Marketplace Acceptable Use Policy

Version 0.1 — 2026-07-28

For renters

You may not use rented hardware to:

• Send unsolicited bulk email (spam) or otherwise violate CAN-SPAM / equivalent laws.
• Scan, probe, or otherwise attack hosts you don't have explicit written authorization for.
• Host or distribute malware, illegal content (CSAM, instructions for violent crime, etc.), or content that violates the IP rights of others.
• Run crypto mining workloads unless the listing explicitly allows it. The listing card shows "Crypto OK" if so.
• Run anything that violates the laws of the rental's country (see the country flag on the listing).

For providers

You may not:

• Inspect renter workloads beyond what is reasonably necessary to keep the box running (e.g. reading SMART data is fine; strace -p on a renter process is not).
• Re-sell or sublease your hardware on the marketplace via accounts you don't own.
• Advertise specs that materially differ from what our verification probe finds. Drift > 2GB of RAM or any core count change blocks publishing.
• Hold renter data hostage. At rental end, you must let our cleanup playbook tear down the mp-renter user; you may NOT preserve their home dir.

Reporting abuse

Report abuse to [email protected]. Include the listing or rental ID and any supporting evidence. Critical abuse (CSAM, active attacks, fraud) is investigated within 4 hours; everything else within 2 business days.

Consequences

First-time, low-severity violations get a warning. Repeat or serious violations result in: rental termination (renter is refunded for unused time), listing suspension (provider keeps already-earned payouts), or full marketplace ban.