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What This Is About

Welcome to our Blockchain Nerd websites [BlockchainNerd.net] (called the “Website”). It’s like a community spot where you can read and post news and reviews. You can also check out the newest stuff, compare prices from different sellers, join chats with other people, and more (that’s the “Website Service”). This Website and the Website Service are run by or for BlockchainNerd and its related companies (“BlockchainNerd” or “We” or “Us”).

When you go on the Website or use the Website Service, you’re saying you agree to these rules (“Terms”) and our privacy thing. If you have questions about the Website or these Terms, you can reach us using the info in section 16 of these Terms. If you don’t agree with these Terms, you should leave the Website and stop using the Website Service right away.

Who Can Use It and Signing Up

To use some parts of the Website Service, you need to make an account with us. To do that, you gotta: (a) be old enough; (b) give us real and full info when you sign up; (c) use the Website Service in a way that follows these Terms and any laws that apply (more on that in section 3); and (d) pick a username and password. When you sign up, you’re saying that: (a) you’re the right age (it’ll say on the sign-up page); (b) you gave us real and full info and will keep it updated; and (c) how you use the Website Service doesn’t break these Terms or any laws. You know you’re responsible for everything that happens under your username and for keeping your password safe. If you see someone using your username without your permission or any other security problem, tell us immediately. You can close your account whenever you want by following the instructions on the sign-up pages. We can also close your account for any reason or no reason, at any time, and we don’t have to tell you why or be responsible for it.

To use the Website Service, you need internet access. You have to pay for your own internet connection and any other fees. You also need to have the stuff to connect to the internet (like a computer and a modem or something else).

General Rules for What You Do

The Website Service is just for you to use personally. You can’t use it for anything commercial or for anything illegal or not allowed. When you use the Website Service, you have to follow all the laws about online stuff (like what you can post) and any international laws that apply, including the local laws where you live (we’ll call all of these “Applicable Laws”).

Stuff You Post on the Website

You’re in charge of any info, data, text, music, software, sounds, photos, graphics, videos, messages, or other stuff (“Content”) that you post or upload or show (publicly or privately) on the Website. BlockchainNerd can (but doesn’t have to) delete, change, lock, move, or remove any Content without telling you and for any reason. They might also keep track of the IP address where any Content was posted, uploaded, or shown, without telling you and for any reason. This includes Content that we think breaks these Terms or is irrelevant, old, not right, or bad in any way, or if BlockchainNerd gets a complaint about it (even if it’s not a real complaint). When you post, upload, or show any Content on the Website, you’re saying that: (a) you own all the rights to that Content, or you have permission from the owner to post, upload, or show it on the Website; and (b) posting, uploading, or showing that Content on the Website and giving BlockchainNerd and their related companies permission to use it (as we say below) won’t break the rights of anyone else.

If you upload, post, or send any Content to the Website, you automatically: (a) give other users of the Website and the Website Service the right to see it and use it based on these Terms. You can also mark Content as private to limit who can see and use it; and (b) give BlockchainNerd and their related companies permission to use, change, publish, publicly perform, publicly show, and share that Content on the Website and the Website Service and in any other way. This permission is non-exclusive, free, can be passed on, lasts forever, and works everywhere. You still own your Content after you post it on the Website.

You know that BlockchainNerd won’t check any Content that you or anyone else posts before it goes up, and they won’t watch how you or anyone else uses the Website Service. So, you, as the user, are responsible for any Content you put on the Website and how the Website Service is used under your username. You can take down your Content whenever you want. If you see someone misusing the Website Service, including posting Content that breaks these Terms, please contact us using the info in section 16 or click the “Report this” link at the bottom of the page or next to the Content.

Specific Rules for What You Do

You agree that when you use the Website Service, you’ll follow all Applicable Laws (from section 3) and these Terms. You also know that you’re responsible for everything that happens under your username. Specifically, you agree not to:

  • Post or show Content that breaks someone else’s rights (like their ownership of something) or is illegal, harmful, threatening, mean, hateful, offensive (about sex, race, religion, or anything else), harassing, hateful, defaming, vulgar, obscene, invades someone’s privacy, asks for personal info from anyone under 18, or has any illegal stuff.
  • Post or show Content that has viruses or other harmful files or programs that could mess up the Website, the Website Service, or any connected servers or networks, or someone else’s computer. Also, no chain letters, pyramid schemes, spam, junk mail, or anything similar.
  • Post or show a photo of someone else without their permission.
  • Collect IP addresses, email addresses, or other contact info from Website members electronically or in any other way.
  • Post or show any Content for commercial or business reasons, including ads or promotional stuff.
  • Stop or limit anyone else from using the Website or the Website Service.
  • Post or show Content that’s false, misleading, unnecessary, or repeats something you or someone else already posted, unless it’s really important.
  • Post or send Content to a part of the Website that’s not related to what the Content is about.
  • Sign up for more than one account with us.
  • Use the Website or the Website Service in a way that doesn’t follow these Terms or any Applicable Laws, or in a way that encourages illegal activity.
  • Break the rules of any suspension or ban or try to get access in another way.
  • Sue BlockchainNerd or any of their related companies for defamation (in the interest of free speech).
  • Use or ask for another user’s personal info for anything other than normal, legal contact that they’d expect and be okay with.
  • Post Content owned by someone else without their permission or post it in a way that makes it look like the Website is sponsoring or supporting it.
  • Use the Website in any illegal way or in a way that encourages illegal activity, or in a way that could damage, disable, overload, or mess up the Website or the Website Service.
  • Try to get into parts of the Website or any connected networks, servers, or computer systems that you’re not allowed to access.
  • Change, adapt, translate, or try to figure out how any part of the Website works. Also, don’t use any robots, spiders, or other tools to grab or organize any part of the Website or change how the web pages look, unless the law says you can.
  • Remove or hide any ads or copyright, trademark, or other ownership notices on the Website.
  • Contact another user if they’ve specifically asked you not to.
  • Try to pretend to be another user or account holder on the Website or the Website Service.
  • Use someone else’s username and/or password or tell your password to anyone else.
  • Post or show any ads or accept money or anything else of value from someone in exchange for you posting or showing Content or doing any commercial stuff on the Website or the Website Service for them (including posting blogs or messages for a business reason or sending commercial messages to other users).

You agree to protect BlockchainNerd and their related companies fully if they lose money, are damaged, or have costs because of how you use the Website and/or the Website Service, or how anyone uses it under your username if it’s not following these Terms or the law.

Content

BlockchainNerd or their related companies own or have permission to use all the stuff on the Website, including info, data, text, music, sounds, photos, graphics, videos, how it’s all put together, and the computer code and other materials (“Material”). All rights are saved. You can look at, print, or download parts of the Material for your own personal use, but you can’t copy, change, mess with, reproduce, publish, show, share, store, send, use for business, spread in any way, or use the Material (other than your own Content) without BlockchainNerd’s clear permission. You can’t put the Website in a frame or link to it without our permission.

The logos and brand names (“Trade Marks”) on the Website are owned by BlockchainNerd or their related companies or their partners. You can’t use, copy, change, mess with, reproduce, publish, show, share, store, send, use for business, or spread the Trade Marks without getting written permission first from BlockchainNerd or the related company or the partner.

Links to Other Websites

The Website at blockchainnerd.net might have links to websites run by other companies (“Third Party Websites”). BlockchainNerd might make money from some of these links through affiliate programs. Even with these programs, BlockchainNerd doesn’t control these Third Party Websites and, unless we say otherwise, we’re not responsible for them or what they have on them.

BlockchainNerd Privacy Policy

By using the Website at blockchainnerd.net, you’re saying you’ve read and agree to our privacy policy and these Terms.

No Promises / Responsibility

YOU USE THE WEBSITE AT blockchainnerd.net AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED AS THEY ARE. AS MUCH AS THE LAW ALLOWS: (A) BlockchainNerd IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING AT ALL, WHETHER IT’S ABOUT A CONTRACT, SOMETHING WRONG YOU DID (LIKE BEING CARELESS), OR ANYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE; AND (B) ALL THE USUAL PROMISES AND CONDITIONS ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE (WHETHER THEY COME FROM LAW OR JUST COMMON SENSE), INCLUDING IF IT’S ACCURATE, COMPLETE, GOOD QUALITY, WORKS WELL, IS GOOD FOR ANY PURPOSE, IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, DOESN’T BREAK ANY RULES, HAS CORRECT INFO, WORKS WITH OTHER THINGS, IS ENJOYABLE TO USE, AND WHO OWNS IT, ARE NOT INCLUDED BETWEEN BlockchainNerd AND YOU. SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING WHAT WE JUST SAID, WE’RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT ANY USER DOES; ANY PROBLEMS SENDING MESSAGES BETWEEN USERS; ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE INTERNET, THE WEBSITE, AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE; OR ANY DAMAGE TO USERS OR THEIR STUFF BECAUSE OF USING THE WEBSITE OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AREN’T AFFECTED BY THIS.

BlockchainNerd won’t be responsible, whether it’s about a contract, something wrong they did (like being careless), the law, or anything else, because of or related to the Website at blockchainnerd.net and/or the Website Service, for any: (i) money you lose (including lost income, profits, deals, business, or expected savings); or (ii) damage to your reputation; or (iii) any special or indirect losses.

IF BlockchainNerd IS FOUND TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO YOU DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE WEBSITE AT blockchainnerd.net AND/OR THE WEBSITE SERVICE, THAT RESPONSIBILITY (NO MATTER WHY IT HAPPENED) WILL BE LIMITED TO: (A) FIFTY POUNDS (£50.00); OR (B) THE MONEY YOU PAID WHEN YOU SIGNED UP; OR (C) THE MONEY YOU PAID TO USE A WEBSITE SERVICE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

Nothing in these Terms stops or limits BlockchainNerd or their related companies from being responsible for death or personal injury caused by their carelessness or for anything else that English law says they can’t avoid being responsible for.

Blocking Access and Stopping the Service

BlockchainNerd can decide to stop you from accessing the Website at blockchainnerd.net and/or the Website Service, or any part of it, at any time, with or without telling you why, including if you don’t follow the rules in section 5 or any other part of these Terms. Specifically, BlockchainNerd might stop you from accessing the Website and/or the Website Services if they delete, change, lock, or remove any Content you posted. BlockchainNerd can also stop providing all or any part of the Website Service without telling you, and they won’t be responsible to you in any way if they do.

Advertisers on the Website

We’re not responsible for ads posted on the Website at blockchainnerd.net. If you buy stuff from a company that advertises on the Website, you do it at your own risk. The advertiser, not BlockchainNerd, is responsible for those goods or services, and if you have any questions or complaints, you need to talk to the advertiser.

BlockchainNerd Preferred Partners Scheme

Sometimes BlockchainNerd works with other companies on special sections or topics that we think our readers will like, and these will be marked with a link to these terms. For more info on how we work with commercial partners on sponsored articles.

Giving Out Promo Codes

Sometimes, BlockchainNerd gets promo codes from app makers so we can download and review their apps. This is normal for what we do, and it doesn’t change our opinions, our reviews, or the scores we give.

Sponsored Stuff

Articles that are paid for by clients are clearly marked as sponsored whenever we can. The opinions in these articles are meant to be honest and are based on what the client tells BlockchainNerd.

Online Contests

If you enter any contest on the Website at blockchainnerd.net (“Competition”), you agree to follow the rules of that contest and any other rules BlockchainNerd makes (“Competition Rules”) and the decisions of BlockchainNerd, which are final. BlockchainNerd can disqualify anyone without telling them if they don’t follow the Competition Rules.

Important Warning

Any info about digital tokens, networks, or sales on this website at blockchainnerd.net is just for information and isn’t meant to be an offer of investments or advice. You should get professional advice before making any decisions based on this info.

Unless we say otherwise, this site at blockchainnerd.net has info about token sales that have nothing to do with BlockchainNerd, and we’re not involved in them. We try to keep the info up to date, but we don’t promise it’s always accurate or complete.

Copyright

If someone keeps breaking the rules about owning other people’s work, we’ll close their account. If you think your work has been copied on the Website at blockchainnerd.net in a way that breaks your rights, please contact us using the info in section 16 or click the “Report this” link. You’ll need to give us:

  • (i) A description of your work that was copied and a description of the copy that’s breaking the rules;
  • (ii) Where the copy is on the Website;
  • (iii) Your contact info;
  • (iv) A signed statement saying that you own the work or have permission to act for the owner, and that the info you gave us is correct.

How You Talk to Other Users

You’re responsible for how you interact with other users on the Website at blockchainnerd.net and the Website Service. We can watch how you interact with them, but we don’t have to.

General Stuff

These Terms (which we might change sometimes) are the whole agreement between you and BlockchainNerd about how you use the Website at blockchainnerd.net and the Website Service. They replace any old agreements or discussions we had.

BlockchainNerd can update these Terms whenever they want. If they do, the new version will be live as soon as it’s on the Website, and if you keep using the Website Service after that, it means you agree to the new Terms. You should check these Terms regularly to see if anything has changed. No other changes to these Terms will count unless they’re written down and signed by someone official at BlockchainNerd.

These Terms follow English law, and you agree that any legal issues will be dealt with by the English courts.

If a court says that any part of these Terms isn’t valid, that part will be changed as much as possible to match what we originally meant, and the rest of the Terms will still be in place.

If BlockchainNerd doesn’t use or enforce any right in these Terms, it doesn’t mean they’re giving up that right, unless they say so in writing.

Unless we specifically say so, nothing in these Terms gives any rights to anyone other than you, BlockchainNerd, and their related companies.