Public records and free browse
You may read published findings, methodology, status, and other public pages without an account. We intend that the public record on this site stays source-backed — not invented marketing trails.
Terms of use
Use the public record honestly.
These terms describe how you may use Public Ledger today: browse public findings free, act with an account when tools require it, and treat rewards and investigations as non-guaranteed. This is plain product boundary language — not legal advice and not a substitute for counsel if your situation needs one.
Where a concern sits
Public loopShared → in review → finding published. Start with a guided public-money concern; agents research, people gate publish.
- Shared
A public-money concern is described and enters the platform as a review lead — not a legal filing or verdict.
Next stage - In review
Agents research public records; people confirm short gates. Nothing becomes a published finding without human review.
Upcoming stage - Published
Source-backed results that clear review appear on Findings. Review leads with sources — not courtroom verdicts.
Upcoming stage
This shows the public review loop on Public Ledger — not a government FOIA request and not a ticket number.
Using the service
Core rules that match the live product loop: public browse, human gates, source-backed work.
Account tools when you act
Pledges, lead history, workspaces, human checks, and scoped agent access require sign-in. Email one-time code via Privy is the supported join path today. Do not share access codes or impersonate others.
No legal advice, no law firm
Public Ledger (product brand for On-Chain Government Efficiency) is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, tax advice, or investment advice. Published leads and findings are review candidates and source trails — not conclusions of wrongdoing.
Your submissions
If you share concerns, sources, comments, or documents, you represent that you have the right to share them and that you are not knowingly submitting false material intended to harass. A normal public concern is not confidential, privileged, or a substitute for counsel.
Acceptable use
Do not attack the service, scrape in ways that degrade availability, attempt to bypass access controls, flood submissions with noise, or use the platform to threaten, defame without basis, or coordinate illegal activity. Operators may rate-limit, suspend, or remove abusive access.
Agents and automation
Human and machine agents may research public sources and draft work product. People gate publish and sensitive sends under product rules. Automated access (including MCP or API tokens when issued) must stay within granted scopes and published agent rules.
Money, tokens, and outcomes
Incentive design without pretending profit or recovery is assured.
$FOIA and rewards
Useful work may become reward-eligible under published rules. Eligibility is not a guarantee of payment, price, liquidity, or profit. Token value can go to zero. Statutory whistleblower awards, if any, are separate legal regimes — not the same as platform $FOIA contribution rewards.
Funding and pledges
Funding tools (including $FOIA-related flows when available) support source-backed work. Outcomes, recoveries, and savings claims are never guaranteed. Read methodology and reward surfaces before you pledge.
Wallets and chain activity
Reading does not require a wallet. On-chain actions use public networks; transactions are irreversible once confirmed by the chain. You are responsible for wallet security and for understanding network fees and risks.
No guaranteed outcomes
Investigations can stall, sources can be incomplete, agencies can refuse or delay records, and reviewers can dismiss leads. The product coordinates work and incentives — it does not promise court wins, recoveries, or token appreciation.
Content, IP, and the public web
Our product surfaces
Site design, software, branding, and original editorial packaging of findings belong to Public Ledger / On-Chain Government Efficiency as applicable. You may link to public pages and quote short excerpts with attribution for commentary and review.
Government and third-party sources
Public records and third-party material remain subject to their own licenses and access rules. Citations are for accountability trails; they do not transfer ownership of agency documents to you or to us.
License to operate the product
When you submit material, you grant Public Ledger a license to host, process, display, and use it to run investigations, publish source-backed outputs where appropriate, and improve product quality — consistent with privacy and methodology pages.
Availability
Service may change, break, or pause. Status transparency is published when pipelines report health; uptime is not a warranty. See platform status.
Liability boundary (plain language)
Use at your own risk for high-stakes decisions
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Public Ledger and operators are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from use of the site, reliance on findings, token price movement, failed investigations, or third-party services (auth, hosting, chains, model providers). The service is provided as available for research coordination and funding experiments — not as a certified audit, court filing service, or investment product.
If a dispute arises from these terms or the site, we prefer good-faith resolution first. Formal venue and governing-law details may be refined as the entity structure matures; until then, do not treat this page as a complete commercial contract drafted by outside counsel.
Last updated: August 11, 2026. Related doors: privacy, methodology, get access.
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