LAVA NETWORK TERMS OF SERVICE
Last updated: 23/07/2026
These Lava Network Terms of Service (the “Agreement”) are a binding legal agreement between Lava Foundation (“Lava”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) and the individual or entity accessing or using the Network (as defined below) (“you” or “your”). This Agreement applies to both users who consume RPC services through the Services (each, a “Customer”) and users who supply RPC infrastructure through the Network (each, a “Provider”).
By registering, selecting a plan, or otherwise accessing or using the Services (as defined below), you agree to be bound by this Agreement.
If you are using the Services on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity. In that case, “you” and “your” refer to that entity.
If you do not agree to this Agreement, you may not access or use the Services.
1. Definitions.
1.1. “Account” means the account created by or for you to access and use the Services.
1.2. “API” means the application programming interface, endpoint, token, URL, or other technical method made available by Lava for sending data to, or receiving data from, supported blockchain networks through the Network.
1.3. “API Key” means an authentication credential generated through the Lava Gateway Dashboard and used to access Gateway endpoints.
1.4. “App” means a project or application created inside the Lava Gateway Dashboard for organizing endpoints, chains, usage, and API access.
1.5. “Billing Period” means the period used to calculate Fees, usage, credits, quotas, and plan limits. Unless otherwise stated in the Dashboard, pricing page, checkout screen, invoice, or applicable order form, Billing Periods are monthly.
1.6. “Customer Data” means electronic data or information submitted by or on behalf of you to Lava in connection with the Services. Customer Data does not include Usage and Performance Data.
1.7. “Dashboard” means the web-based user interface made available by Lava for managing an Account, selected plan, Apps, endpoints, API Keys, usage, billing information, security settings, and other available Lava Gateway features.
1.8. “Documentation” means Lava’s user instructions, technical materials, API materials, product materials, or other documentation made available in connection with the Services.
1.9. “Fees” means the fees payable for a paid plan or any other paid Services feature, as shown on the pricing page, Dashboard, checkout screen, invoice, order form, or other written agreement.
1.10. “Free Plan” means a plan that allows limited use of the Services without payment, subject to applicable plan limits and restrictions.
1.11. “Lava Gateway” or “Gateway” means Lava’s self-serve platform for account registration, plan selection, payment, App creation, endpoint generation, API Key management, usage tracking, and blockchain RPC access.
1.12. “Lava Network” means Lava’s decentralized RPC routing protocol and coordination layer connecting blockchain applications to data providers across multiple chains.
1.13. “Services” means, collectively, the Lava Network, Lava Gateway, API, Dashboard, Documentation, software, systems, interfaces, data, support, Lava’s blockchain infrastructure services made available through the Services, including RPC access to supported blockchain networks, and related services made available by Lava.
1.14. “Lava Public RPC” means a program on Lava’s blockchain infrastructure services which carries rewards and fees to eligible Providers.
1.15. “Paid Plan” means any Lava Gateway plan that requires payment of Fees.
1.16. “Permitted Users” means your employees, contractors, consultants, agents, or other users authorized by you to access and use the Services on your behalf.
1.17. “Plan” means any plan made available by Lava from time to time.
1.18. “Request” means one RPC request or relay processed through the Services. Unless otherwise stated in the Dashboard, pricing page, Documentation, or applicable order form, one relay processed by Lava equals one Request.
1.19. “RPS” means requests per second.
1.20. “Supported Chain” means a blockchain network supported by the Lava Gateway at the relevant time.
1.21. “Usage and Performance Data” means data generated from or relating to your use of the Services, including usage volume, Request counts, latency, API Key activity, App activity, chain usage, endpoint usage, plan usage, product analytics, billing events, funnel events, and other operational or performance data.
2. The Services.
2.1. Service. Subject to this Agreement, Lava grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to access and use the Services during the term of this Agreement, solely for your internal business or development purposes and in accordance with the applicable Plan, Documentation, and usage limits.
2.2. Initial Gateway Release Features. The Lava Gateway is being launched as a self-service platform that enables users to register, select plans, and access Services without manual intervention. The initial release of the Gateway (the "MVP") includes core functionality necessary for account management, billing, endpoint generation, and usage tracking. Additional features and functionality may be added to the Gateway over time at Lava’s discretion. The MVP may include functionality for: (i) account registration, authentication, and security management; (ii) plan selection, activation, modification, and cancellation; (iii) billing, payment processing, and invoicing; (iv) usage tracking, quota management, and notifications; (v) App creation and management; (vi) endpoint generation and API Key management for Supported Chains; (vii) Gateway Dashboard access; (viii) account settings and preferences; and (ix) analytics and administrative tools and other features that may be made available by Lava from time to time. Lava may add, modify, or discontinue features at any time in its sole discretion.
2.3. Supported Chains and endpoints. Lava may make endpoints available for Supported Chains and endpoint types supported by Lava at the relevant time. Lava may add, remove, suspend, modify, or limit Supported Chains, endpoint types, or methods where necessary for product, security, legal, operational, provider, or network reasons.
2.4. No SLA unless separately agreed. Unless you have a separate written agreement with Lava that expressly includes an SLA, the Services are provided without any uptime, availability, latency, support-response, or performance commitment.
2.5. Documentation. You must use the Services in accordance with the Documentation. Lava may update the Documentation from time to time.
3. Lava Public RPC and Provider Terms.
3.1. Provider participation. Providers may participate in the Network by operating RPC nodes and providing blockchain infrastructure services to Customers through the Network.
3.2. Provider obligations. Providers must operate nodes in accordance with the Documentation, applicable network protocols, and this Agreement. Providers are responsible for maintaining the security, availability, and performance of their infrastructure.
3.3. Lava Public RPC payment discretion. With regards to any Lava Public RPC program, Lava reserves the right, at its sole discretion and after consultation with the partnering ecosystem, to hold, distribute, modify, or take any other actions related to payments to Providers. This includes, but is not limited to, revising payment schedules, adjusting payment amounts, and implementing changes based on considerations deemed necessary by Lava. Providers acknowledge and agree that Lava may exercise these rights, and Lava shall not be liable for any claims, losses, or damages arising from such actions. Lava will make reasonable efforts to communicate any significant changes to the payment terms in a timely manner.
3.4. Provider suspension. Lava may suspend or remove a Provider from the Services if the Provider breaches this Agreement, fails to meet performance standards, poses security or operational risks, or for any other reason set forth in this Agreement.
4. Accounts, Login, and Security.
4.1. Account registration. To use the Services, you must create an Account using accurate and complete information. You must keep Account information up to date.
4.2. Email verification. You may be required to verify your email address before the Account becomes active or before certain features are enabled.
4.3. Password reset. Lava may provide time-limited password reset links. Password resets may terminate active sessions for security purposes.
4.4. Optional 2FA. Lava may offer optional two-factor authentication through an authenticator application. You are responsible for enabling and maintaining 2FA where you consider it appropriate.
4.5. Account responsibility. You are responsible for all activity under your Account, including activity by Permitted Users and use of your API Keys, and credentials.
4.6. Credential security. You must keep all login credentials, API Keys, and other authentication information secure and confidential. You must not sell, transfer, sublicense, publish, or share API Keys except with Permitted Users who need them to use the Services on your behalf.
4.7. Unauthorized access. You must notify Lava promptly if you become aware of unauthorized access to your Account, API Keys, or Services usage.
4.8. Business authority. If you create an Account or select a Plan on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to do so.
5. Plans, Fees, and Billing.
5.1. Plan details. Lava may offer Free, Developer, Starter, Pro, Business, or other Plans. The applicable Fees, RPS limits, Request limits, support levels, method access, additional RPS options, and other plan-specific details are shown on the pricing page, Dashboard, checkout screen, invoice, applicable order form, or other written agreement.
5.2. Pricing page and Dashboard as source of truth. Plan-specific commercial and technical limits are not fixed in this Agreement. Lava may update Plans from time to time. The applicable Plan details are the Plan details displayed to you at checkout, in the Dashboard, on the pricing page, in the invoice, in an order form, or in another written agreement, as applicable.
5.3. Marketing estimates. Lava may display estimated, expected, or marketed monthly usage amounts. Unless expressly stated as a binding quota, such estimates are provided for convenience and product comparison only. Binding usage limits are the limits displayed in the Dashboard, checkout screen, pricing page, order form, or invoice.
5.4. Free Plan activation. The Free Plan may be activated after signup and email verification. No payment is required for the Free Plan.
5.5. Paid Plan activation. A Paid Plan is activated after you complete the signup flow, select a Paid Plan, provide any required payment or billing information, and Lava or its payment processor confirms payment or activation.
5.6. Monthly billing for MVP. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Paid Plans are billed monthly. Yearly billing and crypto payments are not currently available as part of the MVP, unless Lava later makes them available.
5.7. Mid-period subscription proration. If you subscribe to a Paid Plan during a Billing Period, the first charge will be prorated for the remaining portion of that Billing Period. The Paid Plan will then renew at the full Plan price selected by you, unless changed or cancelled. For partial Billing Periods, Lava may prorate applicable Request limits unless the Dashboard, checkout screen, pricing page, invoice, or order form states otherwise.
5.8. Payment processor. Lava may use one or more third-party payment processors selected by Lava from time to time. You authorize Lava and its payment processor to charge your selected payment method for Fees, taxes, and other amounts due. Payment processing may be subject to the payment processor’s own terms, policies, and privacy practices.
5.9. Payment information. You must provide accurate, current, and complete payment and billing information. You authorize Lava, directly or through its payment processor, to store and use payment information as necessary to process payments, renewals, invoices, receipts, failed payment notices, and card expiry notices.
5.10. Taxes. Fees are exclusive of all applicable taxes unless expressly stated otherwise. You are responsible for all applicable sales, use, value-added, withholding, goods and services, or similar taxes, duties, or governmental charges, other than taxes based on Lava’s income.
5.11. Invoices. Lava may generate and email an invoice or receipt after each successful charge. You are responsible for keeping billing details accurate.
5.12. Failed payments. If a payment fails, Lava may notify you by email and may provide a grace period before restricting access. If a payment fails, Lava may notify you and may provide a grace period before restricting access, in its sole discretion. If payment is not completed before the end of the grace period, Lava may suspend, downgrade, or terminate access in accordance with this Agreement.
5.13. No automatic overage billing unless stated. Unless the Dashboard, pricing page, checkout screen, invoice, or a separate written agreement says otherwise, the MVP does not automatically charge overages after you reach your applicable usage limit. Instead, usage is subject to hard-stop enforcement at your pre-determined limit in accordance with your Plan.
5.14. No refunds. Fees are non-refundable except as required by law or as stated in Section 7 of this Agreement (Refund Policy).
5.15. No cash credits. Prorated upgrade credits, if any, are applied internally against Plan charges and are not redeemable for cash, transferable, or refundable.
6. Plan Changes and Cancellation.
6.1. Upgrades. You may upgrade a Plan through the Dashboard where available. Unless otherwise stated in the Dashboard, upgrades take effect immediately. You will be charged a prorated amount equal to the new Plan price for the remainder of the Billing Period minus the unused value of the current Paid Plan for the same Billing Period.
6.2. Downgrades. You may downgrade a Plan through the Dashboard where available. Unless otherwise stated in the Dashboard, downgrades take effect at the start of the next Billing Period. You will continue to have access to the current Plan until the end of the current Billing Period. No refund is provided for downgrades.
6.3. Cancellation. You may cancel a Paid Plan through the Dashboard where available. Unless otherwise stated in the Dashboard, cancellation disables auto-renewal immediately, but you retain access to the Paid Plan until the end of the current Billing Period. At the end of the Billing Period, the Account reverts to the Free Plan unless terminated or otherwise agreed.
7. Refund Policy.
7.1. General Policy. Unless required by applicable law, expressly agreed by Lava in writing, or stated in this Refund Policy, all fees paid for Services under any of the plans made available for time to time, are non-refundable. This includes fees for unused time, unused Requests, unused CUs or Credits, unused API access, disabled API keys, account inactivity, failure to use the service, or cancellation before the end of a billing period.
7.2. Monthly Subscriptions. When you cancel, auto-renewal is disabled. You will continue to have access to your paid plan until the end of the current Billing Period. Services paid plans are billed monthly unless otherwise agreed in writing. Cancelling a plan does not entitle you to a refund for the remaining time in the billing period.
7.3. Usage Limits. Unused Requests, CUs, Credits, RPS capacity, Archive/Debug/Trace access, support access, or other plan features do not roll over to future billing periods and do not create refund rights unless expressly stated otherwise.
7.4. Billing Errors and Duplicate Charges. If you believe you were charged in error, charged twice, or charged the wrong amount, please contact us at support@lavanet.xyz within 30 days of the charge. Lava will review billing error requests in good faith. If Lava confirms that a billing error occurred, Lava may issue a refund, account credit, invoice correction, or other appropriate correction in its sole discretion.
7.5. Service Issues. The Services are provided subject to this Agreement. Unless you have a separate written agreement with Lava that expressly provides service credits, SLA credits, or refund rights, service interruptions, latency, degraded performance, unsupported methods, quota limits, RPS limits, provider failures, blockchain network issues, or temporary unavailability do not automatically entitle you to a refund or compensation of any kind.
7.6. Enterprise and Custom Agreements. Enterprise plans and custom arrangements may be subject to separate written terms that supersede this Refund Policy.
7.7. Legal Rights. Nothing in this Refund Policy limits any refund rights that you may have under applicable law.
7.8. Changes to this Refund Policy. Lava may update its Refund Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you, such as by updating this page, sending an email, or providing notice through the Services.
8. Usage, Quotas, and Enforcement.
8.1. Usage tracking. Lava tracks usage per Account during each Billing Period, including Requests, endpoint usage, chain usage, App usage, and API Key usage.
8.2. Request measurement. Lava may measure usage by Requests, RPS, method type, endpoint type, or other metrics described in the Dashboard, Documentation, pricing page, checkout screen, invoice, or order form.
8.3. RPS enforcement. Requests above the applicable Plan’s RPS limit may be rejected immediately and may return HTTP 429 or another applicable error code. Lava may include a Retry-After header where technically supported.
8.4. Monthly hard stop. If you reach the applicable monthly Request limit or other Plan limit, Lava may stop processing additional API calls for the remainder of the Billing Period unless you upgrade, change Plan, or otherwise receive additional access from Lava. Calls rejected because of a monthly hard stop may return HTTP 429 or another applicable error code.
8.5. Archive, Debug, and Trace gating. Archive, debug, trace, or similar RPC method types may be restricted by Plan. For Plans that do not include these methods, Lava may block such methods and return HTTP 403 or another applicable error code. Where a request is blocked before a relay is processed, it may not consume a Request.
8.6. Dashboard usage visibility. The Dashboard may show usage count, quota progress, average latency, top chains used, billing details, Apps, endpoints, API Key status, and related information. For the avoidance of doubt, Dashboard metrics are provided for convenience and may be delayed, approximate, incomplete, or subject to correction.
8.7. No circumvention. You must not attempt to avoid, bypass, manipulate, or circumvent Plan limits, Request limits, RPS limits, method restrictions, billing limits, authentication controls, or other Services restrictions.
8.8. Multiple accounts. You may not create multiple Accounts to bypass limits, exploit free usage, avoid Fees, evade enforcement, or otherwise misuse the Services. Lava may aggregate usage, suspend Accounts, terminate Accounts, or charge applicable Fees if Lava determines that multiple Accounts are being used to circumvent limits.
8.9. Excessive or harmful usage. Lava may limit, throttle, suspend, or block usage that Lava reasonably determines may harm the Network, supported blockchains, providers, other customers, infrastructure, security, availability, or legal compliance.
9. Apps, Endpoints, and API Keys.
9.1. App creation. You may create Apps in the Dashboard by providing an App name and selecting one or more Supported Chains where such functionality is available.
9.2. Endpoint generation. Lava may generate endpoints for Supported Chains and supported endpoint types using Lava’s existing URL format, API Key structure, or other format displayed in the Dashboard.
9.3. API Key visibility. API Keys may be visible and copyable in the Dashboard. You are responsible for protecting them.
9.4. Disable key. You may disable an API Key where the Dashboard makes this available. A disabled key is suspended and API calls using that key may return HTTP 401 or another applicable error code. The key may remain in the system and may be re-enabled where supported.
9.5. Enable key. You may re-enable a disabled API Key where the Dashboard makes this available. Re-enabling a key does not necessarily generate a new API Key and may take effect immediately.
9.6. Regenerate key. You may regenerate an API Key where the Dashboard makes this available. Regeneration permanently invalidates the old API Key and issues a new one. You are responsible for updating your systems after regeneration.
9.7. Deprecate key. You may deprecate an API Key where the Dashboard makes this available. A deprecated key may remain valid for a grace period shown in the Dashboard or Documentation, then be permanently invalidated. You are responsible for completing key rotation before the grace period ends.
9.8. No guarantee of key recovery. Lava is not responsible for losses, downtime, errors, failed requests, or service interruptions caused by your loss, disclosure, misuse, deletion, regeneration, deprecation, or misconfiguration of API Keys.
9.9. User Migration from Shared Public Keys. Lava may require existing users of shared public API keys or legacy access methods to migrate to individual Lava Gateway Accounts. You acknowledge that shared public keys may be deprecated, limited, or invalidated and that individual Accounts are required for usage tracking, plan enforcement, notifications, support, billing, and product functionality.
10. Notifications and Communications.
10.1. You authorize Lava to send transactional, operational, account, security, billing, usage, support, and service-related communications by email or through the Dashboard. Lava, or its payment processor, as applicable, may send payment success, payment failure, invoice, renewal reminder, card expiry, plan upgrade, plan downgrade, and plan cancellation notifications.
10.2. Lava may, but is not required to, send (i) usage warnings when you reach approximately 80% of the applicable monthly usage limit; and (ii) a hard-stop notice when you reach 100% of the applicable monthly usage limit.
10.3. You are responsible for maintaining a valid email address, monitoring communications, and ensuring Lava emails are not blocked or ignored. Failure to receive or read a notification does not waive your obligations under this Agreement.
11. Your Responsibilities and Prohibited Activities.
11.1. Compliance. You must use the Services only in compliance with this Agreement, the Documentation, and all applicable laws and regulations.
11.2. Permitted Users. You are responsible for all acts and omissions of Permitted Users and for ensuring that Permitted Users comply with this Agreement.
11.3. Prohibited activities. You must not, and must not allow any third party to: (i) use the Services for unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, malicious, abusive, or harmful activity; (ii) interfere with, disrupt, overload, damage, or degrade the Services or related infrastructure; (iii) bypass, evade, or manipulate authentication, security, billing, usage, or Plan restrictions; (iv) create multiple Accounts to circumvent limits or obtain additional free usage; (v) sell, resell, lease, sublicense, lend, transfer, distribute, or provide the Services to third parties; (vi) use the Services to build a directly competing RPC gateway; (vii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive source code from the Services; (viii) benchmark or publicly report comparative performance results in a misleading way or without appropriate context; (ix) infringe, misappropriate, or violate the rights of Lava or any third party, including intellectual property, privacy, or data protection rights.
11.4. High-risk use. Unless expressly agreed in writing, the Services is not designed for emergency, life-safety, medical, nuclear, aviation, critical infrastructure, or other high-risk uses where failure could lead to death, personal injury, severe property damage, or severe environmental damage.
11.5. Your systems. You are responsible for properly configuring, securing, monitoring, and backing up your own applications, systems, wallets, private keys, infrastructure, and integrations that use the Services.
12. Data, Privacy, and Analytics.
12.1. As between you and Lava, you retain ownership of Customer Data. You grant Lava a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, copy, transmit, process, display, and use Customer Data solely as necessary to provide the Services.
12.2. Usage and Performance Data. Lava may collect and use Usage and Performance Data for any lawful purpose, including operating the Services, tracking usage, enforcing quotas, calculating Fees, providing support, detecting fraud or abuse, improving performance, improving products, preparing reports, performing analytics, and developing new features.
12.3. Product analytics. Lava may collect public site analytics, pricing page analytics, plan selection events, signup funnel events, signup-to-first-call events, App creation events, API Key events, migration events, usage events, conversion events, and Activated Paid User metrics.
12.4. De-identified and aggregated data. Lava may use de-identified or aggregated data derived from Customer Data or Usage and Performance Data for research, analytics, benchmarking, product improvement, reporting, and business purposes, provided such data does not identify you as the source.
12.5. Privacy Policy. Lava’s collection and processing of personal information is governed by Lava’s Privacy Policy, as updated from time to time. You are responsible for providing all notices and obtaining all rights, consents, and permissions necessary for Lava to process Customer Data and personal information as contemplated by this Agreement.
12.6. Admin access. Lava may provide internal Lava personnel with admin tools to view user lookup, account status, plan, usage, payment history, Account status, API Key status, last-used timestamps, analytics, funnel metrics, conversion reports, and related support or operational information.
13. Third-Party Services, Blockchains, Nodes, and Providers.
13.1. Third-party services. The Services may depend on or interoperate with third-party services, including payment processors, email providers, analytics tools, hosting providers, infrastructure providers, supported blockchains, node operators, and other service providers. Third-party services may be subject to their own terms, policies, fees, and privacy practices.
13.2. Blockchain networks. Lava does not control blockchain networks. Blockchain networks may experience congestion, downtime, reorganizations, forks, bugs, governance changes, attacks, or other failures.
13.3. Node and provider performance. Lava is not responsible for the performance, availability, accuracy, or security of third-party hardware, software, blockchains, nodes, validators, RPC providers, infrastructure providers, or other third-party systems.
13.4. No custody. The Services is an RPC infrastructure service. Lava does not custody your assets, control your wallets, execute transactions on your behalf unless you submit such requests through your own systems, or guarantee the success of any blockchain transaction.
13.5. No financial advice. The Services and any information provided through it are not financial, investment, legal, tax, or trading advice.
14. Proprietary Rights and Feedback.
14.1. Lava ownership. As between the parties, Lava owns all right, title, and interest in and to the Services, including, without limitation, the Network, the Gateway, Dashboard, APIs, software, systems, interfaces, technology, algorithms, Documentation, Usage and Performance Data, know-how, designs, trademarks, logos, and other intellectual property.
14.2. Your ownership. As between the parties, you own Customer Data, subject to the licenses granted to Lava in this Agreement.
14.3. Feedback. To the extent You provide us any feedback, comments or suggestionns (“Feedback”), you grant Lava a royalty-free, fully paid up, worldwide, perpetual and irrevocable license to incorporate the Feedback into the Services or any of our current or future products or services without restriction, attribution, or compensation.
14.4. Open source. Any open-source software made available by Lava is governed by the applicable open-source license. To the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the applicable open-source license, the open-source license controls for that open-source software.
14.5. Marks. You may not use Lava’s name, logo, trademarks, or branding without Lava’s prior written consent, except as expressly permitted by Lava’s brand guidelines or written authorization.
15. Changes to Services, Plans, and Terms.
15.1. Service changes. Lava may add, remove, suspend, modify, limit, or discontinue features, Plans, Supported Chains, endpoints, methods, APIs, Dashboard functionality, billing features, or other parts of the Services from time to time.
15.2. Plan and price changes. Lava may change Plan names, Fees, RPS limits, Request limits, support levels, method access, additional RPS options, and other Plan details from time to time. For Paid Plans, Lava will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide notice of material changes before they take effect, such as by email, Dashboard notice, pricing page update, or other reasonable communication. Unless otherwise stated, material price changes apply at the next Billing Period.
15.3. Terms changes. Lava may update this Agreement from time to time. Lava will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you of material changes. Continued use of the Services after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Agreement.
15.4. Roadmap and beta features. You may be invited, from time to time, to try services features that Lava expressly identifies as “Beta”, “Pre-Release”, “Test”, “Unsupported’ or other similar identification (collectively, the “Beta Services”). You acknowledge that such Beta Services may be subject to additional terms, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Lava will have no liability whatsoever arising out of or resulting from your use of any such Beta Services. Any roadmap, planned feature, beta feature, preview feature, or future product description is provided for informational purposes only and does not create a binding obligation to deliver that feature.
16. Suspension and Termination.
16.1. Suspension by Lava. Lava may suspend or limit your access to the Services immediately if Lava reasonably determines, in its sole discretion, that: (i) you have breached this Agreement; (ii) you have failed to pay amounts due; (iii) your payment method fails and the applicable grace period has expired; (iv) your use poses a security, legal, operational, financial, reputational, or technical risk; (v) your use could harm Lava, the Services, supported blockchains, providers, other customers, or third parties; (vii) you are attempting to circumvent limits, exploit free usage, or misuse the Services; (viii) your use may be unlawful or may expose Lava to liability; (ix) Lava is required to do so by law, regulation, court order, sanctions, or governmental request; (x) a third-party service provider, blockchain network, infrastructure provider, or other dependency requires suspension or change.
16.2. Effect of suspension. During suspension, you remain responsible for all Fees incurred before or during suspension. You are not entitled to credits or refunds for suspension unless required by law or expressly agreed by Lava in writing.
16.3. Termination by you. You may stop using the Services at any time. You may cancel a Paid Plan through the Dashboard where available, subject to the cancellation terms in this Agreement.
16.4. Termination by Lava. Lava may terminate this Agreement or your Account if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure the breach within 30 days after notice, or immediately if the breach is incapable of cure, creates risk, involves misuse or illegality, or justifies immediate termination under this Agreement.
16.5. Effect of termination. Upon termination, your rights to access and use the Services terminate immediately. All outstanding payment obligations become due. Lava may delete, deactivate, or retain Account information, Customer Data, Usage and Performance Data, and billing records in accordance with applicable law, Lava’s policies, and operational needs.
16.6. Survival. Any provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including provisions relating to Fees, taxes, your responsibilities, prohibited use, data, intellectual property, confidentiality, disclaimers, indemnification, limitation of liability, governing law, dispute resolution, and general provisions.
17. Confidentiality.
“Confidential Information” means non-public information disclosed by one party to the other in connection with this Agreement that is identified as confidential or should reasonably be understood to be confidential based on the nature of the information or circumstances of disclosure. Lava Confidential Information includes non-public information about the Services, Dashboard, APIs, security, architecture, pricing, usage, performance, operations, roadmap, and business plans. Each party must use the other party’s Confidential Information only to perform or exercise rights under this Agreement and must protect it using reasonable care. Confidential Information does not include information that is publicly available without breach, already known without confidentiality obligation, lawfully received from a third party without confidentiality obligation, or independently developed without use of Confidential Information. A party may disclose Confidential Information if required by law, regulation, court order, or governmental authority, provided it gives prior notice where legally permitted.
18. Warranties and Disclaimers.
18.1. Mutual authority. Each party represents that it has the authority to enter into this Agreement.
18.2. Your warranties. You represent and warrant that: (i) you and your Permitted Users will comply with this Agreement and applicable law; (ii) you have all rights necessary to provide Customer Data to Lava; (iii) your use of the Services will not violate third-party rights; (iv) you are not subject to sanctions or located in a comprehensively sanctioned jurisdiction where use of the Services would be prohibited; (v) you are sophisticated, experienced and knowledgeable with respect to blockchain technology; (vi) you have conducted an independent investigation of the Services and the matters contemplated by this Agreement; (vii) there is no legal proceeding pending or threatened relating to you, your Permitted Users, or your blockchain technology related activities.
18.3. Disclaimer. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICES IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. LAVA DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION, ERROR-FREE OPERATION, COMPATIBILITY, SECURITY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
18.4. Blockchain risk. You acknowledge that blockchain technology involves risks, including network congestion, forks, software bugs, malicious software, internet failures, infrastructure failures, node failures, provider failures, regulatory uncertainty, and inaccurate or delayed data.
18.5. No guarantee. Lava does not guarantee that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, always available, compatible with your systems, or that blockchain data returned through the Services will always be complete, current, or accurate.
19. Indemnification.
You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Lava and its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, contractors, service providers, and agents from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to: (i) your breach of this Agreement; (ii) your use or misuse of the Services; (iii) Customer Data; (iv) your products, services, applications, or users; (v) unauthorized access or use caused by you, Permitted Users, or your credentials; (vi) your violation of applicable law or third-party rights. Lava will provide you with reasonable notice of a claim for which indemnification is sought, allow you to control the defense where appropriate, and provide reasonable cooperation, provided that you may not settle any claim in a way that imposes obligations on Lava without Lava’s prior written consent.
20. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, (A) NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; (B) EACH PARTY’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNTS PAID OR PAYABLE BY YOU TO LAVA FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY; OR (B) USD $1,000. THE LIMITATIONS ABOVE DO NOT APPLY TO PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS, YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, YOUR BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY, YOUR MISUSE OF LAVA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, EITHER PARTIES ACTS OF FRAUD OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR LIABILITIES THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
21. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution.
21.1. Governing law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands, without regard to conflict of law principles.
21.2. Good faith resolution. Before starting formal proceedings, the parties will use good faith efforts to resolve disputes directly for at least thirty (30) days after one party provides written notice of the dispute.
21.3. Arbitration. If the parties do not resolve the dispute during the 30-day period, either party may commence arbitration in English in the Cayman Islands, unless otherwise required by applicable law or agreed in writing.
21.4. Equitable relief. Nothing in this Agreement prevents either party from seeking injunctive or equitable relief for misuse of intellectual property, confidentiality breaches, security incidents, or unauthorized access.
22. Miscellaneous.
22.1. Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement without Lava’s prior written consent. Lava may assign this Agreement in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, change of control, or transfer of the Lava Services or related business.
22.2. Subcontractors. Lava may use subcontractors, service providers, infrastructure providers, payment processors, analytics providers, and other third parties to provide the Services.
22.3. Force majeure. Lava will not be liable for delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, labor disputes, internet failures, blockchain failures, provider failures, power failures, governmental actions, cyberattacks, pandemics, or natural disasters.
22.4. Entire agreement. This Agreement, together with any applicable pricing page, Dashboard terms, checkout terms, invoice, order form, Documentation, Privacy Policy, or written agreement, forms the entire agreement between the parties regarding the Services.
22.5. Order of precedence. If there is a conflict between this Agreement and an order form or separate written agreement signed by Lava and a Customer, the signed written agreement controls. For Plan-specific details, the Dashboard, checkout screen, pricing page, invoice, or order form at the time of registration shall control.
22.6. No waiver. Failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement is not a waiver of that provision.
22.7. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect.
22.8. No third-party beneficiaries. This Agreement does not create any third-party beneficiary rights.
22.9. Relationship. The parties are independent contractors. This Agreement does not create a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment, or fiduciary relationship.
22.10. Notices. Lava may provide notices by email, Dashboard notice, website notice, or other reasonable means. You may contact Lava at support@lavanet.xyz
