carefully read all the information on the resource https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/eigenlayer/risk/risk-faq and understood it and all the risks associated with the use of this technology, in particular the fact that NO PROFIT FROM USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IS GUARANTEED BY Chainbase. When you send any funds to EigenPod address, you fully trust the suppliers of the technology in matters, including in the correct operation of the technology and correct functioning of any smart contracts.

      4. You understand that Chainbase does not bear any responsibility and cannot perform any actions related to EigenLayer Restaking or EigenPod address and in no way associated with the suppliers of the technology.

  3. Services

    1. During the Term and subject to these Terms, Chainbase will provide you access to and use the Services, which shall be accessible through the internet. Except for the cases provided hereunder, use of the Services requires no account registration; however, Chainbase may require you to provide contact details as determined by Chainbase at its sole discretion to enable contact with you and to confirm your usage of the Services in a manner deemed necessary by Chainbase. The Services are a client-side interface and servers backend, consisting of a number of Validators that will be used by you to stake your ETHs and that allow you to interact with the Blockchain in order to stake ETHs using the Blockchain and third-party applications. To stake ETHs, you need to confirm that you have a minimum stake of 32 ETH you are ready to stake, and you need a withdrawal key corresponding to the ETHs you hold and wish to stake. Once Chainbase confirms this in a manner deemed necessary by Chainbase, you may stake your ETHs; for the avoidance of any doubts and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Chainbase reserves the right to decline to provide you with the Services you wish to be provided with no liability for Chainbase.

    2. Neither Chainbase hold, manage or know your private keys, seed phrases, and passwords. All your digital assets, seed phrases and private keys required to access and make operations with thereof remain at your full control and disposal. Chainbase provides non-custodial services only. You are solely responsible for making sure that your seed phrase, password, data and any other information used by you to access the Services are kept secure and confidential. All the operations with or in connection with digital assets are made solely by you, and Chainbase assumes no liability for any reason whatsoever related to such operations.

    3. Staking of ETHs on the Validators means your full acceptance of these Terms and the risks you may face using the Services and will provide them until these Terms are terminated for any reason whatsoever provided (“Term”).

    4. Use of EigenLayer. EigenLayer is a third-party entity, Chainbase displays a part of the site of the EigenLayer for the possibility of generating EigenPod address that offers additional functionalities, such as enabling the rehypothecation of ETH on the consensus layer (called restaking). You can select an additional function to the Service and be able to re-stake using the EigenLayer technology (hereinafter referred to as EigenLayer Restaking). To do this, You Cl enters the EigenPod address, which will be used for:You will receive Consensus Layer rewards on the EigenPod address, and the Execution Layer rewards will be sent on the EigenPod’s owner address.

      • Consensus Layer rewards

      • Execution Layer rewards

  4. Fees and Payments

    1. For the Services provided you agree to pay Chainbase Service Fees as follows:

      1. If you Stake not later than June 30, 2023 (inclusively), you agree to pay Chainbase Service Fees equal to Zero (00) percent of Total Rewards generated or to be generated by Validators until August 01, 2023.

      2. If you Stake not later than June 30, 2023 (inclusively), starting with August 01, 2023 the amount of Service Fees indicated is equal to Five (05) percent of Total Rewards generated or to be generated by Validators.

      3. If you Stake after than July 01, 2023 (inclusively), the amount of Service Fees indicated is equal to Seven (07) percent of Total Rewards generated or to be generated by Validators.

      4. If you Stake after than September 14, 2023 (inclusively), the amount of Service Fees indicated is equal to Five (05) percentof Total Rewards generated or to be generated by Validators.

      5. If you Stake after than December 14, 2023 (inclusively), the amount of Service Fees indicated is equal to Eight (08) percentof Total Rewards generated or to be generated by Validators.

      6. If you Stake after than February 7, 2024 (inclusively), the amount of Service Fees indicated is equal to Five (05) percent of Total Rewards generated or to be generated by Validators.

    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NEW SERVICE FEES APPLY IF YOU STARTED STAKING FROM A CERTAIN DATE. IF YOU CONTINUED STAKING, THE NEW SERVICE FEES ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO YOU UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THESE TERMS

    1. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 4.1 above and subject to enhanced due diligence and KYC/AML requirements as determined by Chainbase at its sole discretion and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, Chainbase may agree to charge its Service Fees on a monthly basis by issuing invoices in your name; all the invoices are issued for the previous month on or about the first day of the following month that are due and payable within Twenty (20) days upon issuing thereof. In the event you fail to pay any of the invoices timely and/or in full, Chainbase reserves the right to terminate your access to and use of the Services as provided hereunder.

    2. Due diligence and KYC/AML requirements as determined by Chainbase may include, without limitation, checking the information you provide against any list issued by any governmental or international authority prohibiting or limiting business activities or transactions with any persons. You may be required to provide Chainbase with certain personal information, including, but not limited to, your name, email address, mobile phone data, passport, ID or other government-issued ID, digital wallet address, residency, date of birth, physical address, bank account information, payment card (debit/credit card) information, documents regarding sources of funds and another information and/or documents required to use the Services. You hereby authorize Chainbase, directly or through a third party, to make any inquiries Chainbase considers necessary to verify your identity, residency, source of funds or protect against fraud, including but not limited to: (a) query identity information contained in public reports (e.g., your name, address, past addresses, or date of birth); (b) query account information associated with your bank account/card (e.g., name or account balance); and (с) take action Chainbase reasonably deems necessary based on the results of such inquiries and reports. You further authorize all third parties to which such inquiries or requests may be directed to fully respond to such inquiries or requests. Chainbase will have no liability or responsibility for any permanent or temporary inability to access or use any Services as a result of any identity verification or other screening procedures.

    3. All the Rewards less Service Fees will be transferred to you by the Blockchain to your wallet.

    4. All the Service Fees are non-refundable, in the event you terminate these Terms or Chainbase terminates your access and use of the Services, any ETHs balance that you stake on the Validators may be diminished or lost in full based on the operation of the Blockchain and underlying rules, for instance, if the Blockchain penalties or Slashing have occurred. It shall be your sole responsibility to pay all the invoices timely and in full to avoid this.

    5. Chainbase reserves the right to change or otherwise alter Service Fees upon notifying you in accordance with these Terms with Ten (10) days advance notice.

  5. Damages Caused by Vulnerabilities Inherent in the Internet or in Blockchain

    You agree that Chainbase is not responsible whatsoever for any damages caused by the interception, loss or alteration to any information sent over the Internet or in blockchain and to any information used to get access to digital wallet(s) on the such blockchain. Chainbase takes every reasonable precaution to prevent and mitigate attacks. However, these problems may still occur from time to time for reasons that are out of our control. If Chainbase believes its Website or any Services has been compromised or is under attack, Chainbase reserves the right to immediately stop all Services. Chainbase makes no representation and does not warrant the safety of the Website and Services, and is not liable for any damages, lost value or stolen property, regardless of whether Chainbase was negligent in providing appropriate security.

  6. Autostaking Services

    1. Chainbase at its sole discretion may from time to time provide you with information concerning automatic deployment of smart contracts allowing you to stake your ETHs ("Autostaking Services") as a part of the Services made available by Chainbase on the Website (“Autostaking Terms”). These Autostaking Terms is an integral part of the Terms, all the provisions of the Terms shall apply in full and with no reservation except for the provisions contained in this clause 6 related to the way how you may stake your ETHs and receive rewards from the Blockchain. These Autostaking Terms and Autostaking Services are made solely for improvement of your user experience and comfort level increase, do not contain (and are not aimed to) any sort of a guarantee or promise of profitability and/or any other kind of performance, and do not contain or imply any elements of a guarantee or promise of profitability and/or any other kind of performance. For avoidance of any doubts, the Autostaking Services in no way shall be considered as investment contract or any sort of yield, financial or structured product.

    2. Accessing to Autostaking Services you may delegate 32*x ETH, no partial (pooled) delegation is allowed. Chainbase does not provide any kind of pooling services. In case you have less than specified sum above, please, contact Chainbase team directly.

    3. In order to use Autostaking Services, you shall connect your wallet address (for example, via MetaMask or Wallet Connect) to confirm your withdrawal address and sign/initiate the transaction to deploy and to transfer to the entrance smart contract ("Entrance Smart Contract" or "ESC"). This transaction may include your Staking Rewards Address, address of the ESC deployed by you, addresses of delegated ETHs on the Validator to which ETHs will be transferred ("Delegated Stake Addresses"), and another information that may be deemed necessary. Please note, that these parameters may not be changed after signing/initiating of the transaction. The main purpose of the ESC is to divide all received ETHs in portions of 32 ETHs and transfer thereof to the Delegated Stake Addresses. Neither Chainbase nor you may perform any actions on the ESC, its code and preferences are immutable.

    4. Staking Rewards, if any, come in to your Consensus Rewards Address, if the balance on the Validator(s) exceeds 32 ETH. Please note, that provisions of these Terms do not contain any sort of a guarantee or promise of profitability and/or any other kind of performance, and do not contain or imply any elements of a guarantee or promise of profitability and/or any other kind of performance.

    5. Transactional Fees, if any, shall be distributed by the outgoing smart contract deployed by you ("Outgoing Smart Contract" or "OSC") with the sole condition to share the present rewards between participants' wallets: your wallet address (the same as your Consensus Rewards Address), Chainbase wallet address and the wallet address of the referrer (if the option of referral link is used). The conditions of sharing are based on the provisions of Terms. OSC is immutable with the only one function “withdraw,” which initiate the process of splitting and sending rewards to the participants' wallets. The withdrawal can be initiated by any participant.

  7. DVT Staking

    1. Chainbase allows you to use the Validation Services using the SSV network mechanism (Hereinafter referred to as DVT Staking).

    2. DVT Staking is one of the possible options of the Autostaking Services. The essence of DVT Staking is that several node operators in a cluster (Hereinafter referred to as Node Operators) are involved in the staking process, which to some extent diminishes the likelihood of Slashing, but does not completely eliminate it. This diminishing in this probability occurs only due to a different number of the Node Operators, but not due to the quality of staking or the addition of any other characteristics. You can read more about DVT technology including here:https://docs.ssv.network/learn/readme.

      Please note that during the DVT staking process, you may encounter a notice on the respective Autostaking Services banner indicating that only Chainbase nodes are used. In this case, the cluster will only consist of different Chainbase nodes without involving other operators, and all of the above features of DVT technology are preserved with the difference that all nodes will be Chainbase. By performing DVT Staking in this way you agree to this feature.

      ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT DVT STAKING IS INDICATED ONLY AS A NAME OF POSSIBLE OPTIONS OF AUTOSTAKING SERVICES. THE SSV NETWORK ITSELF (AND THE DVT MECHANISM ITSELF AS A GENERAL NAME OF THE TECHNOLOGY, CONTAINING THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SSV NETWORK) DOES NOT RELATE TO US IN ANY WAY, WE HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPERATION OF THIS NETWORK, WE ONLY PROVIDE THE POSSIBILITY OF STAKING WITH FEATURES OF THIS NETWORK. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ISSUES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND SSV NETWORK.

    3. DVT Staking is a part of a non-custodial Service.

    4. DVT Staking is subject to all provisions of these Terms and Terms of Use posted on the Website until otherwise stated in these Terms or otherwise implied from their provisions. For the avoidance of doubt, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification, Indemnification, Release of these Terms in any case apply to DVT Staking. Chainbase disclaims any other additional warranties or representations regarding DVT Staking.

    5. Chainbase does not represent other Node Operators individually or in the aggregate, and does not bear any responsibility for their actions or inactions.

    6. For the avoidance of doubt, you hereby waive the exercise of any rights, claims, statements, suits, regardless of their nature, that may be brought against Chainbase in connection with any action / inaction of the Node Operators , as well as the recovery of any damages (loss of profits or any direct, indirect, special, incidental, exemplary, punitive, consequential or other loss of any kind (including, but not limited to, where related to loss of revenue, income or profit, loss of use or data , loss of use, loss of production, loss of contract, loss of commercial opportunity, loss of savings, discount or rebate (whether actual or anticipated), harm to reputation or loss of goodwill, loss of business, loss for business interruption) in connection with such action or inaction.

  8. Service Level obligations

    1. This clause 8 comes into and remains in force and effect during the period while you Stake with us at least 1,600.00 (One thousand six hundred) ETH and continue using relevant Services under the Terms.

    2. During the access and usage of the Services in accordance with the clause 8.1. above and in the event you receive less than 99% of possible Total Rewards (whereis “possible” Total Rewards means the rewards that would ordinarily be payable, if applicable, for Validator’s duties for attestations, participating in sync committees and block proposals) in corresponding period (for the purposes of this clause 8 the 01 (One) period means one exact calendar month in which this situation occurs and all indicators are calculated as of the last day of relevant calendar month) you become eligible for a credit as set forth in the clause 8.3. below. This obligation shall not be applicable in case of (a) any scheduled or another maintenance, which maintenance shall not exceed a commercially reasonable period of time in each given circumstance, including any software or hardware updates due to updates and/or changes in the Blockchain mechanics and/or underlying mechanics, (b) any scheduled or not update, upgrade, support, or otherwise, whether partial or full, of the Blockchain, or any third-party infrastructure. For the avoidance of doubt, you become eligible for any credits only in relation to ETHs that were staked on the Validator in the Blockchain in accordance with the provisions of this clause 8.

    3. You shall be entitled to a credit in the amount equal to the sum that shall be calculated as a difference between (a) actually received Total Rewards and (b) the 99% of possible Total Rewards for the relevant period. In the event of missed blocks Chainbase shall calculate this missed value as an average block value among all Ethereum blocks proposed during the relevant calendar month.

  9. Chainbase Does Not Provide Legal, Financial or Other Professional Advice

    In no way should our providing of Services and/or information, data or documents located at the Website be considered legal, financial or any other kind of specialized or expert advice on which you might detrimentally depend, causing liability against Chainbase. In using the Website and Services, you represent and warrant that you have sought any legal, financial or otherwise specialized advice from an expert qualified to provide such counsel, or else you have the sufficient knowledge and sophistication to evaluate the risks and merits associated with our Services and Website. You represent and warrant that you understand that any recommendations or commentary made by Chainbase or its employees or other users should be considered generalized in nature, and you should use your own judgment or seek the advice of an expert before taking any action regardless of such statements. Chainbase gives no assurance as to the accuracy or completeness of any such statement.

  10. License

    Chainbase grants you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable license (“License”) to access and use our Website and Services. This License is subject to these Terms. Any other use of the Services and Website not expressly permitted by these Terms and Terms of Service is prohibited. All other rights are expressly reserved by Chainbase and our licensors, including any content or functionality as presented on the Website or Services. “Chainbase Staking”, “Chainbase Validator”, Website, and all logos related to Services or displayed on the Website are trademarks or registered marks of Chainbase or its affiliates/counteragents or relevant third parties. You will not redistribute, claim ownership, license, deconstruct, reverse engineer, alter, incorporate into any other works or websites, or otherwise exploit any such content or functionality without prior express written consent of Chainbase.

  11. Termination

    Chainbase may terminate or suspend your License without prior notice or liability for any reason whatsoever, including (but not limited to) if you breach the Terms. Nothing in these Terms or in any other communication or action by Chainbase or our employees, agents or representatives should be taken as a waiver of any legal remedies available for any event causing termination. All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including (but not limited to) ownership provisions, disclaimers or limitations of obligations or liability, and indemnity.

  12. General Requirements

    The Services are offered and available to you only if (i) you are at least eighteen (18) years of age and you are legally entitled to use the internet and services like those provided by Chainbase, (ii) if you are acting on behalf of an entity, you have the necessary power and authority to legally bind this entity by these Terms, and (iii) your right to use Services have not had been previously suspended or revoked by Chainbase. You may neither use the Services if you are located in, or a citizen or resident (tax or otherwise) or any state, country or another jurisdiction where the use of the Services would be illegal or prohibited or otherwise violate any applicable laws and regulations. You represent and warrant that you are not a citizen or resident (tax or otherwise) of any such jurisdiction and that you will not use neither the Services while located in any such jurisdiction ("Restricted Person"). You also may not use the Services if you are located in, or a citizen or resident (tax or otherwise) of, any other jurisdiction where Chainbase has determined, at its sole discretion, to prohibit the use of the Services. Chainbase may implement controls to restrict access to the Services from any jurisdiction prohibited pursuant to these Terms. You agree to comply with these Terms even if our methods to prevent the use of the Services are not effective or can be bypassed.

  13. Limitation of Liability and Indemnification

    1. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) IN NO EVENT WILL Chainbase AND ANY Chainbase PARTIES OR ANY OF THE AFFILIATED PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER LOSS OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WHERE RELATED TO LOSS OF REVENUE, INCOME OR PROFIT, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PRODUCTION, LOSS OF CONTRACT, LOSS OF COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF SAVINGS, DISCOUNT OR REBATE (WHETHER ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED), HARM TO REPUTATION OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS FOR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO OR USE OF THE VALIDATION OR OTHERWISE RELATED TO THESE TERMS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY KIND OF SLASHING EVENTS, UPTIME, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OR CAUSE OF ACTION, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (EVEN IF Chainbase OR ANY OF THE AFFILIATED PARTIES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH LOSS WAS FORESEEABLE), AND (B) IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF Chainbase AND ANY Chainbase PARTIES (JOINTLY) FOR ANY LOSS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS EXCEED THE AMOUNT THE SERVICE FEES RECEIVED BY Chainbase FOR THE LAST MONTH, OR IF YOU STAKED MORE THAN 320 ETHs IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF Chainbase AND ANY Chainbase PARTIES (JOINTLY) FOR ANY LOSS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS EXCEED THE AMOUNT THE SERVICE FEES RECEIVED BY Chainbase FOR THE LAST 12 (TWELVE) MONTHS. AS THE ONLY REMEDY AVAILABLE TO YOU AND THE ONLY WAY OF COMPENSATION WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS CLAUSE, (a) Chainbase WILL ADJUST ITS SERVICE FEES ACCORDINGLY ON THE REMAINING VALIDATORS YOU STAKE WITH UNDER THESE TERMS TO ENSURE THE COMPENSATION WITHIN THE NEAREST FOLLOWING RECALCULATION PERIOD, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, IF THE SERVICE FEES AFTER THE ADJUSTMENT THEREOF BECOME LESS THAN ZERO (0), THEN THE SERVICE FEES FOR THE NEAREST FOLLOWING COMPENSATION PERIOD WILL BE EQUAL TO ZERO (0), NO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION WILL BE MADE AND THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS CLAUSE SHALL BE DEEMED LOWERED ACCORDINGLY, AND STARTING FROM THE NEXT FOLLOWING RECALCULATION PERIOD THE SERVICE FEES WILL BE SET UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE 4.1 ABOVE, (b) IF THERE ARE NO VALIDATORS TO ADJUST THE SERVICE FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS ABOVE, THE COMPENSATION IN AMOUNT UP TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORHT IN THIS CLAUSE SHALL BE PAID TO YOU WITHIN NINETY (90) BUSINESS DAYS SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO YOUR SUCCESSFUL PASS OF KYC/AML PROCEDURES AS REQUESTED BY Chainbase AND PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS CLAUSE WILL NOT LIMIT OR EXCLUDE LIABILITY FOR FRAUD OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OF Chainbase. FURTHERMORE, Chainbase AND ANY OF THE Chainbase PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE TO YOU OR ANY STAKER, NOR BE DEEMED TO HAVE DEFAULTED UNDER OR BREACHED THESE TERMS, FOR ANY FAILURE OR DELAY IN FULFILLING OR PERFORMING ANY TERM OF THESE TERMS, WHEN AND TO THE EXTENT THE FAILURE OR DELAY IS CAUSED BY OR RESULTS FROM ACTS BEYOND THE Chainbase’S OR ANY Chainbase PARTIES REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION: (i) ACTS OF GOD; (ii) FLOOD, FIRE, EARTHQUAKE OR EXPLOSION; (iii) WAR, INVASION, HOSTILITIES (WHETHER WAR IS DECLARED OR NOT), TERRORIST THREATS OR ACTS, OR OTHER CIVIL UNREST; (iv) PANDEMICS; (v) ANY ATTACKS, ERRORS OR DIFFICULTIES IN BLOCKCHAINS OR RELATED SOFTWARE; OR (vi) LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY CONDITION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THESE ENTIRE TERMS CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AND THE POTENTIAL REPERCUSSIONS AND LIABILITY FOR YOU SHOULD YOU FAIL TO ADHERE TO YOUR OBLIGATIONS OR IN ANY OTHER WAY BE IN BREACH OF THESE TERMS.

    2. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW Chainbase AND Chainbase PARTIES MAKES NO WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS: (A) IN RELATION TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, (B) AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT OF A THIRD PARTY, (C) THAT VALIDATORS, THE BLOCKCHAIN AND INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, FUNCTIONAL TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, WILL BE FUNCTIONAL AS IT DESIGNED OR WILL SATISFY ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE BLOCKCHAIN OR OTHER NETWORKS OR OTHER PROVIDERS AND/OR ENVIRONMENTS ("UPTIME"), (D) NON-Chainbase INFRASTRUCTURE OR STAKING; (E) THAT ANY REWARDS, TRANSACTIONAL FEES, STAKING REWARDS WILL BE EVER GENERATED, THE VALUE OR CHANGE IN VALUE OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES, REWARDS, TRANSACTIONAL FEES, STAKING REWARDS, OR RECEIVING, COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF; (F) VERIFICATIONS, CONFIRMATIONS AND/OR OTHER CONSENSUS NETWORK METHODS/ALGORITHMS OR OTHER METHODS UTILISED BY THE BLOCKCHAIN OR OTHER NETWORKS, OR OTHER PROVIDERS, OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE BLOCKCHAINS OR STAKING; Chainbase NEITHER INITIATES, CONFIRMS, CANCELS, OR REVERSES ANY TRANSACTIONS OR PRIVATE KEYS; (G) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN CONNECTIONS WITH BLOCKCHAINS AND NETWORKS, NON-Chainbase INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, RECEIVING, COLLECTION AND/OR DISTRIBUTIONS OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES, REWARDS, TRANSACTIONAL FEES, STAKING REWARDS. EACH WHETHER ARISING BY LAW, COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, USAGE OF TRADE, OR OTHERWISE. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED UPON ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY MADE BY Chainbase OR ANY OTHER PERSON ON THE Chainbase’S BEHALF, OR ANY Chainbase PARTY. ALL Chainbase’S AND ANY Chainbase PARTIES’ WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS, AND CONDITIONS WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED BY STATUTE, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE ARE EXCLUDED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

    3. THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY REFLECTS THE ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED IN THIS CLAUSE WILL SURVIVE AND APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY SPECIFIED IN THESE TERMS IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF Chainbase AND Chainbase PARTIES.

    4. By accessing and using the EigenLayer by Chainbase, You acknowledge and agrees to the following:

      1. Third-Party Relationship: EigenLayer is an independent entity;

      2. EigenLayer is not a subsidiary, partner, or affiliate of Chainbase;

      3. Limited Responsibility: The Chainbase platform facilitates the integration of EigenLayer’s functionalities for your convenience. However, ChainbaseS does not assume any responsibility for the performance, reliability, or consequences of EigenLayer’s services, or for the formation or generation of the EigenPod address;

      4. Disclaimer of Liabilities: You engage with EigenLayer functionalities at your own risk. Chainbase claims any and all liabilities, warranties, or guarantees related to EigenLayer’s services, including but not limited to their accuracy, reliability, and fitness for a particular purpose.

  14. Indemnification

    You shall indemnify and keep indemnified and hold harmless Chainbase and Chainbase Parties from and against any losses, damages, liability, costs (including legal fees) and expenses incurred by Chainbase and/or any of Chainbase Parties as a result of or in connection with any action, demand or claim related or resulted to your actions or omission or any breach of its obligations, warranties and/or representations hereunder.

  15. Release

    To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you release Chainbase and Chainbase Parties from responsibility, liability, claims, demands and/or damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown (including, but not limited to, claims of negligence), arising out of or related to disputes between you and other users of the Services and the acts or omissions of any third parties. You expressly waive any rights you may have under any applicable law as well as any other statute or common law principles that would otherwise limit the coverage of this release to include only those claims that you may know or suspect to exist in your favour at the time of agreeing to this release.

  16. Applicable Law and Venue

    The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of these Terms, and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. These Terms are a single set of rules which regulate the relationships between you and Chainbase. You cannot accept it partially, this set of rules should be accepted in full.

  17. Arbitration

    Should any dispute arising out of, or in connection with, these Terms, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, fail to be resolved amicably, such dispute may be referred by either party to and finally resolved 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 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. All disputes arising in connection with these Terms, or further agreements resulting therefrom, shall be settled and finally resolved by arbitration to be seated in the Cayman Islands and conducted in the English language by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (the "Rules"). The arbitrator shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures set out in the Rules. The award or decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties, and the parties to the arbitration expressly waive any right under the laws of any jurisdiction to appeal or otherwise challenge the award, ruling or decision of the arbitrator. The judgment of any award or decision may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction to the extent necessary in accordance with applicable laws.

  18. No Class Arbitration, Class Action or Representative Actions.

    Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms is personal to you and Chainbase 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 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. All disputes arising in connection with these Terms, or further agreements resulting therefrom, shall be settled and finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with clause 17 above.

  19. Survival and Severability

    Any portion of these Terms that reasonably should survive the termination of your License or any other agreement is hereby agreed to do so. If any provision of these Terms is deemed illegal, invalid or otherwise invalid for any reason, then that provision will be severed, and the rest of these Terms will remain intact and enforceable.

  20. Integration

    Chainbase failure to exercise or enforce any rights or provisions of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of those rights or provisions. These Terms represent the entire and complete agreement between you and Chainbase, including any future modification of such documents, superseding any prior agreements or communications between you and Chainbase. Any ambiguities in these Terms shall be construed in the light most favourable to Chainbase.

  21. Act of God

    Chainbase’s performance under these Terms shall be excused if the failure of such performance is caused by forces beyond its reasonable control. This includes (but is not limited to) acts of God, acts of any government, war or civil unrest, severe weather, fire, natural disasters, political embargos, terrorism, power or equipment failure, industrial or labour disputes or controversies, acts or omissions of any third party, or blockchain failures.

  22. Change of Terms

    Chainbase may amend these Terms at any time and at its own discretion by posting an updated version on the Website. The updated version becomes effective at the time of posting. It is your responsibility to check updates regularly.

  23. Contact Us

    If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at staking@chainbase.com

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