Terms of Service.

Chromia is a relational blockchain for building decentralized applications. These terms govern your use of the Chromia network and its services (“Chromia”). When you access or use Chromia, call any action on it, interact with a smart contract on the network, create or manage an account, post or store content, make a transaction, or use any of the software and tools we provide (the “Services”), you agree to these Terms of Use, along with any other documents and policies expressly incorporated here by reference (the “Terms”).

By using the Services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to the terms set out in our Privacy Policy.

These Terms are an agreement between Chromia (“we” or “us”) and you, whether you act personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”, “your” or “user”).

You acknowledge that Chromia’s technical provider is Chromaway AB (“ChromaWay”), and that ChromaWay is a party to these Terms where the Terms say so.

You must be at least 18 years old to use our Services. By using them, you represent that you have the right, authority, and capacity to enter into and follow these terms. If you do not meet this requirement, you must not access or use our Services.

Your use of the Services depends on your unconditional acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the Terms, you may not access our Services.

If you do not unconditionally agree to these Terms, you are not authorized to download, test, use, access, connect to, or register for our Services. You must stop doing so immediately and remove or uninstall any application from all of your devices. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have full authority to bind that entity, and its employees, to these Terms.

We may amend the Terms from time to time, and any changes do not change your unconditional acceptance of them. Read these Terms together with our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

We may revise and update these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. All changes take effect as soon as we post them, and apply to all use of our Services after that point. Any change is in effect as of the “Last updated” date shown at the top of this page.

If you keep using Chromia after we post the revised Terms, you accept and agree to the changes. Check this page from time to time so you stay aware of any changes, since they are binding on you.

To use our Services, you may need to use a wallet. You are solely responsible for keeping your digital asset wallets and private keys confidential and secure, and you accept responsibility for all activity that happens under your control. We do not have access to or control over your wallets or private keys, and we cannot retrieve any information or assets stored in them. Use caution and put appropriate security measures in place.

Some of our Services come to you under a separate license, for example GPLv3 or Apache v2, that is subject to licenses from external sources. Each repository of such code in our project is annotated with its original source and its specific license. You must comply with these external licenses.

If the license granted in these Terms conflicts with a separate license, the separate license prevails for the Service it covers.

You agree to use our Services only for lawful purposes and in line with these terms. You agree not to use our Services in any way that breaks an applicable law or regulation.

You acknowledge that some operations on Chromia may count as regulated activities under the laws of certain jurisdictions, and that you may not use Chromia to engage in those activities. You access Chromia on your own initiative, and you alone are responsible for complying with your local laws.

We may monitor user activity and take the measures we need to enforce these restrictions, including blocking access, terminating accounts, or refusing service.

When you access or use the Chromia network and its services, you agree not to engage in any Prohibited Use as described below:

• Violate these Terms.
• Use the Services for any unlawful purpose.
• Break any applicable law or regulation through your access to or use of our Services.
• Use Chromia or any Service if you live in or are a national of a jurisdiction where access is prohibited under local laws.
• Exploit or harm minors, or attempt to do so, in any way.
• Attempt to harm Chromia, any Chromia user, or any third party.
• Engage in any unauthorized commercial exploitation of Chromia and the Services.
• Harvest or collect information from Chromia or the Chromia website for any unauthorized purpose.
• Use any unauthorized automation, such as scripts, robots, data mining, or scrapers.
• Use Chromia in any way that may disable, overburden, damage, or impair how it works.
• Introduce viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other harmful material.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, or disrupt, any part of Chromia.
• Engage in DoS or DDoS attacks, or anything else that interferes with how Chromia works.
• Use our Services in a way that disrupts or undermines the rights of Chromia, its affiliates, its users, or third parties.
• Exploit any technical glitch, malfunction, failure, delay, default, or security breach for personal gain. Report security issues to security@chromia.com.
• Impersonate Chromia, another user, or any other person.
• Send unsolicited advertising, junk mail, chain letters, or spam without our prior written consent.
• Hotlink Chromia Marks or content without our prior written approval.

Any use described in this section is a “Prohibited Use.” If we decide that you have engaged in a Prohibited Use, we may address it at our discretion.

A Node Provider is an entity that contributes validation capacity to Chromia by running one or more nodes and taking part in voting (a “Node Provider”). Nodes both propose and validate blocks. Together, these two activities are called consensus. Being a Node Provider means running a node to help maintain consensus across the system (the “Node Service”).

In the initial phase of Chromia, approval as a Node Provider depends on meeting specific technical and organizational requirements for a System Node, a Dapp Node, or a Replica Node.

A System Node, run by a System Provider, manages and runs system chains. System Providers act in the best interest of Chromia and may start Proposals (votes). A Dapp Node, run by a Dapp Provider, manages one or more Dapp chains. A Replica Node verifies blocks and transactions but does not build them.

Node Providers must comply with all applicable local, national, and international laws, including data privacy, AML, and CTF regulations.

Compensation for Dapp Providers depends on uptime, the resources they provide (Standard Compute Units), utilization, and per-resource compensation in the clusters they take part in. System Providers receive base compensation plus a share of total network fees, and they may not vote on their own compensation.

By hosting your Dapp on Chromia, you agree to pay the applicable hosting fees set out on the Hosting Information Page. Provider rewards are described on the Provider Rewards page.

Chromia may exclude Node Providers who mismanage their duties or behave improperly, including through economic slashing. Such termination requires a vote by System Providers with a two-thirds majority.

ChromaWay and its licensors own all rights, title, and interest, including intellectual property rights, in the Services and any related content and technology. ChromaWay grants you a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license to use, copy, and distribute the Services only in connection with your own use.

The trademarks associated with Chromia (the “Chromia Marks”) belong to ChromaWay and are protected under applicable trademark laws. You may not reproduce, imitate, or use the Marks without ChromaWay’s explicit prior written consent.

Chromia and its Services are provided as-is. We cannot guarantee that our service will be error-free. You are responsible for having enough procedures in place to protect and reconstruct your data if you lose it. Chromia and ChromaWay disclaim all warranties, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, to the extent the law allows. Any information we provide is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice.

All Dapp code and Chromia source code are public or open source. Chromia and ChromaWay do not take on liability for the activity, content, or operations on the nodes, including the actions, transactions, or functions of Dapps running on them. Whoever uses a Dapp or node is solely responsible for that use.

To the maximum extent the law allows, neither Chromia nor ChromaWay, nor any of our affiliates, directors, employees, contractors, service providers, or agents, will be liable for any damages arising out of your use of the Services, including indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages. You use the Services and Chromia at your sole risk.

You agree to defend, compensate, and hold harmless Chromia and ChromaWay, including their subsidiaries, licensors, service providers, officers, directors, staff, contractors, agents, suppliers, successors, and assignees, from all claims, liabilities, injuries, judgments, awards, losses, expenses, or charges, including reasonable legal fees, that arise from your breach of these Terms or your use of the Services.

If we fail to enforce a right or provision in these Terms, we do not waive the right to do so later. If a court finds any clause invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that clause will be changed or removed to the least extent necessary. The rest of the Terms stay valid and enforceable.

You may not transfer or assign your rights and duties under these Terms without our express written approval. We may transfer or assign these Terms, in whole or in part, without limitation. Any unauthorized assignment is null and void.

To the maximum extent the law allows, these Terms are governed by the substantive laws of Sweden.

Any dispute, controversy, or claim will be resolved by arbitration under the Rules of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. The place of arbitration is Stockholm, Sweden, and the language is English. All arbitral proceedings stay confidential, except where the law requires disclosure or where disclosure is needed to enforce the award.

Your use of the Service does not create a joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship between you and us. We are independent entities, and you agree not to represent or imply otherwise without our explicit written consent.

These Terms, together with any policies expressly incorporated here, are the complete agreement between you and us about the subject matter here. They replace all earlier understandings, agreements, or communications.

For any question or notice about these Terms, contact us at info@chromia.com.