Hopscotch

Version 2026.05-c.
Updated Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

HOPSCOTCH LABS LIMITED, a company incorporated in Ireland under registration number 686139 with its registered office at 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380 (“Hopscotch”, “Company”, “we”, or “us”), publishes the Hopscotch software interface (the “Site”, “Website”, “App”, or “DApp”) served within the hopscotch.trade domain and subdomains.

The Company's Irish registration is retained for purposes of corporate identity only. The Site and App themselves are not offered or made available to residents of the European Union, the European Economic Area, or the United Kingdom, and the Company does not provide crypto-asset services or any other financial services within those territories.

Nature of the software. Hopscotch is a neutral, non-custodial software interface. It does not custody user assets, execute trades, operate a marketplace, match counterparties, take possession of funds, or provide escrow, payment, custodial, exchange, brokerage, or other financial services. All settlement occurs on public blockchains via third-party smart contracts that users interact with directly from their own self-custodied wallets. Hopscotch is not a party to, intermediary of, or guarantor of any transaction between users.

Any use of the Site or App constitutes the user's agreement to abide by these Terms. We may amend these Terms at any time by posting the amended Terms on the Site and within the App. For more information, see the Changes to Our Terms of Service section of this document.

Access to the Site and App is available only to natural persons who (a) are at least the age of majority in their state of residence, (b) are lawful residents of the United States of America (including its territories and possessions), and (c) are not located in, ordinarily resident in, or accessing the Site or App from, the European Union, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies, or any jurisdiction that is subject to U.S. or EU comprehensive sanctions (each a “Restricted Jurisdiction”).

By creating an account, signing a transaction, or otherwise using the Site or App, you represent and warrant that you meet the foregoing criteria and that you are not accessing the Site or App from a Restricted Jurisdiction, including by means of a virtual private network, proxy, anonymizer, or other technology used to obscure your true location.

We employ geolocation and anonymized-IP screening to block access from Restricted Jurisdictions. If you are located in or a resident of a Restricted Jurisdiction, you must not use the Site or App. Any use of the Site or App by a person located in or resident of a Restricted Jurisdiction is unauthorized and in breach of these Terms.

When you visit and use our Site and App, or send us emails or contact us in other ways, you are communicating with us electronically. We will communicate with you by email or by posting notices on the Site and within the App. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

The Site and App are tools that let U.S.-resident users discover one another, negotiate the terms of a peer-to-peer transaction, and construct the parameters of a smart-contract escrow that they then deploy and fund directly on-chain. The Company does not facilitate, execute, or settle any transaction; users transact directly with one another through third-party escrow smart contracts.

Without limitation, permitted uses of the software include:

• Publishing listings that describe goods or services the user is willing to sell or wishes to purchase.
• Communicating with other users about listings, transactions, or services.
• Arranging for the exchange of lawful goods or the provision of services between counterparties.
• Constructing and signing a smart-contract escrow that references a verifier the counterparties have selected.
• Acting as a verifier if selected for that role by two counterparties in a deal (see User-Selected Verifiers).
• Providing and receiving feedback about transactions and user interactions.

All activity conducted through the Site and App must be lawful in the user's jurisdiction and must not violate any applicable federal or state law of the United States. Users are solely responsible for their own activity, listings, and communications, including ensuring that no listing or transaction infringes the rights of others, involves illegal or harmful content, or otherwise misuses the software. We may suspend or terminate a user's access to the Site or App at any time, with or without notice, for any reason consistent with these Terms.

A Hopscotch-style escrow may, at the counterparties' option, designate a third party (a “Verifier”) to inspect an item or perform a verification task, whose on-chain signature may release or redirect escrowed funds under rules defined by the underlying third-party escrow smart contract.

Verifiers are selected exclusively by the counterparties to a given deal, within the group chat used to negotiate that deal. Hopscotch does not appoint, recommend, guarantee, vet, or act as a default or fallback verifier. No employee, officer, affiliate, or agent of the Company will ever be automatically designated as a verifier, and the Site and App do not contain any code path that injects a Company-controlled address into the verifier slot of any such escrow.

A Verifier is an independent third party and is not an agent, contractor, partner, employee, or representative of Hopscotch. Hopscotch is not a party to the engagement between a Verifier and the counterparties that chose them. All verification services are rendered solely on the Verifier's own judgment, and the scope, fee, and standards of the verification are as agreed between the counterparties and the Verifier.

Counterparties engaging a Verifier acknowledge that a verification reflects only the Verifier's judgment at the time of inspection on the information made available to the Verifier, and is not a warranty, guarantee, or exhaustive assessment of the condition, authenticity, legality, or value of any item or service.

All content provided on the Site and within the App is owned by or licensed to Hopscotch and/or its affiliates (the “Hopscotch Content”) and protected by United States and international copyright laws. Hopscotch and its licensors retain all proprietary rights to the Hopscotch Content. The Hopscotch Content may not be reproduced, transmitted, or distributed without the prior written consent of Hopscotch.

The Hopscotch logo is a trademark of Hopscotch and its affiliated companies.

Hopscotch grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of the Site and App, subject to these Terms. The Site, App, and any portion thereof may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, downloaded, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of Hopscotch.

You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout and form) of Hopscotch and/or its affiliates without the express written consent of Hopscotch.

You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Hopscotch's name or marks without the express written consent of Hopscotch. Any unauthorized use terminates the license granted by Hopscotch.

Certain statements included in the Site and App are forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and reflect our current expectations. As a result, forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include financial market and macro-economic risk and legal, regulatory, and jurisdictional risk, as well as those included in materials that we may from time to time file with, or furnish to, U.S. regulatory authorities, including the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

There is no assurance that any forward-looking statements will materialize. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect expectations only as of the date of this provision. Except as may be required by applicable law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

THE SITE AND APP ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THEIR OPERATION, FUNCTION, OR ANY INCLUDED CONTENT. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND APP, AND YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH ANY SMART CONTRACT, COUNTERPARTY, OR VERIFIER, ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) CONCERNING THE SITE AND APP. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE SITE, APP, OR THE SYSTEMS AND SERVERS THAT SUPPORT THEM ARE FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, OR APPROPRIATENESS OF ANY INFORMATION DISPLAYED. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE BEHAVIOR, SECURITY, OR CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF ANY THIRD-PARTY SMART CONTRACT, INCLUDING ANY THIRD-PARTY ESCROW SMART CONTRACT WITH WHICH USERS MAY INTERACT, AND WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF COUNTERPARTIES OR VERIFIERS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY AND ITS PERSONNEL SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR APP OR YOUR INTERACTION WITH ANY THIRD-PARTY SMART CONTRACT, COUNTERPARTY, OR VERIFIER, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY AND EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS UNDER THESE TERMS OR ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR APP WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF EUR €100 OR THE INTERFACE FEES YOU ACTUALLY PAID TO THE COMPANY IN THE PRIOR TWELVE (12) MONTHS. THESE LIMITATIONS ARE A FUNDAMENTAL BASIS OF THIS AGREEMENT; THE COMPANY WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE INTERFACE WITHOUT THEM.

VERIFIER SERVICES AND LIABILITY:

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT VERIFIERS ARE INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTIES SELECTED BY THE COUNTERPARTIES AND ARE NOT AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, OR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY DOES NOT PERFORM, REVIEW, OR GUARANTEE THEIR VERIFICATIONS OR DECISIONS.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AGREE THAT VERIFIERS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM THEIR VERIFICATION SERVICES, PROVIDED SUCH SERVICES WERE RENDERED IN GOOD FAITH. THIS LIMITATION DOES NOT APPLY IN CASES OF A VERIFIER'S PROVEN FRAUD, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE, AS DETERMINED BY A FINAL COURT JUDGMENT.

Disputes between counterparties and a Verifier, or between counterparties themselves, are to be resolved on-chain under the rules of the relevant third-party escrow smart contract or, where the parties elect, outside the software through arbitration or the courts. Hopscotch is not a party to any such dispute and will not adjudicate it.

These Terms, and any dispute, claim, or controversy between a user and the Company arising out of or relating to the Site, App, or these Terms (“User Disputes”), are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The courts of Ireland, sitting in Dublin, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any User Dispute, and each party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts for that purpose.

Data-protection carve-out. The Company is established in the Republic of Ireland and is the data controller for personal information we process. Our processing of your personal information is subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, “GDPR”), the UK GDPR, and related European data-protection laws, regardless of where you reside. Nothing in these Terms waives, limits, or overrides (i) any non-waivable statutory rights you may have under GDPR, UK GDPR, or other applicable data-protection laws, or (ii) your right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission or another competent supervisory authority. For matters relating to the processing of your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Terms of Service with a notice that the Terms of Service have been updated on the Website home page and App login. The date these Terms were last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and these Terms to check for any changes.

To ask questions or comment about these Terms, contact us at: