Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of AsterScan (aster-scan.com), a community-operated blockchain explorer for Aster Chain, built and maintained by Kairos Lab.

By accessing or using AsterScan, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

1. Nature of the Service

AsterScan is an independent, community-driven blockchain explorer. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Aster Chain core team, AsterDEX, or any related entity.

AsterScan displays publicly available on-chain data from Aster Chain (Chain ID: 1996). It does not execute transactions, hold funds, provide custody, or offer financial services of any kind.

1.1 — "Mirror on AsterDEX" deep-link buttons

Some pages display a "Mirror on AsterDEX →" button. Clicking the button opens AsterDEX (a separate, third-party platform) in a new browser tab with the symbol and side pre-filled in the URL. AsterScan does not execute, broker, route, custody, or settle any trade through these deep-links. All trading decisions, signatures, and order submissions occur on AsterDEX with your own wallet, on your own responsibility.

AsterScan participates in the AsterDEX referral program. The deep-link URL may include a referral code identifying AsterScan as the source. The fee rebate AsterScan earns from your trading activity (when applicable) does not affect the fees you pay — the rebate is paid by AsterDEX out of its own fee share. You are not charged any additional amount for using a Mirror button vs. visiting AsterDEX directly.

1.2 — Aster Code builder program

AsterScan is a registered builder under the Aster Code program. As a builder, AsterScan may, in future product surfaces, offer trade-execution interfaces that route orders to AsterDEX's clearinghouse with the AsterScan builder address attached for fee attribution.

When such an interface is offered, the flow is as follows:

• You connect your Aster Chain wallet to AsterScan via a one-time, on-chain authorization (approveAgent + approveBuilder). You set the maximum builder fee rate AsterScan may charge (maxFeeRate cap).
• You can revoke either authorization at any time via the AsterDEX UI or the DELETE /fapi/v3/agent and DELETE /fapi/v3/builder endpoints.
• Each order you submit through AsterScan's trading UI is signed by your AsterScan agent wallet (delegated authority you granted via approveAgent) and routed to /fapi/v3/order on AsterDEX with our builder address and fee rate stamped on the order.
• AsterScan does not custody your funds. All collateral remains in your AsterDEX account; we hold only the agent-wallet authorization to submit orders, capped by your maxFeeRate and the agent permissions you granted (which you can scope to spot-only, perp-only, or both).
• The builder fee, when collected, is paid by AsterDEX out of its own fee share once daily. You pay the AsterDEX trading fees as you would directly on AsterDEX. The builder fee is capped by your maxFeeRate — you set the maximum during approveBuilder.

Until an in-app trading UI is offered, this section describes a planned product that may be activated in a future release. The Mirror deep-link buttons described in §1.1 are AsterScan's current trade-related surface.

2. No Financial or Investment Advice

Nothing on AsterScan constitutes financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. On-chain data, analytics, price feeds, metrics, and any feature labeled “Beta” are provided for informational purposes only. You are solely responsible for your own decisions and due diligence.

3. Accuracy and Availability

3.1 — Data Accuracy

AsterScan sources data from Aster Chain nodes and third-party APIs. While we strive for accuracy, we make no guarantees that displayed data is complete, accurate, or current. Blockchain reorganizations, node delays, API failures, or indexing errors may cause temporary discrepancies.

3.2 — Service Availability

AsterScan is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time without notice.

3.3 — Beta Features

Features labeled “Beta” are experimental and may be incomplete, contain errors, or be removed at any time. Use beta features at your own risk.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Attempt to disrupt, overload, or interfere with AsterScan's infrastructure
• Scrape, mirror, or systematically extract any portion of the Service by automated means (bots, crawlers, headless browsers, residential-proxy farms, datacenter IP rotation, distributed-ledger scrapers, etc.) at any rate
• Bypass technical protections — including rotating IPs to evade rate limits, spoofing user-agents, forging session cookies, abusing API keys belonging to other accounts, attempting to circumvent the watermarking or canary-token systems, or probing honeypot endpoints
• Use AsterScan's data — in raw, transformed, or aggregated form — to train, fine-tune, or evaluate machine-learning or AI models without prior written permission
• Resell, republish, or repackage the Service or any of its proprietary derived signals to any third party
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to AsterScan's systems or backend
• Use AsterScan to facilitate illegal activity
• Misrepresent your identity or affiliation with Kairos Lab or AsterScan

We reserve the right to block, rate-limit, or permanently ban any user or IP address that violates these terms, and to pursue civil and/or criminal remedies under the jurisdiction of the user's residence and the place of redistribution.

5. Intellectual Property

5.1 — Our Content

The AsterScan interface, design, branding, and original content are the property of Kairos Lab. You may not copy, modify, or redistribute these elements without written permission.

5.2 — Blockchain Data

Raw on-chain data displayed by AsterScan (blocks, transactions, validator state, oracle feeds) is publicly available and not subject to our intellectual property claims. You are free to access this data independently through any Aster Chain node.

5.3 — Proprietary Derived Signals

The following are original compilations of public data through statistical models, heuristics, and curated intelligence developed and maintained by Kairos Lab. They are subject to copyright and database-rights protection in the EU, US, and applicable jurisdictions:

• Smart Money Mirror — per-trader accuracy aggregates, Wilson confidence intervals, Signal Score composite, per-symbol breakdowns, behavioral fingerprinting
• Liquidation Forecaster — cascade scenarios, position concentration metrics
• Validator X-Ray — slashing-risk scores, posture metrics, halt-risk forecasts, performance regression detection
• Iceberg Hunter — split-order detection heuristics
• Private Mirror — privacy-mode adoption heatmaps and rankings
• Alpha Synthesizer outputs — multi-signal correlated narratives
• AI-generated wallet profiles — natural-language characterizations of trading strategy
• Governance vote-tracking aggregates — per-validator voting records, predictions of proposal outcomes

Reproduction, redistribution, mirroring, or use to train any algorithmic system requires prior written permission. Citation in journalism, research, or reporting is permitted with attribution to aster-scan.com and a hyperlink to the source page.

5.4 — Watermarking and Forensic Recovery

Every response from our proprietary endpoints embeds a forensic watermark composed of an HMAC over the requesting identity (IP-derived hash or SIWE wallet address) and the hour of access. Any redistribution of our data outside the permissions above is therefore traceable to the originating source within ±1 hour precision.

We monitor public sources for matches against our watermark database. When a match is found, we will (at our sole discretion) issue DMCA takedowns, contact the hosting provider, contact the network operator, pursue cease-and-desist, and, where applicable, pursue civil and criminal remedies.

5.5 — Embeddable Widgets

AsterScan provides embeddable widgets for third-party use. By embedding our widgets, you agree not to modify their content or remove attribution. We reserve the right to revoke embed access at any time.

6. Infrastructure Donations

AsterScan accepts voluntary cryptocurrency donations to support infrastructure and operating costs.

• Donations are entirely voluntary and carry no expectation of service, access, priority, or reward
• Donations are non-refundable — once a transaction is confirmed on-chain, it cannot be reversed
• Donations are publicly verifiable on Aster Chain at the wallet address displayed on the site
• Donating does not create any contractual relationship, membership, or entitlement
• Kairos Lab makes no representations about how donated funds are allocated beyond general infrastructure support

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:

• AsterScan and Kairos Lab are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of (or inability to use) the service
• This includes, without limitation, damages resulting from data inaccuracies, service interruptions, lost profits, or reliance on any information displayed on AsterScan
• AsterScan is not liable for any losses related to cryptocurrency transactions, investments, or trading decisions made using information from this site

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

AsterScan is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

9. Third-Party Links and Services

AsterScan may contain links to third-party websites or reference third-party APIs. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of any third-party services.

10. Governing Law

These Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with applicable law. Any disputes arising from or related to these Terms or your use of AsterScan shall be resolved through good-faith negotiation before any formal proceedings.

11. Modifications

We reserve the right to update these Terms at any time. Changes take effect upon publication on this page. Continued use of AsterScan after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

12. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force and effect.

13. Contact

For questions about these Terms:

• X (Twitter): @Kairos_lab_org
• GitHub: github.com/Valisthea