Terms of Use

By accessing or using the Aegis web interface at aegisz.xyz, the associated backend, or the Aegis on-chain programs through any official client (together, the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, do not access or use the Service.

Aegis is operated as an independent open-source project by its maintainers and contributors (collectively, "we", "us", "Aegis"). No legal entity is named at this time; references to Aegis in these Terms refer to the project and its maintainers acting in that capacity.

Aegis is a privacy layer for Solana treasuries that combines four components, each governed by its own license and behaviour:

• Squads Protocol v4 multisig vaults that you create and control. Aegis does not modify the Squads programs.
• The Aegis gatekeeper program, an on-chain Solana program that issues single-use, time-bound execution licenses after multisig approval.
• The Cloak Protocol shield pool, a third-party zero-knowledge primitive used to make payments cryptographically unlinkable on the public ledger.
• A web interface and stateless backend that orchestrate these primitives, store a small amount of off-chain metadata (described in the Privacy Policy), and proxy the Cloak relay to support browser-based proof generation.

Aegis is non-custodial. The Service does not custody your assets or private keys at any point.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years old and have the full legal capacity to enter into binding agreements in your jurisdiction. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you meet these requirements and that you are not a Restricted Person as defined in Section 06.

Aegis is non-custodial. Funds in your Squads vault are owned by an on-chain program-derived address (PDA) that is controlled by your multisig configuration. Approval and execution authority belongs exclusively to the signers your multisig defines.

You are solely responsible for:

• generating, storing, backing up, and protecting the private keys of every signer you control;
• choosing and maintaining the multisig threshold and member set;
• reviewing every transaction in full before signing it, including recipient, amount, instructions, and any encrypted memo;
• the on-chain consequences of any approval you sign, including permanent loss of funds.

We cannot recover lost keys, reverse approved transactions, freeze accounts, or act on your behalf. The integrity of your treasury depends entirely on you and the other signers you choose.

You may not access or use the Service if you are:

• located in, organised under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in any jurisdiction subject to comprehensive sanctions administered by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, or the United Nations Security Council (including, as of the date of these Terms, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions);
• listed on, or owned or controlled by a person listed on, any sanctions or denied-party list, including the U.S. Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list, the EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, or the UK HMT Consolidated List;
• otherwise prohibited by applicable law from accessing privacy or cryptocurrency infrastructure.

Use of a virtual private network or any other measure to circumvent these restrictions is itself a material breach of these Terms.

You will not use the Service to:

• launder the proceeds of crime, finance terrorism, or evade sanctions;
• defraud, harass, or otherwise harm any other person, or facilitate any unlawful activity;
• transact with, or on behalf of, any party you have reason to believe is sanctioned or otherwise legally prohibited from receiving value;
• attempt to circumvent, reverse-engineer, or disrupt the on-chain programs, the gatekeeper, the operator, the Cloak relay proxy, or the web interface, except to the extent expressly permitted by the applicable open-source licenses;
• probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service except under a written agreement with the maintainers;
• interfere with, or place an unreasonable burden on, the Service or any third-party infrastructure it relies on, including by scripted abuse of the relay proxy.

Aegis interoperates with infrastructure operated by third parties, including, without limitation, the Squads Protocol, the Cloak Protocol, Solana validators and RPC providers (such as Shyft and Helius), wallet providers, hosting and database providers, and the Solana network itself. These services are governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies.

We do not control, endorse, or guarantee any third-party service. Failures, downtime, breaches, vulnerabilities, regulatory action, or unilateral changes affecting these services may degrade, break, or permanently disable parts of the Service. We have no liability for any such third-party act or omission.

Aegis relies on the cryptographic design of the Cloak Protocol to make payments unlinkable at the public-ledger level. Aegis additionally provides an opt-in audit access log: signers may grant scoped read access to authorised auditors, every read is recorded in a tamper-evident log, and exports are signed with Ed25519 so that the recipient can verify provenance.

Privacy guarantees derive from cryptographic protocols, not from any contractual promise made by us, and may be defeated by your own actions (for example, by publishing memos, reusing addresses, linking deposits and withdrawals through timing, or sharing screenshots), by bugs in any component, or by compromise of any third-party infrastructure. You should not assume that the Service offers anonymity against a sophisticated adversary, particularly while it remains on devnet and pre-audit.

The Aegis on-chain programs (the "gatekeeper" and "operator") are, or will be, released under the Apache License 2.0 and may be inspected, used, and forked subject to the terms of that license. The Aegis web interface, backend services, brand assets, documentation, and database schema are © the Aegis maintainers and are made available solely to enable use of the Service. No other license, express or implied, is granted.

"Aegis" and the Aegis logo are unregistered marks of the maintainers. You may reference the Service for factual purposes (such as commentary or third-party reviews) but may not use the marks in any manner that implies endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation.

Any feedback, suggestions, bug reports, or ideas you send us regarding the Service are non-confidential, and you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use them without restriction or obligation.

THE SERVICE, THE AEGIS ON-CHAIN PROGRAMS, AND ALL RELATED SOFTWARE, INTERFACES, DOCUMENTATION, AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, free of viruses or harmful components, or that any defect will be corrected. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information obtained through the Service.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE AEGIS MAINTAINERS, CONTRIBUTORS, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOST KEYS, LOST OR INACCESSIBLE FUNDS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD 100). YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ALLOCATION OF RISK IS A FUNDAMENTAL BASIS OF THESE TERMS AND THAT WE WOULD NOT MAKE THE SERVICE AVAILABLE WITHOUT IT.

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Aegis maintainers and contributors from and against any claim, demand, loss, damage, liability, cost, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to (a) your access to or use of the Service, (b) your breach of these Terms, (c) your violation of any law or third-party right, or (d) any transaction you authorise through the Service.

We may modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page; where reasonably possible, we will also surface the change in the Service. Your continued use of the Service after a change constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms.

We may at any time, with or without notice, restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to the hosted interface or backend, in whole or in part, including for suspected violation of these Terms. The Aegis on-chain programs are open-source; you can continue to interact with them directly using your own tooling regardless of your access to the hosted Service.

These Terms are governed by the laws applicable to your place of ordinary residence, unless mandatory law in your jurisdiction provides otherwise. Where legally permissible, any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by individual binding arbitration; class actions, class arbitrations, and representative actions are waived to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Nothing in this Section limits any right you may have under mandatory consumer-protection law in your jurisdiction.

If any provision of these Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any additional terms expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Aegis regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreement or understanding on the same subject.

For legal notices, questions about these Terms, or to report a security issue, contact: raffxweb3@gmail.com.