Last updated: 11 March 2024
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“TERMS”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR WEBSITE HTTPS://BLOCKWARDEN.IO (“BLOCKWARDEN”).
BY USING THIS WEBSITE, THE USER ACCEPTS AND AGREES TO BE BOUND AND ABIDE BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE BLOCKWARDEN RULES INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE, IF THE USER DOES NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, THE USER MUST NOT USE THE BLOCKWARDEN WEBSITE.
THESE TERMS REQUIRE THE USE OF ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES, RATHER THAN JURY TRIALS OR CLASS ACTIONS. BY USING THE WEBSITE OR OUR SERVICES, YOU ACCEPT AND ARE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU MAY NOT USE OUR WEBSITE OR SERVICES IF YOU: (A) ARE NOT THE OLDER OF (i) AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE; OR (ii) LEGAL AGE TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT; OR (B) ARE PROHIBITED FROM ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OF THIS WEBSITE’S FUNCTIONALITIES BY THESE TERMS OR BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Blockwarden can be used either as a protocol (“Users/Client”), looking for cybersecurity services or as a warden (“Users/Hackers”), helping projects to detect the vulnerabilities within said protocol's codebase for the reward.
To start using Blockwarden, please create an Account. Users can register either as a Protocol or a Warden.
Wardens: Create the Warden’s Account to provide cybersecurity services through Blockwarden and receive fair rewards.
To fulfil our legal obligations, including Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism regulations, we may request User documents and ask Users to pass other procedures before allowing participation in private bug bounty programs.
Protocol: Create the Protocol’s Account, contact us, and sign an agreement to enjoy the cybersecurity services by Blockwarden, provided with the involvement of the Wardens from Blockwarden.
Pay attention to the fact that by registering the Protocol’s Account on Blockwarden, Users declare and warrant that they are entitled to represent the Company.
If Users lose access to their Account, Users can restore it using the email, which was submitted during the registration process.
To irreversibly terminate a User Account, please contact us and we will delete the aforementioned Account within a reasonable period.
Blockwarden does not cooperate with the Protocols, which:
Blockwarden may refuse to approve vulnerability reports due to the following reasons:
Blockwarden will do its best to comply with the time limits indicated in the “Program info” of the bug bounty program, but cannot guarantee it.
All materials of Blockwarden, including text, graphics, information, images, drawings, trademarks, logos, video, sounds, music, software, and other materials (collectively, “Content”), as well as copyright and other intellectual property rights to such Content belong to Blockwarden.
Subject to Users compliance with these Terms, Blockwarden with this grants Users a limited, temporary, personal, non-exclusive, non-sub-licensable, revocable, non-transferable, worldwide license to access and use the Content on the device(s) that Users lawfully own or control in the manner provided for in these Terms.
Users are not allowed to use the Content or any of its elements in any way not provided for in these Terms without the prior written permission of Blockwarden or the owners of the Content.
Any attempt to do so is considered a violation of these Terms and the rights of Blockwarden. If Users violate any of these restrictions, The User Account in mention may be reviewed and terminated, and the User may be subject to legal actions and damages.
If Users download or copy the Content, no right, title, or interest in any downloaded or copied Content is transferred to Users due to any such downloading or copying. Users are not allowed to reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, modify, create derivative works, or otherwise use the Content for commercial or illegal purposes without our prior written permission. Users agree not to change or delete any ownership notices from materials downloaded or printed from Blockwarden.
Users are also advised that we are determined to enforce our intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including through civil remedies and criminal prosecution.
Users' license to use Blockwarden is automatically revoked if Users violate these Terms. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in these Terms.
Some Blockwarden functions may depend on third-party services or the websites Users visit, which we do not control; therefore, we cannot guarantee the uninterrupted operation of all Blockwarden features.
Users acknowledge that different Terms of Service and Privacy Policies may apply to their use of third-party websites, services, and content. Blockwarden shall not be held responsible for any losses, damages, or other liabilities incurred due to User interaction with those third-party websites and services.
Blockwarden warrants that the website will perform substantially according to its documentation within the period of the Users license. Blockwarden disclaims all other warranties regarding its features, and content, to the fullest extent permitted by law, including without restrictions, guarantees of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement of intellectual property rights of third parties or other rights.
We do our best to keep User data safe and secure while maintaining Blockwarden’s functionality. However, Blockwarden may be subject to unavailability for various factors beyond our control, including emergencies, third-party service failures, hacker attacks, transmission, equipment or network problems or limitations, interference, signal strength, and may be interrupted, refused, limited, or curtailed.
We are not responsible for data loss or the inability to use other information for identification.
Blockwarden’s liability is limited under this section, so please read it carefully to understand what to expect.
The preceding limitations of liability do not apply to the extent prohibited by law.
Users agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Blockwarden, our subsidiaries, directors, partners, employees, contractors, and agents from and against all claims, responsibility, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable legal and accounting expenses, arising from:
We reserve the right to handle our legal defence; however, we see fit, including instances when Users indemnify us. Therefore, Users agree to cooperate with us, so we execute our strategy.
Except as otherwise outlined in these Terms or any policies, these Terms shall be exclusively governed by and construed under the laws of United Kingdom, excluding its rules on conflict of laws.
If any material on Blockwarden is contrary to the laws of the place where Users are when they access it, Blockwarden is not intended for these Users, and we ask these Users not to use it. Users are responsible for informing themselves of the laws of their jurisdiction and complying with them.
Except where prohibited by applicable law, and without limitation to any statutory rights of consumers, Users agree that any dispute, conflict, claim, or controversy directly or indirectly arising out of in connection with or relating to Blockwarden or these Terms, including, without limitation, those relating to its validity, its construction or its enforceability shall be resolved through amicable negotiations directly with Blockwarden team following the principles of good faith and cooperation.
Suppose the negotiations may not reach a consensus. In that case, the dispute shall be settled exclusively in the national courts of United Kingdom subject to its jurisdiction rules, with the applicable substantive law of United Kingdom.
All information or content provided or displayed by the Website (including, without limitation, on the Interface) is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as professional advice (including, without limitation, tax, legal, or financial advice).
The User should not take or refrain from taking any action based on any information or content displayed or provided on the Website, on the Interface, or through the Services.
The User should seek independent professional advice from an individual licensed and competent in the appropriate area before the User makes any financial, legal, or other decisions where such should be considered prudent. The User acknowledges and agrees that, to the fullest extent permissible by law, it has not relied on the Company, the content on the Website, the Interface, or the Services for any professional advice related to its financial or legal behaviours.
By using Blockwarden and providing us with contact information, Users understand and agree that we may send them the electronic communications via email or push notifications regarding, without limitation:
Users can unsubscribe from commercial emails at any time by following the instructions in such emails.
Note, however, that some email messages may be more “commercial” in nature than others, as they may advertise our services or offers in which we believe Users may be interested in. Users may unsubscribe from receiving these emails from us by following the instructions provided in such communications.
During the interaction under the Agreement, the Parties ('Clients' and 'Hackers') shall exchange information in written, electronic, and oral form, the disclosure of which may lead to the damages to one of the Parties (“Confidential Information”).
The Parties have agreed to conclude a separate non-disclosure agreement. In case of any discrepancies between the Agreement and the separate non-disclosure agreement, the Agreement shall prevail.
The Contractor shall have the right to place logos, trademarks, and slogans of the Customer (in particular on its official websites) in order to inform the public about the cooperation, and to mention the fact of cooperation in public verbally and in writing
The Parties undertake not to publish or distribute any information that may harm each other's reputation.
In case of the dissemination by a Party of such information, the other Party sends a motivated written request to remove this information and its refutation. If the distributing Party fails to comply with the request within 7 calendar days from the date of receipt, the requesting Party reserves the right to terminate the Agreement and, if reasonably necessary, disclose specific portions of the Confidential Information that are reasonably necessary to protect the requesting Party’s reputation. In the later case, if the requesting Party terminating the Agreement is Blockwarden, we also reserve the right not to refund the funds paid by the Client earlier
The Client gives Blockwarden an exclusive right to publish vulnerability reports:
Blockwarden has the right to publish vulnerability reports (of all possible states) without hiding the Client's identifying information at any time and regardless of any conditions if the Client has been declared bankrupt, or bankruptcy proceedings have been opened against them, or the Client is liquidated in another way.
In this case, Blockwarden must notify the Client about the early publication of the vulnerability report and has the right to publish it the day after such notification
The Parties shall be discharged from liability for non-fulfillment (or improper fulfillment) of their obligations under the Agreement in full or in part, in case of force-majeure circumstances (force-majeure), namely: the threat of war, armed conflict, or serious threat of such conflict (including but not limited to enemy attacks, blockades, military embargoes), general military mobilization, military actions, declared and undeclared war, actions of public enemy, riots, acts of terrorism, sabotage, piracy, riots, invasion, blockade, revolution, uprising, mass riots, curfew, expropriation, forced property seizure, raiding, requisition, strike, accident, illegal actions of third parties, fire, explosion, embargoes, bans (restrictions) on exports/imports, exceptional weather conditions and natural disasters (epidemic, pandemic, severe storm, cyclone, hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, snow accumulation, ice, hail, frost, freezing sea, straits, ports, passes, earthquakes, lightning, fire, drought, subsidence and landslides, other natural disasters, etc.), and other acts of God that occur after signing the Agreement and may affect the progress in rendering Services.
The Party affected by the force-majeure circumstances that frustrate the fulfillment of obligations under the Agreement shall notify the other Party in writing as soon as possible (but not later than within 7 days from the moment when the Party received (or should have received) the information about such circumstances). The untimely notification deprives the respective Party of the right to refer to the force-majeure circumstances in the future.
The Party shall confirm the force majeure circumstances are affecting it by a relevant document (certificate) issued by the authorized public authority in the Party’s state of incorporation/residency.
In case of occurrence of force-majeure circumstances, the Parties shall take decisions on further fulfillment of their obligations under the Agreement within one week from the moment of the aforesaid occurrence, through conducting negotiations and signing the relevant modifications of the Agreement.