Last updated: 4 July 2024

NOTICE OF BINDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS: You are legally bound by these “Terms and Conditions” when you visit or use our “Site,” including but not limited to our Website (at http://www.soniclabs.com) and other software or internet-based locations and features as identified below. You should carefully read these “Terms and Conditions” before using any infrastructure available through the Site, whether you access it directly through the Site or indirectly, through embedded or associated web applications or wallets. If you do not understand and accept all these Terms and Conditions, then you should avoid using our Site, refrain from downloading any materials from our Site, and promptly redirect your web browser away from our Site.

NOTICE OF BINDING ARBITRATION: Any claim, dispute, or controversy of any nature arising out of these Terms and Conditions must be resolved by final and binding arbitration in accordance with the requirements described in Section 13.

Agreement to Terms and Conditions

  1. Your Assent to these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity or group (“you” or “your”) and Sonic Labs Ltd (IBC 207973 B) of the Bahamas and Sonic Foundation (CR 409943) of the Cayman Islands (collectively and individually “we,” “us,” “our,” or “Sonic”) concerning your use of our Site (as defined in clause 1.4). You are strictly prohibited from, and agree to refrain from, using or accessing any part of the Site if you do not consent to these Terms and Conditions.
  2. Entire Agreement. These Terms and Conditions, together with any other terms, policies, or notices to which you may agree in writing, as applicable (including but not limited to those documents incorporated by clause 1.4, below) constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Sonic and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings between the parties on your use of the Site. You agree that, by accessing the Site, you represent and warrant that you have read, understood, and agreed to all provisions of these Terms and Conditions.
  3. Contacting Us.
    1. For SONIC LABS LTD, we are in the Bahamas and are contactable as follows
      • VIA POST at c/o Windermere Corporate Management Ltd, 200 Sterling Commons East, Harbour Drive, Paradise Island, Bahamas
      • VIA EMAIL at [email protected]
    2. For SONIC FOUNDATION LTD, we are in the Cayman Islands and are contactable as follows:
      • VIA POST at c/o Stuarts Corporate Services Ltd, P.O. Box 2510, Kensington House, 69 Dr Roy’s Drive, George Town, KY1-1101, Cayman Islands, or
      • VIA EMAIL at [email protected]
  4. Our Site. These Terms and Conditions govern your use of our “Site,” which DOES NOT INCLUDE the Sonic Chain (or “Chain,” as defined in the Important Notice you accept as part of these Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.soniclabs.com/notice) or the blockchain-based protocols of the underlying Sonic Network (which Sonic does not own, operate, or control), but which DOES INCLUDE the software and internet-based information, services, and features (and related communications) available through each of the following:
  5. Our website at http://www.soniclabs.com/ or any subdomain thereof controlled by us (the “Website”);
  6. Other communication by us on infrastructure not operated by us including accounts on social media platforms (such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Medium and the like) and communication tools (such as Discord and Telegram) and other public forums moderated by us (collectively, “Social Media”).
    1. Your Agreement to Modifications. We may make changes to these Terms and Conditions at any time, and, by accessing the Site, you agree to be bound by the most current version. The date of the most current version of these Terms and Conditions will be indicated on the upper-left-most location of these Terms and Conditions, and any modified version will be effective immediately when published. You are responsible for reviewing these Terms and Conditions to stay informed of updates. We will interpret your continued use of the Site following any published modification of these Terms and Conditions as your acceptance of the new version.
    2. Changes to our Site. We may update or change any component of the Site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, user needs or business priorities, without providing notice to you.
    3. Access Restrictions. The information and features provided on the Site are not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, such as applicable sanctions, or require us to hold any special licence or registration within your jurisdiction. We make no claims that the Site or any of its content or features are accessible or appropriate in the user’s jurisdiction. Access to the Site may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site, you are solely responsible for ensuring that your access to and use of the Site does not violate any applicable laws or regulations in any jurisdiction to which you may be subject.
    4. Representation of inapplicability of Sanctions. Without limiting any other provision in these Terms and Conditions, by using the Site, you represent and warrant that (a) you are not located in a country that is subject to an embargo or trade sanction by either of the U.S. Department of Treasury, His Majestyʼs Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Council of the European Union, and (b) you are not identified as a Specially Designated National or placed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited, sanctioned, or restricted parties politically exposed person under anti-money laundering legislation or a sanctioned person.
    5. Representation of Capacity and Authority. The Site is only to be used by persons who are at least 18 years old. By using the Site, you agree to these Terms and Conditions and represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old, and that you have both the authority (on your own behalf or as an agent of an entity) and capacity to assent to these Terms and Conditions.
    6. Incorporation of Other Terms. As between you and Sonic, all other terms, conditions, policies, or notices to which you may agree, including but not limited to each of the following, are expressly incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by reference:
      1. Our Privacy Policy, available at www.soniclabs.com/privacy, which governs our use of any personal data we collect about you or you provide to us, and, under which you consent to our use of your personal information and warrant that all data you provide is accurate (our “Privacy Policy”);
      2. Any applicable terms, disclosures, and other documents that may be posted on the Site from time to time;
      3. Any other terms and conditions to which you may separately agree and govern your use of the software, products, services, content, tools and market data provided through the Site; and
    7. References to Your Account. Any reference to an "account” in these Terms and Conditions refers to an account or credential maintained and used uniquely to identify you and permit your access to any component of the Site, such as in relation to your use of the Website or related Forum.

Acceptable Use

  1. Use Restricted to Site Purposes. You may not access or use any part of the Site other than for the purpose or purposes expressly stated or readily implied by us through the Site or in other communications to you.
  2. Your Revocable Licence. Your use of our Site, including related software components, is subject to a limited, revocable licence that we grant to you under these Terms and Conditions. We do not sell this licence to you, and you acknowledge that we do not transfer or assign any title or ownership rights to any part of the Site to you.
  3. Prohibited Uses. Sonic is not responsible or liable for your acts or behaviours, or the acts or behaviours of other Site users or other third parties, including but not limited to, through the Forum, Social Media, or Third Party Products (as defined in clause 4.5). As a user of our Site, you agree not to do any of the following:
  4. Make any unauthorised use of the Site, such as collecting other users’ usernames or email addresses to send unsolicited communications or creating user accounts (including any accounts related to the Forum or when using Social Media) under false pretences;
  5. Systematically retrieve data or other content from the Site or users of the Site to compile a database or directory without our written permission;
  6. Circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with our Site’s security-related features, including features that prevent or restrict using or copying any Site-related data or content or enforce limitations on their use or copy;
  7. Use any Site information or features to bully, stalk, harass, abuse, assault, or harm any person, group or organization;
  8. Use any Site information or features in any effort to compete with us, create your own revenue-generating endeavour or commercial enterprise, or offer any substitute for any of the products, services or features we offer, either within or outside the Site;
  9. Harass, annoy, intimidate, or threaten any other Site user or any of our employees, agents, contractors, partners, or suppliers;