> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.projectcatalyst.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.projectcatalyst.io/open-funding/curation/curator-terms-and-conditions.md).

# Curator Terms & Conditions

*These Curator Terms supplement the Catalyst Fund Rules (“Rules”) and the Project Catalyst Terms & Conditions (“Terms”), which continue to apply to you. These Curator Terms govern the curation and reward details of the Catalyst Pilot Curation Program (“Program”). In the event of any conflict, the Terms  shall prevail. The Cardano Foundation administers the Program on behalf of Catalyst FC (collectively, "we," "us," "our").*

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**1. Acceptance.** By submitting flags through the Program, you ("Curator") confirm you have read, understood, and agree to these Curator Terms and any Program guidance provided by us. You accept these Curator Terms by registering and logging into the Program through a mandatory click-wrap agreement. 

**2.** **Eligibility.** The Program is open to a selected pool (e.g. Fund14 and Fund15 moderators, Cardano Ambassadors, and Milestone Reviewers) by invite only. Only invited Curators are eligible for reward payments. You confirm you are 18 or over and eligible to take part.

**3. Your commitments.** You will:

* submit flags accurately and in good faith, based only on the Category Brief and the Fund Rules;
* provide a genuine, specific rationale for each flag, and not box-tick without one;
* keep all proposal information confidential, during and after the Program, and not share or use it for any purpose outside the Program;
* not attempt to abuse the Program, including "ping-pong" flagging of trivial resubmissions to farm reward events, collusion with proposers, or coordinating flags with others to game rewards.

**4. Rewards.** All reward payments are discretionary and subject to our confirmation that a flag is valid and that you were first to report it.

* You earn **\[50]** ADA for each accepted flag. A flag is accepted when we agree the proposal clearly violates the Category Brief or Fund Rules (with your rationale referencing the specific item) and you were the first to flag that proposal.
* Once a flag on a proposal is accepted, later flags on the same proposal are demoted and unpaid.
* If a proposal is genuinely fixed and republished, a new accepted flag pays again; a Curator may be rewarded for the same proposal at most twice.
* The total reward pool is capped at **\[18,000]** ADA; each Curator can earn a maximum of **\[1,000]** ADA.
* Flags must be submitted by the close of the announced window, or until the pool is fully allocated, whichever comes first.
* After the stage closes, each Curator is informed of the outcome of their efforts; individual flags and their authors are never published. Our decision on whether a flag is accepted is final and binding; there is no appeals process.
* We do not guarantee payment amounts or timing, and we will not adjust payments retroactively for timing disputes or system errors.

**5. Payment, KYC, and tax.** Payment is subject to successful KYC verification; you may flag without KYC, but cannot be paid without it. Rewards are paid to the reward address set in your Curator profile, not your login or stake address. You are responsible for any taxes and for regulatory compliance in your jurisdiction. The program reserves the right to suspend services to individuals at any time in regions where carrying out operations would result in unsatisfactory regulatory compliance outcomes.

**6. Independent participant.** You take part as an independent participant. Nothing in the Program creates an employment, contractor, agency, or partnership relationship between you and us. You bear your own costs of participating.

**7. Intellectual property.** You assign to us all rights, including intellectual property rights, in the flags and materials you submit through the Program.

**8. Data and privacy.** We process your personal data (including identity and KYC information, your reward address, and your flag submissions) to run the Program, verify eligibility, and make payments, in accordance with the [Privacy Policy](https://docs.projectcatalyst.io/open-funding/fine-print/privacy-policy). Individual flags and their authors are never published; outcomes are disclosed only to the Curator who submitted the flags, after the stage closes.

**9. No warranties and limitation of liability.** The Program is provided "as is." We make no warranties about the Program, payment amounts, or timing. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability to you will not exceed the amounts paid to you under the Program, and we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including payments to a wrong wallet address provided by you.

**10. Changes and termination.** We may modify or terminate the Program, or these Curator Terms, at any time, with notice when practicable.

**11. Governing law.** These Terms are governed by the laws of Switzerland, without regard to conflict-of-laws provisions.

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