Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Tangle Router, you agree to be bound by these terms. Tangle Router is a decentralized inference gateway connecting users with independent model operators and upstream model providers.

2. Service Description

Tangle Router provides API access to AI models served by independent operators and third-party providers on the Tangle network. We route requests, handle billing, and provide a unified interface. Operators and upstream providers are responsible for the compute infrastructure and model serving.

3. Billing

Usage is billed per token at rates set by individual operators and providers. Credits are non-refundable. Pricing is displayed on model pages and may change as operators adjust their rates.

4. Acceptable Use

You are responsible for the prompts, outputs, applications, and end users connected to your account and API keys. You agree not to use the service for any unlawful purpose, and to comply with the acceptable use policies of the underlying model operators and providers, which are incorporated by reference. Where an upstream provider's policy is more restrictive than these terms, the more restrictive policy applies to models served by that provider.

5. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the service, its APIs, CLI tools, documentation, or any models made available through it (including standard, unaligned, or security-oriented models) to generate, transmit, facilitate, or assist in any of the following:

• Child exploitation and abuse. Generating, storing, processing, or disseminating Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) or Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSAE) content, or any content that depicts or promotes the exploitation of minors.
• Weapons of mass destruction and public harm. The design, development, production, or proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) weapons or explosives, or materials intended to cause mass casualties or severe physical injury.
• Unauthorized cyber operations. Conducting unauthorized network intrusions, denial-of-service (DoS/DDoS) attacks, automated vulnerability exploitation, credential stuffing, or phishing; generating malware, ransomware, or weaponized exploits; or scanning, attacking, or penetration-testing any network, system, or application without explicit, verifiable, documented authorization from the system owner. Security research, vulnerability verification, and defensive validation are permitted only on systems you own or are explicitly authorized in writing to test.
• Terrorism and violent extremism. Facilitating, coordinating, or inciting acts of terrorism, violent extremism, or targeted physical harm against people, organizations, or critical infrastructure.
• Platform and infrastructure abuse. Attempting to bypass rate limits, reverse-engineer the service or its operators' deployments, access unauthorized tenant environments, share or resell API keys except through the delegation and reseller features the service provides, or interfere with the integrity, availability, or performance of the Tangle network and its providers.
• Downstream and end-user compliance. If you integrate the service into agents, applications, or downstream services, you are solely responsible for ensuring your end users do not engage in any prohibited activity.

6. Security-Oriented and Uncensored Models

Some models offered through the service are unaligned or security-oriented and do not apply the standard safety filters, refusals, or moderation layers found in general-purpose models. These models are provided for authorized security research and defensive use. By using them, you represent and warrant that your use is lawful, complies with applicable cybersecurity, export, and privacy regulations, and is performed exclusively on systems you own or are explicitly and verifiably authorized to evaluate. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you assume all risk arising from your use of these models and their outputs, and you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Tangle, its operators, and its upstream model providers from any claims, damages, or losses arising from that use.

7. Enforcement and Remedies

Operators and upstream providers process prompts and completions under their own policies. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access and revoke API keys, without prior notice, upon credible abuse reports, legal or law-enforcement notices, or detection of unauthorized activity, infrastructure abuse, or fraud associated with an account. In cases involving severe illegal conduct, we may report associated account metadata to law enforcement as required by law.

8. Operator Responsibilities

Operators stake collateral and agree to service-level requirements. Tangle Router does not guarantee the availability or quality of any individual operator, but the network provides redundancy through automatic failover.