> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://doc.cryptostone.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://doc.cryptostone.org/ecosystem-and-future/44_legal_and_investment_disclaimers.md).

# 44 Legal and Investment Disclaimers

CryptoStone does not provide ownership, redemption rights, or collateral rights to real gemstones. CryptoStone Gem NFTs are not claims to real gemstones, but digital gemstone assets mined on-chain.

CryptoStone’s staking and lock-up structures are not designed to provide fixed income, interest, dividends, or investment returns. Depositing STONX into mining pools is a protocol participation activity to obtain opportunities to mine Gem NFTs, and does not guarantee any specific return rate or market price appreciation.

Holding or staking STONX does not guarantee specific returns, dividends, interest, price appreciation, or NFT resale profits. Gem NFTs are collectible digital assets, and their market value may change according to the subjective evaluation and demand of external market participants.

PoM is not a separate investment asset, bond, income right, point, or tradable token. PoM is an internal protocol indicator showing whether a user has accumulated mining work in a specific stone pool, and cannot be converted between pools or transferred externally.

CryptoStone also does not promise any specific return rate, price appreciation, principal guarantee, or market liquidity. The value of CryptoStone may be formed according to collecting demand, perception of rarity, trading activity, and ecosystem expansion by market participants.

The numbers and formulas presented in this whitepaper are initial design values for implementing the concept of decentralized digital gemstones. They do not perfectly express all economic, cultural, and gemological elements of the real gemstone market, nor can they be considered a complete economic model of the ecosystem.

| Risk                                     | Description                                                                                                                     |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Smart contract vulnerability             | Possibility of code errors or hacking                                                                                           |
| Randomness generation risk               | Dependence on randomness infrastructure or implementation errors                                                                |
| Insufficient NFT market demand           | Possibility that collecting demand may not be sufficient                                                                        |
| Insufficient STONX liquidity             | Possibility of insufficient exchange and DEX liquidity                                                                          |
| Regulatory changes                       | Changes in digital asset regulations by jurisdiction                                                                            |
| Mainnet expansion failure                | Possibility that the long-term roadmap may not be realized                                                                      |
| Uncertainty in rarity evaluation         | Possibility that the market may evaluate rarity differently                                                                     |
| Initial parameter risk                   | Possibility that parameters may function differently from actual market demand                                                  |
| Burn burden                              | Claim Burn and Maturity Burn may become a burden to participants                                                                |
| Initial volatility in public circulation | Initial market price volatility may be high under the market-facing allocation structure                                        |
| LP structure risk                        | Trust issues may arise regarding initial liquidity supply and LP handling                                                       |
| Expansion module risk                    | Later functions such as refinement, marketplace, ranking, and collection quest may operate differently from the intended design |

Therefore, CryptoStone should be implemented carefully through technical, economic, and legal review.


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