Terms of Service.

These Terms govern your use of Blue Escrow ("the protocol"), a decentralized escrow system deployed on Arbitrum One. By connecting a wallet, signing the Sign-In with Ethereum (SIWE) login message, or interacting with the smart contract from the frontend or directly on-chain, you accept these Terms in full.

If you do not agree, do not use the protocol. The frontend gates every state-changing action behind an explicit wallet signature, so disagreement is always actionable — you can stop at any time without notice.

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a binding contract in your jurisdiction. You are solely responsible for confirming that using a permissionless escrow protocol — and holding the digital assets it custodies — is lawful where you live.

• You control the private key for the wallet you connect.
• You understand that on-chain transactions are public and irreversible.
• You will not use the protocol to facilitate, fund, or settle any activity that is illegal in your jurisdiction or under applicable sanctions regimes.
• You will not use the protocol on behalf of any person or entity subject to U.S., U.K., E.U., or U.N. sanctions.

Blue Escrow is a smart contract that holds funds in custody while a deal completes between three roles: a client (the buyer of an off-chain good or service), a seller (the provider of that good or service), and a middleman (a neutral arbitrator both parties agree to in advance). The contract — not the middleman, not the protocol developers — is the custodian at every step.

Funds release on a two-of-three signature scheme: the client and seller can release together (the happy path), or either party can co-sign with the middleman to release in a dispute. The middleman cannot move funds unilaterally, cannot create deals, and cannot modify deal terms after creation.

Authentication uses Sign-In with Ethereum (SIWE). When you sign the login message, you are not authorizing a transaction or moving any funds — you are proving you control the wallet. The signature is consumed by the backend to issue a short-lived JWT session token used for off-chain reads only (profile data, deal metadata).

The protocol never asks for your private key, seed phrase, or recovery information. Anyone requesting these — by email, DM, chat, or impersonating the team — is attempting to defraud you.

The protocol charges a flat 0.33% fee on every released deal, calculated and deducted on-chain at the moment of release. There are no subscription tiers, no account fees, no minimums, and no hidden charges from the protocol itself.

The middleman may charge their own fee, agreed off-chain with the parties before the deal is funded. Any such fee is settled inside the deal value — the protocol does not collect or remit it. Confirm middleman compensation before signing.

When using the protocol you agree not to: (a) facilitate illegal activity, sanctions evasion, or financial crime; (b) impersonate a middleman to defraud counterparties; (c) submit spurious disputes intended to harm a counterparty's on-chain reputation; (d) attempt to interfere with the contract by means other than its public interface (front-running middleman signatures, replay attacks, or signature forgery, where any are possible).

Reputation-bearing actions — opening a dispute, ruling on a dispute, releasing funds — are recorded on-chain and cannot be retracted. Misuse leaves a permanent record visible to every future counterparty.

If the client and seller disagree on whether the off-chain deliverable was satisfied, either party may open a dispute on-chain. Opening a dispute notifies the middleman and pauses the release path.

The middleman reviews evidence both parties submit off-chain (the protocol does not adjudicate evidence) and signs one of two recognized payout paths the contract permits: release to the seller, or refund to the client. The middleman cannot split funds, cannot redirect to a third address, and cannot ignore the dispute indefinitely — abandonment is itself a reputation event.

MediumMiddleman misconduct (collusion, bribery, refusal to rule) reduces their on-chain reputation. Choose middlemen with established history and look at their dispute count and outcomes before opening a deal.

The protocol is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, and accuracy. Smart contracts can contain bugs, network conditions can change without notice, and integrations with third-party wallets and RPC providers can fail. You assume all risk of use.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the protocol's authors, contributors, and any associated entity will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, funds, or data, arising out of or related to your use of the protocol — whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages.

Where liability cannot be excluded by applicable law, it is limited to the protocol fees the affected party actually paid to the protocol in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the protocol's authors and contributors from any claim, demand, damage, loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your misuse of the protocol, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or regulation.

You may stop using the protocol at any time by disconnecting your wallet and ceasing on-chain interaction. There is no account to delete because there is no account: the contract is immutable, your wallet remains yours, and your prior on-chain history remains public.

The protocol's authors may, at any time and without notice, cease maintaining the frontend, the indexer, or any auxiliary off-chain service. The smart contract itself continues to operate independently of any frontend.

These Terms may change. Material changes will be reflected by an updated effective date at the top of this document and a corresponding version bump. Continued use of the protocol after the new effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

For users who object to a change, the remedy is to stop using the protocol. The smart contract itself is immutable; changes to these Terms do not alter the deployed contract's behavior.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction designated in the final published version of this document, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Any disputes that cannot be resolved through good-faith negotiation will be resolved in the courts of that jurisdiction.

Questions about these Terms, compliance requests, or notices of disputes may be sent to the address below. We will acknowledge receipt within seven business days where the request includes sufficient information to identify the matter.

[email protected]
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