Terms of Service

Last updated: July 29, 2026. This is a draft and has not yet been reviewed by a lawyer.

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Noctis Protocol (the "Platform"), including the website, the token launch wizard, DarkVeil private buying, bonding curve trading, staking, and creator vesting features. By connecting a wallet, creating a launch, buying or selling a token, staking, or otherwise using the Platform, you agree to these Terms.

1. What Noctis Is

Noctis is a non-custodial token launchpad built on Cardano and Midnight Network. The Platform provides smart contracts and a web interface — it does not hold your funds, does not custody your tokens, and does not execute trades on your behalf. Every transaction (launching a token, buying, selling, staking, claiming, voting) is signed by you, in your own wallet, and submitted directly to the relevant blockchain. Noctis has no ability to reverse, freeze, or recover a transaction once it is signed and submitted.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, if higher) to use the Platform. You are responsible for determining whether your use of the Platform is lawful in your jurisdiction. The Platform is not offered to residents of any jurisdiction where its use would violate local law. [Jurisdiction-specific restricted-territory list to be added here after legal review.]

3. Not Financial Advice

Nothing on the Platform — including launch information, chart data, ZK Fair Launch Certificates, or any other content — is investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. Tokens launched on Noctis are created by independent, third-party creators. Noctis does not vet, endorse, guarantee, or take responsibility for the value, viability, legitimacy, or future performance of any token launched on the Platform.

4. Risk Disclosure

Using the Platform involves significant risk, including but not limited to:

  • Total loss of funds. Cryptocurrency and token prices are highly volatile. A token's value can go to zero. Bonding curve tokens carry no guarantee of liquidity, buyer demand, or graduation to a public exchange.
  • Smart contract risk. While the Platform's contracts are tested, no smart contract can be guaranteed free of bugs or exploits. You use the Platform's contracts at your own risk.
  • Irreversibility. Blockchain transactions cannot be reversed, cancelled, or refunded by Noctis once submitted. A launch's configuration (allocation, vesting schedule, tier) is permanent once minted.
  • Wallet security. You are solely responsible for the security of your own wallet, private keys, and seed phrase. Noctis never asks for your seed phrase and cannot recover a lost or compromised wallet.
  • Third-party creators. Anyone can launch a token on the Platform, subject to the eligibility and anti-abuse checks described in the Platform's public documentation. Noctis does not guarantee any creator's identity, intentions, or the accuracy of any launch's description.

5. Creator Responsibilities

If you create a launch on the Platform, you represent that: you have the right to use any name, ticker, logo, banner, and description you submit; any social or external account links you provide (including X/Twitter) are genuinely yours to link; and the information you provide about your project is accurate and not misleading. A launch's configuration — including its total supply, creator allocation, vesting schedule, DarkVeil parameters, and staking settings — is permanent and enforced on-chain once submitted, and cannot be changed by Noctis or by you after the fact.

6. Fees

The Platform charges a launch creation fee (tier-dependent) and a 2.0% fee on bonding curve trades, split between the token's creator, the Platform treasury, and Platform operations, as disclosed in the Platform's public documentation and on the Transparency page. Fees are charged automatically as part of each on-chain transaction and are non-refundable once a transaction is confirmed.

7. No Warranty

The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Noctis does not warrant that the Platform will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Noctis and its team shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of funds, tokens, profits, or data, arising from your use of the Platform, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

9. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Platform for market manipulation, wash trading, fraud, money laundering, or any other unlawful purpose, or to attempt to circumvent any of the Platform's anti-abuse mechanisms (including wallet caps, DarkVeil eligibility checks, or sybil-resistance measures).

10. Changes to These Terms

Noctis may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the Platform after a change constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

11. Governing Law

[To be specified after legal review.]

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms can be directed via the contact details on the Transparency page.