Legal & Compliance Considerations
Slice is a neutral dispute resolution infrastructure designed to facilitate human judgment and on-chain execution. It is not a court, not a legal arbitrator, and does not provide legal advice.
1. Role of the Protocol
Slice:
provides tools for human dispute resolution,
enforces outcomes programmatically,
and operates as neutral infrastructure.
Slice does not:
interpret laws,
determine legal liability,
or replace legal systems.
2. Arbitration vs. Legal Proceedings
Disputes resolved through Slice:
are not court rulings,
do not constitute legal judgments,
and do not replace formal arbitration unless explicitly agreed by the parties.
Slice enables contractual dispute resolution, not statutory enforcement.
3. Jurisdiction and Governing Rules
Slice operates as a decentralized protocol.
Disputes are governed by protocol-defined rules and smart contract logic, which act as the primary source of authority for resolution and execution.
Unless an integrating platform explicitly specifies additional legal terms at the application layer, the protocol itself does not define or enforce jurisdictional law.
4. Jurors and Responsibility
Jurors:
act as independent participants,
express personal judgment based on provided evidence,
and are not agents, employees, or representatives of Slice.
Slice does not endorse, validate, or assume responsibility for individual juror decisions.
5. Compliance and Integrations
Compliance requirements:
depend on the integrating platform,
the applicable jurisdiction,
and the nature of the underlying transaction.
Slice is designed to integrate with:
identity and verification solutions,
KYC/AML providers,
and compliance frameworks,
when required by integrators or ecosystem rules.
6. Regulatory Scope
Slice does not:
custody user funds beyond protocol execution,
provide financial or legal advice,
or operate as a regulated financial intermediary.
Responsibility for regulatory compliance remains with:
platforms integrating Slice,
or users deploying it in regulated environments.
7. User Responsibility and “As-Is” Disclaimer
Slice is provided on an “as-is” basis.
Outcomes result from:
independent human judgment,
and protocol-defined rules executed automatically.
Users and integrators are responsible for:
assessing whether Slice is appropriate for their use case,
understanding the economic and operational risks involved,
and determining how dispute outcomes should be interpreted within their own legal or business context.
8. Transparency and Auditability
All dispute rules and outcomes are:
defined upfront,
enforced by smart contracts,
and publicly verifiable on-chain.
This transparency supports:
auditability,
accountability,
and regulatory review where applicable.
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