Terms.

The Line is an entertainment product: a global digital queue with no destination. There is no service being delivered to you in the conventional sense. There is a number, a position, and a public theatre around them. By taking a number you acknowledge that this is the entirety of what you are paying for.

You must be at least 18 years old, of legal age in your jurisdiction, and legally able to enter into a binding contract. You must not be located in a jurisdiction where participation in a paid digital queue is restricted by law. By taking a number you represent and warrant that this is true.

The Line does not have user accounts, passwords, or email-based authentication. When you first take a number, your browser generates a random identifier and stores it locally. That identifier is the only thing tying any action on the site to you.

You are solely responsible for that identifier. If you clear your browser data, switch browsers or devices, use private browsing, or otherwise lose access to the identifier, your number, your unspent credits, and any reign you held are permanently and irrecoverably lost. We have no method to verify a claim of ownership over a lost identifier and we will not attempt to.

Entry to the line costs $10, which grants your place in the line and credits your wallet with 100 credits to spend on in-product actions. Subsequent in-product actions (skip ahead, dethrone, redact) are denominated in credits, where 1 credit equals $0.10. Top-ups are subject to a $10 minimum. All prices are in USD and exclusive of any taxes or network fees that may apply.

Payments are processed in cryptocurrency via NOWPayments, our third-party payment processor. The list of accepted cryptocurrencies is shown to you at the checkout page. By paying you acknowledge that you are sending cryptocurrency and that all on-chain transactions are final and irreversible at the blockchain layer. Failed or incorrectly-sent transactions cannot be recovered by us.

Credits have no cash value, are non-transferable, and cannot be redeemed for money, cryptocurrency, or any other asset. They exist solely to spend on actions within The Line.

All payments are final. We do not issue refunds. This includes, without limitation:

• Unspent credits.
• Being dethroned by another user, regardless of how close you were to a 7-day reign.
• Having your Hall of Fame entry redacted by another user under the redaction mechanism described on /about.
• Loss of access to your number due to clearing browser data, switching devices, or any other identity-related cause.
• Subjective dissatisfaction with the line, the queue, the ordering, the speed, the price curve, or any other aspect of the product as it exists.

When you hold the throne you may post a message ("plaque") visible to all visitors. If you survive seven continuous days at #1 your plaque is enshrined permanently in the Hall of Fame. By posting a plaque you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable license to display it on this site and in shareable imagery (Open Graph cards) for the lifetime of the site.

You are solely responsible for what you write. You agree not to post content that is illegal in our operating jurisdiction, infringes on third-party rights, contains personal information about identifiable individuals other than yourself (doxxing), or constitutes a credible threat of violence.

The Line does not run an automated content filter on plaques. The throne is regulated by price: any user who pays the current coup price may take #1 and overwrite the plaque. The Hall of Fame is regulated by the redaction mechanism described on /about: any user who pays 3× the king's lifetime spend may replace an entry's words with [REDACTED].

We reserve the right to unilaterally redact any entry that contains content we believe to be illegal under our operating jurisdiction, including but not limited to child sexual abuse material, doxxing, credible threats of violence, or content required to be removed by a valid legal order. Every such redaction is logged at /redactions. Emergency redactions are not refundable to anyone.

The Line publicly discloses certain non-real elements of the experience on /about, including a fixed cosmetic offset added to displayed ranks and automated "ghost" entries appended to the back of the line. By taking a number you acknowledge having been informed of these elements before paying.

The service is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and any warranty arising out of course of dealing or usage of trade. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of vulnerabilities.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability to you under or in connection with these terms shall not exceed the total amount you have paid to The Line in the twelve months preceding the claim. We shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the operator of The Line from any claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of content you post, your breach of these terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right.

We may update these terms at any time by posting a new version on this page with a new "last updated" date. Material changes will be communicated via the homepage. Continued use of the service after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the operator of The Line is incorporated. Any disputes arising out of or relating to these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of that jurisdiction.

For legal notices and emergency-redaction requests only, contact us in writing at the address published on the site footer once incorporation is finalized. We do not provide customer support, payment support, or account-recovery assistance.