Terms of Service

Last updated: April 18, 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of the Djinn Protocol (“Djinn,” “we,” “our”), including the website at djinn.gg, the Djinn web application, associated APIs, and all smart contracts deployed on the Base blockchain. By connecting a wallet, using the API, or otherwise interacting with Djinn, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

These Terms are supplemented by, and incorporate by reference, the Privacy Policy, the Risk Disclosure, the Acceptable Use Policy, and the Copyright / DMCA Policy. Each of those documents forms part of the agreement between you and Djinn Inc. Where they conflict, the more specific document governs the subject matter it addresses.

1. What Djinn Is

Djinn is a decentralized information marketplace. Analysts (“Geniuses”) sell encrypted analytical predictions as an information service. Buyers (“Idiots”) purchase access to those predictions. The transaction is a service-level agreement: pay for analytical quality, receive compensation if quality is poor.

Djinn follows the same structure as a consulting engagement, research subscription, or investment newsletter.

2. What Djinn Is Not

Djinn is not a sportsbook, exchange, broker, or gambling platform. Specifically, Djinn does not:

• Accept, facilitate, intermediate, or process any wager or bet
• Match bettors with one another
• Set, quote, or offer odds on any sporting event
• Take any position on any sporting event
• Know whether any user places a bet based on a purchased signal
• Offer, sell, or distribute securities, derivatives, or financial instruments
• Provide custody, clearing, or settlement services for any financial product

These are not policy commitments. They are architectural constraints enforced by protocol design. All signal content is encrypted client-side, and the encryption key is split across independent validators via Shamir's Secret Sharing. Djinn structurally cannot view signal content. Anyone can verify this from the open-source client code.

3. Eligibility and Restricted Jurisdictions

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction) to use Djinn. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of Djinn complies with all laws applicable to you in your jurisdiction.

You may not use Djinn if you are located in, a resident of, or a national of any jurisdiction subject to comprehensive sanctions by the United States, including but not limited to: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, or any other jurisdiction designated by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This list may be updated without notice as sanctions designations change.

You represent and warrant that you are not (a) listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties, including the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by OFAC, (b) located in or a national of a sanctioned jurisdiction, or (c) otherwise prohibited from using the service under applicable export control or sanctions laws.

4. Accounts and Wallets

You connect to Djinn using a blockchain wallet (e.g. Coinbase Smart Wallet, MetaMask, or any WalletConnect-compatible wallet). You are solely responsible for the security of your wallet, private keys, and any credentials associated with your account. Djinn never has access to your private keys.

If you lose access to your wallet, you may lose access to your funds and signal history. Djinn cannot recover private keys on your behalf.

You may not create or use multiple accounts to circumvent rate limits, evade enforcement actions, or manipulate the platform. Each natural person or legal entity should use a single primary wallet address.

5. USDC and Platform Balances

Idiots deposit USDC into the Djinn smart contracts to maintain a platform balance for purchasing signals. Geniuses deposit USDC as collateral backing their service-level agreements. All deposits and withdrawals are executed by smart contracts on the Base blockchain and are subject to blockchain transaction finality.

Djinn does not custody user funds. Funds are held in auditable, open-source smart contracts on the Base blockchain. During active settlement periods, collateral withdrawals may be temporarily frozen to ensure accurate accounting. This freeze typically resolves within one transaction cycle.

Protocol fee. The smart contracts collect a 0.5% protocol fee on each purchase, routed to a treasury address controlled by Djinn Inc. governance. On Base Sepolia (testnet): this fee is collected in mock USDC with no cash value, and no real economic transfer occurs. On Base mainnet (once announced): the fee will be collected in real USDC and the treasury address will be published at djinn.gg/docs before any mainnet signal is sold. The fee rate, the treasury address, and any future changes to either are governed by a TimelockController with a minimum 72-hour delay on mainnet, giving users advance notice before economics change.

6. Signals and Service-Level Agreements

When a Genius creates a signal, they set a fee percentage and SLA Multiplier (damages rate). When an Idiot purchases a signal, the fee is automatically deducted from their platform balance, and the Genius's collateral is locked proportionally.

Once enough signals between a Genius-Idiot pair have resolved outcomes, a cryptographic audit computes a Quality Score using secure multi-party computation (MPC). If the Quality Score is negative, the Genius's collateral is slashed: the Idiot receives a USDC refund (up to fees paid) plus Djinn Credits for any excess damages. If the Quality Score is positive, the Genius retains the fees.

7. Djinn Credits

Djinn Credits are non-transferable, non-cashable platform credits that function as a discount on future signal purchases. Credits do not expire but carry no cash value outside the platform. A buyer can never extract more USDC than they deposited. Credits are analogous to store credit after a refund.

8. No Financial or Betting Advice

Nothing on Djinn constitutes financial advice, investment advice, or a recommendation to place any wager. Signals are analytical predictions sold as information. What you do with purchased information is entirely your decision and your responsibility.

Past performance of any Genius, as reflected in their Quality Score or track record, does not guarantee future results.

9. Risks

You acknowledge and accept the following risks:

• Smart contract risk: While audited, smart contracts may contain vulnerabilities. Funds deposited into smart contracts are subject to this risk. All platform contracts use upgradeable proxy patterns. Contract logic may be updated through a governance timelock process. While this enables bug fixes and improvements, it means contract behavior can change after you deposit funds.
• Blockchain risk: Transactions on the Base blockchain are irreversible. Network congestion, outages, or forks may affect the protocol.
• Signal quality risk: Geniuses may underperform. The SLA mechanism provides structured compensation but does not eliminate the risk of purchasing poor-quality analysis.
• Regulatory risk: The legal status of information marketplaces, cryptocurrency, and related technologies varies by jurisdiction and may change.
• Protocol risk: The Djinn protocol depends on a decentralized validator network for MPC computation and outcome verification. Validator downtime, consensus failures, or network partitions may delay or affect settlement. Signal purchases and decryption depend on validators performing secure multi-party computation. If insufficient validators are online, signal purchases may temporarily fail or take longer than usual.
• Stablecoin risk: USDC is issued by Circle. Its value, liquidity, and redeemability are subject to Circle's operations and applicable regulations.

10. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to use Djinn to:

10a. General Prohibitions

• Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation
• Attempt to manipulate track records, Quality Scores, or audit outcomes
• Interfere with the operation of the smart contracts, validators, or miners
• Use automated systems to interact with Djinn in a way that degrades service for other users
• Misrepresent your identity, qualifications, or jurisdiction
• Circumvent any access restrictions, geo-blocking, or rate limits
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the protocol for the purpose of exploiting vulnerabilities (responsible security disclosure is permitted and encouraged)

10b. Financial Crime Prohibitions

You specifically agree not to use Djinn to:

• Launder money or engage in any activity designed to disguise the source, ownership, or destination of funds, including structuring transactions to avoid reporting thresholds
• Finance terrorism or provide material support to any person or organization designated as a terrorist or terrorist organization by any government
• Evade sanctions or facilitate transactions involving sanctioned persons, entities, or jurisdictions
• Engage in insider trading or use material non-public information (MNPI) obtained through privileged access to teams, players, officials, leagues, or sportsbooks to create or influence signals. This includes but is not limited to: injury information not yet public, disciplinary actions, lineup decisions, officiating assignments, or any other information that would provide an unfair informational advantage
• Manipulate sporting events or use Djinn in connection with match-fixing, point-shaving, or any scheme to influence the outcome of a sporting event
• Engage in market manipulation including wash trading (buying your own signals to inflate track records), coordinated trading to manipulate Quality Scores, or any scheme to deceive other users about a Genius's true performance
• Engage in fraud including creating signals with no analytical basis for the purpose of extracting fees, impersonating other Geniuses, or misrepresenting signal methodology

10c. Enforcement

Djinn reserves the right to restrict access, block wallet addresses, and cooperate with law enforcement agencies in the investigation of suspected violations. Because Djinn is a decentralized protocol, some enforcement actions may be limited to the web application interface while on-chain contracts remain permissionless.

If you become aware of any prohibited conduct by another user, please report it through our contact channels.

11. API Access

Djinn provides a public API for programmatic access to the protocol. API users are subject to the same Terms, including all prohibited conduct provisions. API access may be rate-limited to protect service availability. Abuse of the API (including but not limited to denial-of-service patterns, scraping for competitive intelligence, or circumventing access controls) may result in permanent revocation of API access.

Developers who build applications on top of the Djinn API are responsible for ensuring their applications comply with these Terms and all applicable laws. Djinn is not responsible for third-party applications built using the API.

12. Intellectual Property

The Djinn Protocol is open-source software. The Djinn name, logo, and brand assets are the property of Djinn Inc. The open-source license governs the code; it does not grant rights to the Djinn brand.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Djinn Inc., its officers, directors, employees, agents, and contributors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from: (a) your use of the protocol, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of any applicable law or regulation, or (d) any content or signals you create, publish, or distribute through the protocol.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Djinn Inc. and its contributors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of funds, loss of profits, loss of data, or business interruption, arising from your use of the protocol, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not Djinn Inc. has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

In no event shall the total liability of Djinn Inc. exceed the amount of fees you have paid to the protocol in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.

Djinn is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

14a. Taxes

You are solely responsible for determining what, if any, taxes apply to your use of Djinn, including any gains or losses realized through your on-platform activity. Djinn does not withhold taxes, does not issue tax forms (1099 or equivalent), and does not provide tax advice. You should consult your own tax advisor.

14b. Force Majeure

Djinn Inc. is not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disaster, war, terrorism, riot, civil disturbance, labor dispute, pandemic, government action, network-level attack, extended internet or blockchain outage, third-party service failure (including cloud hosting, wallet providers, RPC providers, odds data providers), or any other event that could not reasonably have been anticipated or prevented.

14c. Electronic Communications

By using Djinn, you consent to receive communications from us electronically, including emails to any address you provide, notices posted on djinn.gg, and in-product messages. Electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing. You may withdraw this consent by ceasing to use Djinn, but doing so does not revoke consent given before withdrawal.

14d. Notice

Any notice to Djinn Inc. under these Terms must be sent to legal@djinn.gg. A notice is considered given on the first business day after transmission. Notices to you may be sent to any email address or wallet address associated with your account, or posted on djinn.gg, and are considered given at the time of transmission or posting.

14e. Responsible Security Disclosure

We welcome responsible security research. If you discover a vulnerability in the smart contracts, the validator software, the miner software, the SDK, or the djinn.gg front end, please report it privately to security@djinn.gg before any public disclosure. Good-faith research conducted in accordance with our Acceptable Use Policy will not result in legal action. A formal bug-bounty program with scope and payout tables will be published before mainnet launch.

15. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Please read this section carefully. It affects your legal rights.

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of Djinn (“Dispute”) shall be resolved through binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Wilmington, Delaware, or at a location mutually agreed upon by the parties.

Class action waiver: You agree that any Dispute shall be resolved only on an individual basis and not as part of any class, consolidated, or representative action. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not preside over any form of class or representative proceeding.

Small claims exception: Either party may bring an individual action in small claims court for Disputes within the court's jurisdictional limits.

Opt-out: You may opt out of this arbitration provision by sending written notice to legal@djinn.gg within 30 days of the date you first accepted these Terms (as recorded by the acknowledgment checkbox in the connect dialog). The notice must include your wallet address and a statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. If you opt out, Disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Wilmington, Delaware.

Consumer-protection carve-out. Nothing in this Section limits mandatory consumer-protection rights that apply to you by operation of law in your country or state of residence. If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you retain the right to bring proceedings in, and to rely on the mandatory consumer-protection laws of, your country of residence; the arbitration, class waiver, and Delaware forum provisions above apply only to the maximum extent permitted by applicable mandatory consumer law. You also retain the right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection or consumer authority; nothing in these Terms waives that right.

16. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. For consumers resident in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, this choice of law does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory provisions of the law of your country of habitual residence.

17. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

18. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, the Risk Disclosure, the Acceptable Use Policy, and the Copyright / DMCA Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Djinn Inc. regarding your use of the protocol and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.

Section headings are for convenience only and have no substantive effect. If a provision of these Terms grants a right to Djinn Inc., that right may be waived only in writing by an authorized representative. No third party is intended to be a beneficiary of these Terms, except that affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and open-source contributors of Djinn Inc. may enforce the indemnity and limitation-of- liability provisions on their own behalf.

You may not assign or transfer your rights under these Terms without our prior written consent. Djinn Inc. may assign these Terms to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of substantially all of its assets. These Terms bind and benefit the parties and their permitted successors and assigns.

19. Modifications

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. Continued use of Djinn after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. For material changes that significantly affect your rights, we will make reasonable efforts to provide advance notice through the web application.

20. Contact

For questions about these Terms, reach us at legal@djinn.gg, @djinn_gg on X, or through our Discord channel.