Terms of Service

1. What Infernet is

Infernet Protocol (“Infernet”, “we”, “us”) is an open-source peer-to-peer GPU compute marketplace. infernetprotocol.com is one (the default) control plane. Operators run GPU nodes; clients submit inference and training jobs; payments settle in cryptocurrency between operator and client.

By using infernetprotocol.com, the infernet CLI, or participating in the network in any role, you agree to these Terms.

2. Eligibility & accounts

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a contract in your jurisdiction. You are responsible for the security of your account credentials, your CLI bearer tokens, and any keys associated with your operator identity (Nostr keypair, payout wallets).

3. Acceptable use

You may not use the network to:

• Run inference or training that violates applicable law in your jurisdiction or the operator's.
• Generate CSAM, non-consensual intimate imagery, or content designed to defraud or impersonate.
• Distribute malware, exploit material, or commands to attack third-party systems.
• Circumvent rate limits, abuse free tiers, or scrape the public site beyond its documented APIs.
• Run hardware that materially misrepresents its capabilities to clients.

Operators set their own model and content policies. Clients should expect a given operator may decline a job for any reason. We may suspend access to infernetprotocol.com for violations of these terms; the underlying protocol is permissionless and not under our control.

4. Payments

Payments flow directly between client and operator in cryptocurrency, settled via the configured payment processor (today, CoinPayPortal). Wallets are non-custodial except where Lightning balances are held. We are not a bank, not a money transmitter on your behalf, and do not act as an escrow.

We do not take a platform spread above the underlying payment-processor fees. Pricing displayed for any job is the price the client agrees to pay; the operator receives the agreed amount minus the processor's fee.

5. No warranty

The software, control plane, and network are provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Output produced by third-party operators is their responsibility, not ours.

6. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our aggregate liability arising out of or relating to these Terms or the service is limited to the greater of (a) US$100 or (b) the fees we received from you in the twelve months preceding the claim. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, or lost data.

7. Open-source license

The Infernet codebase is released under the MIT license. Self-hosting your own control plane is encouraged and explicitly supported — see the self-hosting docs. These Terms apply to infernetprotocol.com; self-hosted deployments set their own terms.

8. Changes

We may update these Terms over time. Material changes will be flagged in the page footer and at the top of this document. Continued use of the service after an update constitutes acceptance.

9. Contact

Questions: hello@infernetprotocol.com.