> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.altura.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Legal & User Responsibility Disclosures

## **Not Financial Advice**

Altura provides on-chain yield infrastructure and does not offer investment advice, portfolio guidance, or financial recommendations.\
Users interact with the protocol at their own discretion.

## **No Guarantees of Future Performance**

Past performance does not guarantee future results.\
Yield rates fluctuate based on market conditions, funding spreads, staking rates, and liquidity environments. Returns are not fixed or guaranteed.

## **Market and Protocol Risks**

All on-chain systems involve inherent risks, including smart contract vulnerabilities, network instability, rapid market dislocations, and counterparty failures in integrated protocols.\
Users should evaluate these risks before depositing funds.

## **User Responsibility for Wallet Security**

Altura never holds user private keys.\
Users are solely responsible for:

* securing their wallets
* safeguarding private keys
* verifying transactions before signing

Altura cannot reverse or modify user-signed actions.

## **Permissionless Access**

Altura operates as a permissionless smart contract system.\
Anyone may interact with the vault according to the protocol rules, without intermediaries or custodians.

## **Compliance & Jurisdictional Restrictions**

Users are responsible for ensuring that interacting with the protocol complies with the laws and regulations of their jurisdiction.\
Altura does not operate as a broker, exchange, or money service business.

## **Transparency of Protocol Changes**

All configuration updates are:

* timelocked
* visible on-chain
* executed through restricted governance roles

Users may monitor pending and executed changes at any time.

## **Open-Source Notice**

Altura’s smart contracts are open-source or publicly verifiable, enabling independent analysis, monitoring, and auditing by external contributors and security professionals.