Platform Service Contract & Automated Governance Protocol
Last Updated: October 20, 2026 | Version 9.4.41
The Gavel Protocol & Smart Governance
By registering an account or accessing CipherPod via web or mobile, you explicitly agree to be legally bound by Automated Community Consensus Decisions executed by "The Gavel" (Automated Platform Resolver). Governance decisions—including the 50% Consensus Reset Rule, E-Studio Procurement Approvals, Content Review Gates, and the 12-hour Treasury Veto Window—are programmatic, immutable, and final.
1. Intermediary Status & Dual Gateway Scope
CipherPod is owned and operated by ACE OF COSMOS prop. CipherPod operates strictly as an Interactive E-Commerce Infrastructure Provider, Technical Intermediary, and Digital Content Platform. Users may access platform services, initialize production projects, acquire creator access passes, and manage media content through both the CipherPod Web Gateway and the CipherPod Mobile Security Layer.
Safe Harbor Protection: Under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (India) and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (United States), CipherPod is an automated hosting service provider and technical escrow operator. CipherPod does not initiate, endorse, verify, or guarantee user-generated production projects, peer communications, or commercial creative choices made by platform participants.
2. System Definitions & Strict Regulatory Nomenclature
To ensure full compliance with global commercial frameworks and eliminate regulatory ambiguity, system identifiers within the platform interface, web application, and mobile interfaces are defined strictly as follows:
Creator Access Passes / C-Passes / Access Badges: Defined strictly as Peer-to-Peer Production Access Licenses (PPAL). A C-Pass represents a digital contractual license granting the holder a specified pro-rata share of future media performance royalties generated within the platform's enclosed ecosystem. C-Passes do not represent corporate stock, equity shares, debt securities, ownership stakes in legal corporate entities, or financial instruments under any global regulatory framework.
Cipher Credits ): Non-refundable, digital consumer platform utility credits used exclusively within the platform interface to procure Production Access Licenses, fund E-Studio procurement proposals, and unlock premium media content.
E-Production Project: An autonomous digital media production block initialized on the platform by a Business Creator for content execution, media distribution, and reward collection.
Business Creator: A platform user who initializes an E-Production Project block, issues Production Access Licenses, and manages creative execution.
Pass Holder / Supporter: A verified platform user who holds one or more valid Production Access Licenses (C-Passes) for a specific E-Production Project block, holding community voting rights and content reward entitlements.
Supporter Exchange Portal: The peer-to-peer digital production pass portal within the platform where Supporters list and exchange project Production Access Licenses.
PPAL Procurement / Production Allocation: The process of acquiring Production Access Licenses to support an E-Production Project block.
Access to wallet operations, E-Production block initialization, pass exchanges on the Supporter Portal, and earned revenue withdrawals requires successful completion of the platform's mandatory Multi-Tiered Identity Verification (KYC) protocol.
Age Restriction: Users must be at least 18 years of age (or the legal age of majority in their legal jurisdiction) to participate in pass procurement, exchange, or project creation.
Automated Biometric & Document Audit: Users consent to the processing of official government identification (including Indian PAN and Aadhaar records, or international equivalents) and real-time facial biometrics evaluated by automated machine learning systems ("AI Judge"). Automated clearance requires a minimum confidence score exceeding 90%. Records falling below this threshold are routed to secondary manual review.
Cryptographic Identity Hashing & Anti-Sybil Rules: Upon successful onboarding, the system generates an irreversible, cryptographic metadata hash of the user's biometrics and document parameters. To prevent systemic identity fraud, multi-accounting, and wash trading, users are strictly limited to one unique verified account across the platform. Any attempt to re-register using duplicate identity documents or biometric structures will result in an immediate, system-wide, permanent account freeze without right of appeal.
The CipherPod wallet infrastructure is divided into distinct, isolated ledger components to maintain capital integrity and statutory compliance across mobile and web gateways:
Deposit Wallet (Cipher Credits ):
Mobile Gateway: Users worldwide convert funds into Cipher Credits via Google Play In-App Billing.
Web Gateway: Indian users may convert funds into Cipher Credits by specifying custom deposit amounts processed via the Razorpay Payment Gateway. International web users are routed to the mobile gateway for Google Play processing.
NON-REFUNDABILITY: All funds processed through top-up channels convert immediately and irrevocably into digital consumer platform credits designated solely for allocation toward E-Production Projects and media unlocks. Deposit Wallet deposit credits are strictly NON-REFUNDABLE, non-withdrawable, and non-transferable to fiat currency under any circumstances. A mandatory 48-hour maturity holding window applies to newly converted deposit credits prior to allocation. Users are explicitly cautioned to convert only the exact sums they intend to deploy within the platform ecosystem.
Creator Treasury Wallet: Escrowed funds accumulated from primary pass issuances for an E-Production Project block. Creator Treasury funds are locked in escrow and cannot be directly withdrawn by the Business Creator. Treasury funds may only be disbursed to verified third-party vendors (e.g., Amazon, AI service providers) or cash accounts upon passed community proposals.
Earned Revenue Ledger: Represents verified, realized net earnings accumulated from secondary pass exchanges on the Supporter Portal, pay-per-view video unlocks, media downloads, and brand collaboration settlements. Only balances held within the audited Earned Revenue Ledger are eligible for outward fiat remittance or bank withdrawal, subject to identity clearing and minimum payout thresholds.
To prevent creator misallocation or embezzlement of project funds, all expenditures from an E-Production Project's Creator Treasury Wallet—including physical hardware purchases, AI production service subscriptions, and direct cash disbursements for production expenses—are strictly governed by automated escrow and Pass Holder voting rules.
Project Visibility Lock: Business Creators may initialize an E-Production Project as Private or Public. A Business Creator may convert a Private project to Public during initialization. However, once an E-Production Project is converted to Public or receives community support, it CANNOT be converted back to Private under any circumstances, ensuring complete transparency for all Supporters.
Anti-Double-Pledging & Project Exclusivity: To protect Supporters against royalty dilution and financial misrepresentation, Business Creators are strictly prohibited from simultaneously listing, initializing, or soliciting funds for the exact same E-Production Project, creative IP, or video production asset on any third-party platform or external crowdfunding service. Any attempt to double-pledge project assets or cross-list active production blocks constitutes a material breach of contract, resulting in immediate project freezing, asset re-allocation, and permanent identity disqualification across CipherPod.
Creators must submit structured procurement proposals detailing vendor costs and item specifications. Each proposal is subject to a 12-hour Community Veto Window. A proposal passes only if it achieves a majority approval (>50% consensus) from active Pass Holders holding Production Access Licenses.
CRITICAL CLAUSE: E-PRODUCTION PROJECT ASSET OWNERSHIP & RE-ALLOCATION RIGHTS
1. Project Ownership: Any and all physical equipment, hardware, production gear, cameras, computing assets (procured via vendor fulfillment networks including Amazon), as well as digital AI production licenses or generated digital assets acquired using funds from an E-Production Project's Creator Treasury Wallet, are the exclusive property of the E-Production Project Block Entity, and NOT the personal property of the individual Business Creator.
2. Repossession & Re-allocation: In the event of a project dispute, creator default, failure to deliver content milestones, abandonment, or account suspension, CipherPod and the project's Pass Holders reserve the absolute legal right to freeze, repossess, or revoke access to all procured physical hardware and digital AI assets associated with the project.
3. Supporter Reset Voting: Upon asset repossession or project deactivation, disposition of repossessed items shall be determined exclusively by a community consensus vote of the project's Pass Holders. License holders may elect to sell, auction, reassign, or reallocate the assets, with net proceeds credited pro-rata to the Pass Holders' Earned Revenue Ledgers.
Peer-to-peer secondary exchange of Production Access Licenses on the Supporter Portal is governed by automated safeguards designed to prevent price manipulation and preserve stability:
The 7-Day Anti-Wash Rule: Users who sell Production Access Licenses for a specific E-Production Project are strictly prohibited from re-purchasing passes of the same project for a period of 7 calendar days from the transaction timestamp.
Price Corridor Controls: Secondary listing prices are restricted to an automated corridor band of ±10% of the Last Traded Price (LTP) to prevent artificial price manipulation.
Smart FIFO Lock: Newly acquired Production Access Licenses are subject to a 48-hour transfer lock before they can be re-listed on the open Supporter Portal.
Market Risk Acknowledgment: Pass values are calculated using volume-weighted bonding curves. CipherPod does not guarantee, fix, or back the secondary exchange value of any pass. Pass values fluctuate based purely on media performance and open market demand, and can lose value up to total loss.
7. Content Moderation, Paywall Unlocks & Post Deletion Governance
Media distribution on CipherPod includes Normal Posts, Exclusive Pay-Per-View Posts, and Brand Collaboration Deals, subject to strict automated pre-screening and governance hierarchy:
Automated Machine Learning Pre-Screening: All video uploads undergo real-time frame analysis via automated Machine Learning Scanners prior to publication. Content containing explicit nudity, pornography, extreme graphic violence, terrorism, or illegal activities is automatically flagged and blocked prior to upload completion.
Ephemeral Storage: Normal User Posts are stored on ephemeral storage tiers and automatically purged after 24 hours unless promoted to permanent project archives.
Content Review Queue & Dynamic Paywalls: Exclusive media posts submitted by creators are reviewed by the project's Pass Holders. Unlocking prices and download fees are determined dynamically via algorithmic formulas. Net revenue collected from paywalls is programmatically distributed between the creator's ledger, the Supporter rewards pool, and platform maintenance fees.
Granular Post Deletion Authority:
E-Production Project Posts (Exclusive & Downloadable): Created by Business Creators, but the power to approve or delete these posts belongs exclusively to the project's Pass Holders (License Holders) via the project review queue. Business Creators cannot unilaterally delete project posts once submitted to Pass Holders.
Brand Collaboration Posts: Sponsorship posts can only be deleted by the sponsoring Brand User who funded the collaboration escrow.
Normal User Posts: Basic, non-funded posts created by general (non-business) users can be freely deleted at any time by the posting user.
Brand Collaboration Escrow & 30% Kill Fee: Sponsorship funds committed by brand partners are held in platform escrow during content creation. If a brand partner arbitrarily rejects a completed collaboration draft post-upload without valid cause, a mandatory 30% Kill Fee is automatically disbursed to the Business Creator, with remaining escrowed funds returned to the brand partner.
8. Statutory Tax Compliance (India & Global)
In full compliance with statutory tax regulations under the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961 (specifically Sections 194S and 194O):
Mandatory TDS Withholding: A statutory 1% Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) is automatically withheld at the time of settlement on all qualifying creative access pass transactions, Supporter Exchange trades, and earnings disbursements for users operating within Indian tax jurisdiction. Annual transaction volumes are logged and reported in accordance with statutory requirements. Users in all global jurisdictions remain individually responsible for declaring and paying any local income, gains, or sales taxes arising from platform activities.
9. Data Privacy, Encryption & Cryptographic Shredding
CipherPod complies with applicable data protection laws, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA - India) and global privacy standards.
Sensitive user metadata and transaction logs stored in analytical warehouses are secured using field-level AES-256-GCM encryption paired with user-specific cryptographic keys. Upon verified account termination or deletion request, the user's cryptographic key is permanently destroyed ("Cryptographic Shredding"). This renders all historical analytical logs unreadable, anonymized noise, fulfilling statutory right-to-be-forgotten obligations while maintaining ledger integrity.
10. System Market Halts & Limitation of Liability
CipherPod utilizes distributed database architectures, Cloud Functions, and third-party vendor APIs (including Google Cloud, Amazon fulfillment, Razorpay, Google Play, AI synthesis providers, and Cloudinary media delivery networks).
Market Halt Rights: CipherPod reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to execute temporary Supporter Exchange halts, adjust transfer percentage corridors, or pause proposal processing during technical maintenance, database synchronization lags, or detected high-frequency anomaly bursts.
Limitation of Liability: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, ACE OF COSMOS prop. and its operators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, or digital access pass values resulting from system downtimes, third-party vendor failures, or community governance outcomes. Platform liability for direct claims shall be strictly capped at the total platform service fees collected from the claimant in the preceding 3-month period.
11. Project Deactivation & Ghost State
E-Production Projects that undergo reset or deactivation enter an immutable "Ghost State." Outstanding royalty claims are frozen onto the project's permanent digital Tombstone. Pass Holders must claim final royalty distributions from the Tombstone within 24 calendar months following project deactivation. Any royalties remaining unclaimed after 24 months are permanently forfeited to platform infrastructure maintenance shards.
12. Governing Law & Binding Arbitration
This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
Exclusive Jurisdiction & Arbitration: Any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms, the platform infrastructure, or transactions executed on CipherPod shall be settled exclusively through Binding Arbitration in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 of India. The seat and venue of arbitration shall be Sri Vijaya Puram, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. The language of arbitration shall be English.