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# Panelist Terms & Conditions

These Decision Panel Terms supplement the Catalyst Fund Rules (“Rules”) and the Project Catalyst Terms & Conditions (“Terms”), which continue to apply to you. These Decision Panel Terms govern the review work and reward details of the Catalyst Pilot Decision Panel 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").

#### 1. Acceptance

By submitting reviews through the Program, you (“Panelist”) confirm you have read, understood, and agree to these Decision Panel Terms and any Program guidance provided by us. You accept these Decision Panel Terms by registering and logging into the Program through a mandatory click-wrap agreement.

#### 2. Eligibility

The Program is open to a selected pool of qualified participants whose expertise has been checked and verified by us. Invited Panelists may be eligible for reward payments. Payment eligibility and process details will be communicated separately to each individual Panelist once the final panel lineup has been confirmed.

Panelists who have submitted a proposal to the Catalyst Pilot funding round, or who are closely associated with a submitted proposal, are disqualified from participating in the Program.

You confirm you are at least 18 years old and eligible to participate.

#### 3. Your commitments

You will:

* submit reviews accurately and in good faith, based only on the applicable Panelist Guidance, Fund Rules, and Program documentation;
* provide a genuine, specific rationale for each score or judgment, 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 any collusion with proposers or other Panelists, or coordinating reviews to influence rewards or outcomes inappropriately;
* declare any conflict of interest with an assigned proposal and decline that assignment in the platform for reallocation, rather than reviewing it.

#### 4. Rewards

All reward payments are discretionary and subject to our confirmation that your reviews meet Program quality and completeness standards.

* Panel service is compensated in two parts: a base honorarium of **\[500]** ADA for completing your assigned review batch, and **\[75]** ADA for each accepted review.
* A review is accepted when it is complete, consistent with the Panelist Guidance and Fund Rules, and submitted through the designated platform within the announced window. Reviews that do not meet minimum quality, completeness, or timing requirements are not accepted and are unpaid.
* The base honorarium pays only on a completed batch (as adjusted for any assignments declined and reallocated under the conflict rules). Accepting the role and not completing your assignment forfeits it.
* Each Panelist can earn a maximum of **\[2,000]** ADA (the base plus **\[75]** × the maximum batch of **\[20]** reviews). The total reward pool is capped at **\[50,000]** ADA; in the event accepted totals would exceed the pool, payments are reduced pro rata.
* Assigned batch sizes depend on the number of eligible proposals and the size of the panel: your batch may be smaller than the maximum of **\[20]**, and compensation follows the work actually assigned to you and accepted. The figures in this section are upper bounds, not guaranteed amounts.
* Only external Panelists receive compensation. Cardano Foundation personnel serve on the panel unpaid.
* Rewards are computed once, after the stage closes, from the accepted-work record, and paid in a single distribution. Payment requires completed identity verification (KYC); see section 5.
* After the stage closes, each Panelist is informed of the outcome of their reviews. Our decision on whether a review is accepted is final and no appeals will be considered.
* 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&#x20;

Payment is subject to successful KYC verification; you may participate without KYC, but cannot be paid without it. Rewards are paid to the reward address set in your 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 reviews, scores and materials you submit through the Program. We reserve the right to provide participating projects with a generalised summary of Panelist feedback. This feedback loop is designed to support project development and thus all individual reviews will be aggregated and anonymized to ensure no individual Panelist can be identified.&#x20;

#### 8. Data and privacy

We process your personal data (including identity and KYC information, your reward address, and your review submissions) to run the Program, verify eligibility, and make payments, in accordance with the [Privacy Policy](/open-funding/fine-print/privacy-policy.md). Individual reviews, scores, and their authors are never published or attributed; outcomes are disclosed only to the Panelist who submitted the reviews, after the stage closes. Aggregated, anonymized feedback may be shared with projects as described in section 7.

#### 9. No warranties and limitation of liability&#x20;

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 amend, suspend, or terminate the Program or these Decision Panel Terms at any time.&#x20;

#### 11. Governing law

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

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