These terms govern your access to and use of IntoTAO (the "Service"). By using the Service you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.
1. Who we are
IntoTAO is operated by vaNlabs ("we", "us", "our"), based in New Zealand. You can reach us at contact@intotao.app.
2. Acceptance and changes
By accessing the Service you confirm you can form a binding contract and will comply with these terms and all applicable laws. We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we will change the "last updated" date above, and material changes take effect when posted. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated terms.
3. What IntoTAO provides
The Service is an independent research and analytics publication for the Bittensor ecosystem. It includes editorial subnet briefs, on-chain and market data, our subnet scores, a directory of third-party tools, and a subscription product (Codebase Reviews). We may add, change, or remove features at any time.
4. Information, not advice
Everything on the Service is general information, not financial, investment, legal, or tax advice, and not a personalised recommendation. Our Codebase Reviews are an informational analysis, not a security audit or assurance engagement. Your use of any information is at your own risk. Please read our full Disclaimer, which forms part of these terms.
5. Accounts and sign-in
Some features require an account, which you create by verifying an email address with a one-time code. You are responsible for keeping access to your email secure and for activity under your account. Tell us promptly at contact@intotao.app if you suspect unauthorised use.
6. Membership, payments, and renewals
Paid membership unlocks the Codebase Reviews. Payments are processed by our payment provider, Stripe; we do not store your full card details. Where a membership is offered on a recurring basis:
- It renews automatically each billing period at the then-current price until you cancel, and the renewal terms are disclosed to you before you subscribe.
- You can cancel at any time through your account or by emailing us; cancellation stops the next renewal, and your access continues until the end of the period you have paid for.
- Except where the law requires otherwise, or where we state otherwise at the point of sale, payments are non-refundable once a billing period has started. This does not affect your non-excludable consumer rights (see section 12).
- We will give reasonable notice of any price change before it applies to you.
7. Taxes
Prices may be shown exclusive of tax. You are responsible for any sales tax, GST, VAT, or similar charges that apply to your purchase, which may be added at checkout based on your location.
8. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- break the law, infringe others' rights, or use the Service to harm anyone;
- scrape, harvest, or bulk-extract content except through means we expressly provide (such as our Markdown endpoints), or in a way that places an unreasonable load on the Service;
- resell, redistribute, or republish members-only content, or share access credentials to circumvent payment;
- interfere with, probe, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Service, its infrastructure, or other users' accounts;
- misrepresent the Service's content as personalised advice or as your own.
9. Your submissions
If you submit a tool or other content (for example, through the Tools directory), you confirm you have the right to do so and grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, display, and adapt that submission to operate and promote the Service. We review submissions before listing and may decline, edit, or remove any submission at our discretion. A listing is not an endorsement.
10. Intellectual property
The Service, including our editorial content, scores, analysis, design, and the IntoTAO and vaNlabs brands, is owned by us or our licensors and protected by intellectual property law. We grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable licence to access and read the Service for your own non-commercial use. Underlying factual and on-chain data is not ours to own; our compilation, presentation, and commentary are. You may quote short extracts with clear attribution and a link.
11. Third-party services and links
The Service relies on and links to third parties (including Stripe for payments, Supabase for infrastructure, Telegram for member communications, and the external tools we list). We are not responsible for third-party services, and your use of them is governed by their own terms.
12. Disclaimers and liability
The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we exclude all warranties not expressly set out here and are not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for any loss arising from your reliance on the Service, your investment or trading decisions, third-party services, or data inaccuracies.
13. Indemnity
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to cover us for claims, losses, and reasonable costs arising from your breach of these terms or your misuse of the Service.
14. Suspension and termination
You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you breach these terms or where we reasonably need to protect the Service or other users. Provisions that by their nature should survive (including sections 10, 12, 13, and 15) continue after termination.
15. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand, and the New Zealand courts have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute. If you use the Service as a consumer from another country, you keep the benefit of any mandatory consumer protections of your home country that cannot be overridden by this choice of law.