Legal

Terms of Use

Last updated: March 2026

Effective from March 2026

These terms govern your use of FailFastNG, including FailFast Arena (competitive knowledge staking) and FailFast EDU (school assessment tools). By creating an account or using the platform, you agree to these terms.

Summary Key Points

  • Arena requires users to be 18+ and located in an eligible Nigerian state
  • All fees are shown upfront — you always receive exactly the amount you request
  • Wallet funds are held in trust and never used for operating expenses
  • Cheating, multi-accounting, and bot usage result in suspension or termination
  • Instructors retain ownership of submitted content under a non-exclusive license
  • EDU is completely separate from Arena — no shared data or staking access

1. Agreement to These Terms

By creating an account on FailFastNG or using any part of our platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, do not create an account or use the platform.

These terms apply to all users: Challengers, Instructors, Sponsors, School Admins, Teachers, and Students. Where specific terms apply only to certain user types, those sections are labeled clearly.

We may update these terms when the platform changes or when Nigerian law requires it. We will give registered users at least 14 days' notice by email before any material changes take effect. Continued use of the platform after that date means you accept the updated terms.

2. Who Can Use FailFastNG

2.1 FailFast Arena (B2C)

To register for FailFast Arena, you must:

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Be located in a Nigerian state where participation in competitive knowledge staking is permitted
  • Provide accurate registration information
  • Not already have an account that was terminated by FailFastNG

2.2 FailFast EDU (B2B)

FailFast EDU is for registered Nigerian schools and tutorial centers. School Admins must be authorized representatives of their institution. Teachers and Students access EDU only through accounts provisioned by their School Admin.

EDU has no real-money staking features. It is a separate product from Arena and operates under different usage rules, as described in Section 9 of these terms.

3. Your Account

You are responsible for keeping your login credentials secure. Do not share your password with anyone. FailFastNG will never ask for your password.

If you believe your account has been compromised, contact us immediately at legal@failfastng.com.

You may only hold one active account. Creating multiple accounts to circumvent tier restrictions, suspension, or staking limits is a breach of these terms and may result in permanent account termination.

If you are a natural person registering on behalf of a school or business, you confirm that you have authority to enter into this agreement on that entity's behalf.

4. FailFast Arena: Competitive Staking Rules

4.1 How Staking Works

FailFast Arena uses a group staking model. Multiple Challengers join a challenge, each committing a stake from their wallet. After the challenge ends, winnings are distributed to qualifying performers based on the rules set for that challenge. FailFastNG deducts a platform fee before distributing winnings. The full fee breakdown is shown to you before you confirm any stake.

FailFastNG does not act as a counterparty in any challenge. All stakes come from and are returned to user wallets. The platform does not fund any prizes from its own capital.

4.2 Wallet and Deposits

To participate in staking challenges, you must fund your FailFastNG wallet through our payment platform partner. The amount you request to deposit is exactly what arrives in your wallet. All applicable processing fees are disclosed before you confirm any transaction.

Wallet balances are capped based on your current tier level. Tier progression unlocks higher wallet limits and access to larger stake ranges. Your current limits are shown in your account settings.

Wallet funds are held in trust for users and are not used for FailFastNG's operating expenses.

4.3 Withdrawals

You may withdraw your available wallet balance at any time, subject to:

  • A minimum withdrawal amount (shown in your account settings)
  • Identity verification requirements, which may apply for withdrawals above certain thresholds in line with Nigerian financial regulations
  • Processing times set by our payment platform partner

Funds staked in an active challenge are locked until that challenge concludes and results are confirmed.

4.4 Tier System and Stake Ranges

Access to higher-stakes challenges is gated by your tier level. Tiers progress from Rookie through Skilled, Expert, Master, and Grand Master. Tier promotion requires meeting difficulty-gated score thresholds, not just accumulating points.

Each tier has a defined minimum and maximum stake range. You may not stake below the floor or above the ceiling for your current tier. These limits exist to prevent inexperienced users from taking on stake levels they have not demonstrated readiness for.

4.5 Sponsored Competitions

Sponsors may fund competitions on FailFast Arena. In these cases, the Sponsor provides the prize pool and sets the challenge parameters within rules defined by FailFastNG. Challengers do not stake their own funds in Sponsor-funded competitions unless explicitly stated in the competition details.

5. The Fail-Forward Scoring System

FailFastNG uses a dual-point scoring system. Fail Points are earned for attempting questions and correcting errors. Success Points are earned for correct answers. Both types of points are tracked per subject and feed into your tier standing.

The scoring system is designed to reward learning effort, not just correct answers. Manipulating the system, such as intentionally answering incorrectly to farm Fail Points in a way that misrepresents your knowledge level, is a violation of these terms.

Scores from FailFast Mine and competitive challenges are subject to review. FailFastNG reserves the right to adjust, void, or flag scores that result from behavior inconsistent with fair play.

6. Streaks and Grace Days

The streak system tracks consecutive days of active participation. A streak gives your scoring a multiplier bonus. If you miss a day, you can consume a grace day to preserve your streak. Grace days do not reset your multiplier. Breaking a streak without a grace day resets the multiplier to its base value.

Grace day balances are displayed in your account. They do not carry over indefinitely and are subject to the cap rules described in the platform help documentation. FailFastNG does not restore streaks lost due to user inactivity, technical issues on the user's device, or poor internet connectivity.

7. Instructors

7.1 Content Submission

Instructors submit questions and supporting content to the FailFastNG question bank. All submitted content goes through a verification and quality review process before it is approved for use on the platform.

By submitting content, you confirm that:

  • The content is your original work or you have the right to license it to FailFastNG
  • The content does not infringe any third-party intellectual property rights
  • The content does not contain harmful, misleading, or unlawful material

7.2 Instructor Payouts

Approved Instructor content earns payouts when that content is used in challenges or mining sessions. Instructor payouts are calculated from a revenue pool tied to the relevant subject or category.

Total Instructor payouts for any given period are capped at 5% of the relevant revenue pool. This cap applies across all Instructors collectively, not per individual. Your share within that pool depends on how much your approved content was used relative to other Instructors in the same pool.

Payout schedules and minimum thresholds are described in the Instructor section of your account dashboard. FailFastNG reserves the right to adjust payout rates with 30 days' notice to active Instructors.

7.3 Content Ownership

Instructors retain ownership of their submitted content. By submitting, you grant FailFastNG a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, display, adapt, and distribute that content on the platform and in future FailFastNG products. This license ends if you withdraw your content from the platform, except for content already in use within active challenges, which may continue until those challenges conclude.

8. Sponsors

Sponsors are organizations or individuals who fund competitions on FailFast Arena. To become a Sponsor, you must complete the Sponsor registration process and agree to any additional terms presented during that process.

As a Sponsor, you are responsible for:

  • Funding the prize pool in full before a sponsored challenge goes live
  • Ensuring your competition parameters comply with Nigerian advertising and promotional standards
  • Ensuring your brand and any associated materials do not violate third-party rights

FailFastNG reserves the right to decline or remove a sponsored competition that violates platform standards or applicable law. In such cases, the sponsor's unused funds will be returned, less any platform processing fees already incurred.

9. FailFast EDU: Schools and Tutorial Centers

9.1 Separate from Arena

FailFast EDU is a completely separate product from FailFast Arena. Students in EDU have no access to Arena's staking features. Data between the two products is not shared except through the explicit cross-platform migration process described in Section 9.4.

9.2 School Admin Responsibilities

The School Admin is the account holder for the institution's EDU subscription. As School Admin, you are responsible for:

  • Creating and managing Teacher and Student accounts within your institution's tenant
  • Ensuring student data is collected with appropriate consent and in line with the NDPA 2023
  • Setting appropriate access levels for Teachers within your school environment
  • Removing accounts for staff or students who leave the institution

9.3 Teacher Permissions

Teachers can create quizzes, assessments, and competitions within their class scope. Teachers may apply custom scoring settings within the parameters set by the School Admin. Teacher-created content remains within the school's tenant and is not shared to the wider FailFastNG question bank without explicit authorization from the School Admin.

9.4 Student Migration to Arena

Students who complete their time in FailFast EDU and wish to create a FailFast Arena account may migrate their accumulated points through a structured process. This migration creates a separate Arena account and does not link the student's EDU records to their Arena activity. The student must independently satisfy the Arena age and eligibility requirements at the time of migration.

10. Adventurer Mode

Adventurer Mode is an AI-powered personal practice feature available to Challengers who reach the Expert tier in FailFast Arena. It allows users to upload study materials, generate questions from those materials, and practice using the fail-forward scoring system on any subject of their choosing.

Points accumulated in Adventurer Mode appear on your profile under custom subject names. These points do not affect your official tier progression or staking eligibility.

By uploading materials to Adventurer Mode, you confirm that you have the right to use those materials for personal learning purposes. FailFastNG does not claim any rights over materials you upload and does not make them available to other users.

11. Platform Integrity and Prohibited Conduct

The following conduct is prohibited on FailFastNG:

  • Using automated tools, bots, scripts, or any method to answer questions outside of normal interaction with the platform
  • Sharing answers or colluding with other participants during a live challenge
  • Capturing screenshots of questions or transmitting question content to third parties during a session
  • Creating multiple accounts or using another person's account
  • Exploiting bugs or unintended platform behavior to gain scoring advantages
  • Attempting to reverse-engineer any part of the platform
  • Introducing malicious code or attempting to disrupt platform services

FailFastNG uses technical measures to detect integrity violations, including response time tracking, app focus monitoring, and statistical anomaly detection. If our systems flag your account, we may withhold winnings pending a review, suspend your account, or permanently terminate it depending on the severity of the violation.

If you believe a flag was applied to your account incorrectly, contact us at legal@failfastng.com to request a review.

12. Intellectual Property

All platform code, design, branding, question bank content (excluding Instructor-submitted content governed by Section 7.3), and system documentation is owned by FailFastNG or its licensors.

You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from any part of the platform without written permission from FailFastNG.

FailFastNG respects third-party intellectual property. If you believe content on our platform infringes your rights, contact us at legal@failfastng.com with details of the alleged infringement.

13. Fees and Payment Model

FailFastNG operates on a fee-forward payment model. This means:

  • You always receive exactly the amount you request. Fees are not deducted from the amount you specify.
  • All applicable fees are shown as a separate line item before you confirm any transaction.
  • You can review the full cost of any action before committing to it.

Platform fees may change over time. We will give you at least 14 days' notice of any fee changes that affect existing users.

All transactions are processed in Nigerian Naira through our payment platform partner. FailFastNG does not accept payment in cryptocurrency.

14. Account Suspension and Termination

14.1 By FailFastNG

We may suspend or terminate your account if you:

  • Breach these terms
  • Provide false registration information
  • Engage in conduct that harms other users or the platform
  • Are found to have used the platform in violation of applicable Nigerian law

On suspension, your wallet balance remains accessible for withdrawal unless the suspension is related to a financial dispute or active investigation. On permanent termination for cause, funds may be withheld pending investigation and returned if no violation is confirmed.

14.2 By You

You may close your account at any time by contacting us at legal@failfastng.com. Before closure, you must withdraw any available wallet balance. Balances not withdrawn within 30 days of a closure request will be donated to a designated educational fund in Nigeria.

15. Limitation of Liability

FailFastNG provides the platform on an as-is basis. We do not guarantee that the platform will be available at all times, that scores will be free from errors, or that all challenges will complete without technical interruption.

FailFastNG is not liable for:

  • Loss of earnings or winnings caused by technical failures outside our control
  • Loss caused by your failure to keep your account credentials secure
  • Financial loss arising from your participation in staking challenges
  • Decisions made by Sponsors or the outcomes of Sponsor-funded competitions

Where liability cannot be excluded under Nigerian law, our total liability for any single claim is limited to the amount you deposited into your wallet in the 30 days immediately before the incident giving rise to the claim.

16. Governing Law and Disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Any dispute arising from your use of FailFastNG that cannot be resolved through direct communication with us will be referred to mediation before any court proceedings are initiated.

The courts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have jurisdiction over any disputes that proceed to litigation.

17. Contact Us

For questions about these terms, account issues, or to report a violation:

Email: legal@failfastng.com

Mailing address: 6, Rotimi Street, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria

We aim to respond to all formal inquiries within 5 business days.

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