TERMS OF SERVICE
Please read these Terms of Service carefully before accessing, participating in, or contributing to The Doomsday Clock.
- Strict No Refunds: Every payment immediately and permanently extends the global countdown on the live public ledger. All sales are final.
- Pay-to-Rank Promotion: Your rank and visibility depend strictly on your contribution amount. No algorithmic guarantees of traffic are made.
- Zero Tolerance for Abuse: Malicious links, phishing, explicit material, and scams will be purged immediately without compensation.
1. Acceptance of Terms & Eligibility
By accessing, browsing, interacting with, or making a financial contribution to The Doomsday Clock and affiliated domains, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must immediately cease using the Service.
You affirm that you are at least 18 years of age (or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction) and possess full legal capacity to enter into binding agreements.
2. Nature of the Protocol & Disclaimers
The Doomsday Clock is an interactive digital artwork, multiplayer game theory experiment, and transparent pay-to-rank promotional showcase.
Independent Project: This project is completely independent and is NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, any government body, or any emergency defense entity. The countdown and DEFCON levels are purely interactive gamification mechanics.
3. Contributions, Pricing & Payment Processing
3.1. Pricing: All contributions and bids are denominated and billed in United States Dollars (USD). The exchange rate is established at $1.00 USD per 60.0 stackable seconds of countdown time (+1:00 minute).
3.2. Payment Gateway: All financial transactions are processed securely through Stripe, Inc. By completing a transaction, you authorize Stripe to charge your designated payment method for the total amount displayed at checkout.
3.3. Security: We do not store, process, or have access to raw credit card numbers or sensitive banking credentials. All payment data is handled in accordance with Stripe's PCI-DSS compliant infrastructure.
4. Strict No-Refund & Transaction Finality Policy
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS AND BIDS ARE FINAL, COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY, AND STRICTLY NON-REFUNDABLE.
Because each completed transaction instantly and irreversibly executes an atomic database procedure that increases the global countdown and publishes your submission onto the live immutable ledger, the digital service is fully performed at the moment of payment confirmation.
You expressly waive any statutory right of withdrawal or cooling-off period once payment processing begins. Initiating an unauthorized chargeback or payment dispute without valid legal cause constitutes a material breach of these Terms.
5. User-Submitted Content & Content Moderation
5.1. Responsibility: You are solely responsible for the name, handle, broadcast message, and destination URL you provide during submission.
5.2. Prohibited Content: You agree not to submit any content or link to any URL that contains:
- Malware, viruses, ransomware, phishing vectors, or malicious scripts;
- Pornographic, sexually explicit, or obscene imagery or text;
- Hate speech, threats, harassment, defamation, or discriminatory material;
- Fraudulent schemes, unauthorized gambling, or illegal goods/services;
- Infringement of third-party intellectual property or privacy rights.
5.3. Moderation Rights: The operators of The Doomsday Clock reserve the unrestricted right to sanitize, edit, or delete any submission deemed in violation of these rules at their sole discretion, without prior notice and without refund or compensation.
6. Intellectual Property Rights
The Doomsday Clock codebase, graphics, synthesized audio engine, CRT shader algorithms, and layout are protected by copyright and intellectual property laws.
By submitting content (name, message, link, handle), you grant The Doomsday Clock a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to display, index, format, and broadcast your submission on the website and social sharing cards.
7. Limitation of Liability & Warranty Disclaimer
7.1. “As-Is” Provision: The Service is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
7.2. No Traffic Guarantee: While we display approved submissions on the leaderboard and spotlight according to contribution ranking, we make no guarantees regarding clicks, conversions, traffic, or engagement generated by your links.
7.3. Liability Cap: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall The Doomsday Clock or its creators be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages. Our total liability for any claim shall not exceed the actual amount paid by you for the specific transaction in dispute.
8. Updates to Terms & Contact Information
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Continued use of the Service following posted changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.
If you have any questions regarding these Terms or need to report abusive content, please reach out via our official community channels or contact handles on X (Twitter).
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