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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
HOME4BITCOIN.COM
Effective from: 6 September 2026
Translation notice: This document is a translation of the original Czech Terms and Conditions. The Czech version is the original and controlling version. In the event of any discrepancy, ambiguity or difference in interpretation, the Czech version shall be used to determine the intended meaning, subject to any rights that cannot be contractually excluded under applicable law.
1. Introductory provisions
1.1. These Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) govern the use of the Home4Bitcoin.com online platform available at home4bitcoin.com (the “Platform”).
1.2. The operator of the Platform is:
Dušan Kmetyo, self-employed individual
Company ID No.: 446 010 77
VAT ID No.: CZ6805302317
place of business: Franklinova 579, Liberec 15, 460 01, Czech Republic
e-mail: h4b.com@cryptobyte.cz
(the “Operator”).
1.3. The Platform is intended primarily for publishing offers and requests relating to property rentals and for enabling direct contact between its users.
1.4. For the purposes of these Terms, a “User” means a natural person who uses the Platform, in particular a person who logs in to the Platform, publishes an offer or request, searches Listings, or uses contact or other Platform features.
1.5. An offer or request published through the Platform is referred to as a “Listing”.
1.6. By using Platform features that require login or by publishing a Listing, the User confirms that they have read and agree to these Terms.
1.7. Czech or English may be used for electronic communication with the Operator. The contact e-mail specified in Section 1.2 also serves as the electronic contact point for communications concerning operation of the Platform.
2. Nature and role of the Platform
2.1. Home4Bitcoin is a listing and contact platform. The Operator provides a technical environment enabling Users in particular to:
- a)publish an offer of a property for rent,
- b)publish a request for a property to rent,
- c)search published offers and requests,
- d)obtain or disclose contact details subject to the conditions set by the Platform,
- e)use other related Platform features.
2.2. The Operator is not a real estate intermediary, real estate agency, landlord, tenant, accommodation provider, representative or agent of any User.
2.3. The Operator is not a party to any contract or other arrangement concluded between Users in connection with a Listing.
2.4. The Operator does not participate in negotiating the price, currency, deposit, rental period, payment method or any other terms of a potential legal relationship between Users.
2.5. All terms of any rental or other relationship are agreed directly between Users and at their own responsibility.
2.6. Displaying a price, currency, indicative conversion into bitcoin or another unit on the Platform is merely part of a Listing or an informational feature of the Platform. It does not create an obligation to enter into a contract or to use any particular currency or payment method.
2.7. The Operator does not receive rent, deposits or other payments between Users, does not hold User funds in custody and does not provide escrow or any similar service.
3. Who may use the Platform
3.1. The Platform is intended exclusively for natural persons over 18 years of age who use it outside the scope of their business activity or independent professional activity.
3.2. By using the Platform, the User declares that:
- a)they are at least 18 years old, and
- b)they do not use the Platform in the course of business or professional activity.
3.3. Occasional rental of a privately owned property by a private individual does not, by itself, constitute use of the Platform in the course of business for the purposes of these Terms, provided that the User does not otherwise act as a business operator when using the Platform.
3.4. The Operator does not normally verify the User’s age or civil identity.
3.5. The Platform is not intended for real estate agencies, real estate brokers, professional property managers or other persons using the Platform as part of their business or professional activity.
3.6. The Operator is not required to actively verify whether a User is acting as a private individual. However, if the Operator becomes aware or has reasonable grounds to suspect that the Platform is being used for business or professional purposes, the Operator may hide or remove the relevant Listing and restrict or terminate the User’s access.
4. User account and login
4.1. Certain Platform features are available only to logged-in Users.
4.2. The Platform may support login via the Lightning Network, Nostr or another supported cryptographic or technical authentication method.
4.3. Use of a particular login method does not in itself constitute verification of the User’s civil identity.
4.4. The User is responsible for securing the wallet, private keys, device and other means used to access their account.
4.5. The Operator does not require the User’s seed phrase, Lightning wallet private key or Nostr private key.
4.6. Loss of access to an authentication method may result in loss of access to the User account. The Operator is not required to transfer an account to another person or another authentication method if the applicant’s entitlement to the account cannot be sufficiently verified.
5. Listings and their validity
5.1. Through the Platform, the User may publish offers of properties for rent and requests for rental properties.
5.2. The Operator may set technical limits relating in particular to the number of Listings, their scope, photographs, supported countries, property types or other parameters.
5.3. The standard validity period of a published Listing is 60 days.
5.4. The validity of a Listing may be automatically renewed through use of the User account, for example when the User logs in or performs another activity within the service. When such renewal occurs, the new validity period of the active Listing is set to 60 days from the relevant activity.
5.5. Automatic renewal of a Listing under Section 5.4 is free of charge.
5.6. If no User activity occurs during the validity period that renews the Listing, the Listing will cease to be actively published when that period expires.
5.7. The User may remove or hide their Listing through Platform features where such features are available for the relevant Listing.
5.8. The Operator may change technical parameters relating to the number, format or publication period of Listings in the future. Material changes will be communicated appropriately through the Platform.
6. User obligations and accuracy of content
6.1. The User must provide only truthful, current and non-misleading information.
6.2. The User must not knowingly omit material facts in a manner that could mislead other Users.
6.3. A User publishing an offer of a property declares that:
- a)they are the owner of the offered property, or
- b)they have the consent of the owner or another authorised person to offer the property for rent and publish it on the Platform.
6.4. If the consent referred to in Section 6.3(b) expires or is withdrawn, the User must remove the relevant Listing without undue delay.
6.5. The User is also responsible for the truthfulness and non-misleading nature of information contained in a request.
6.6. The User is responsible for compliance with laws applicable to offering or using the relevant property, including any local obligations relating to short-term or long-term rentals, registration, permits, taxes or fees.
6.7. The Operator does not normally verify these matters, and publication of a Listing does not constitute confirmation of its accuracy, truthfulness or legality.
7. Photographs, text and other content
7.1. The User may upload only photographs, text and other materials that they are entitled to use and publish.
7.2. The User is responsible in particular for ensuring that publication of a photograph or other material:
- a)does not infringe copyright or other third-party rights,
- b)does not unlawfully interfere with another person’s privacy or personality rights,
- c)does not unlawfully disclose personal data of third parties.
7.3. For the period necessary to operate the Platform, the User grants the Operator a non-exclusive and royalty-free right to technically store and display the content, reproduce it to the extent necessary to operate the Platform, change its size or technical format and create and display language translations.
7.4. This right does not transfer ownership or copyright in the content to the Operator.
7.5. Listing text may be translated automatically into other languages. Machine translation may contain inaccuracies. The original text entered by the User is controlling as to the content of the offer or request.
8. Prohibited content
8.1. It is prohibited to publish content on the Platform that:
- a)is illegal,
- b)is unrelated to the purpose of the Platform,
- c)is fraudulent, false or knowingly misleading,
- d)unlawfully infringes third-party rights,
- e)contains malware, malicious code, spam or other content endangering the Platform or its Users,
- f)is pornographic or sexually explicit and is unrelated to a legitimate description of the property,
- g)depicts or promotes sexual abuse or sexual violence, in particular sexual abuse of children,
- h)incites violence, hatred or unlawful discrimination against a person or group of persons,
- i)contains threats or promotes criminal activity,
- j)sets rental conditions contrary to applicable law,
- k)is contrary to generally accepted standards of decency.
8.2. Publication of content on the Platform does not transfer responsibility for such content to the Operator.
8.3. The User is responsible for their content to the extent provided by applicable law. Publication of unlawful content may, depending on the circumstances, give rise to civil, administrative or criminal liability.
9. Moderation, hiding and removal of content
9.1. The Operator is entitled to assess whether a particular Listing or other content meets the conditions for publication on the Platform.
9.2. Without prior notice, the Operator may in particular:
- a)refuse publication of a Listing,
- b)hide a Listing or other content,
- c)restrict its visibility,
- d)remove a Listing or other content,
- e)temporarily or permanently restrict certain Platform features for a User,
- f)suspend or terminate a User account.
9.3. The Operator may take action under Section 9.2 in particular in the event of a breach of these Terms, suspected illegal or fraudulent content, a threat to the security of the Platform or its Users, abuse of the Platform, use of the Platform for business purposes, repeated breaches of the rules or another reasonable reason related to safe and proper operation of the Platform.
9.4. The Operator is not required to warn the User in advance or provide an additional period for remedy where the circumstances require immediate action or unless applicable law provides otherwise.
9.5. Where applicable law requires the User to be informed of the reason for a restriction, removal of content or account termination, the Operator will provide the relevant statement of reasons to the extent required by law.
9.6. The Operator may use automated technical checks as part of moderation, including input validation, anti-spam measures and request rate limiting. Assessment of specific reported or problematic content may be carried out by a person.
9.7. If a Listing has been removed or a User’s access restricted as an exceptional measure due to a demonstrated breach of these Terms, this fact alone does not automatically entitle the User to a refund of the price of any paid service. Any potential refund claim will be assessed according to the nature of the paid service, the circumstances of the particular case and mandatory applicable law.
10. Reporting illegal or problematic content
10.1. Any person may electronically notify the Operator of specific content on the Platform that they consider illegal.
10.2. For this purpose, the Platform provides or may provide a “Report” function or another electronic form.
10.3. A formal notice of illegal content must make it possible in particular to:
- a)clearly identify the specific content or Listing,
- b)provide a sufficiently substantiated explanation of why the notifier considers the content illegal,
- c)provide the name or designation of the notifier and their e-mail address, unless applicable law provides for an exception,
- d)confirm that the notifier believes in good faith that the information provided is accurate and complete.
10.4. Where the notice is submitted directly from the Listing detail page, the Platform may automatically add its URL or another unique identifier.
10.5. In addition to formal notices of illegal content, the Operator may allow simpler reports of problematic, suspicious or inappropriate content. Such a report does not necessarily constitute a formal notice of illegal content.
10.6. The Operator assesses notices in a timely, objective, non-arbitrary and diligent manner.
10.7. Where a notice contains electronic contact details and applicable law so requires, the Operator will acknowledge receipt and inform the notifier of the decision taken and any available means of redress.
10.8. The Operator may use reasonable technical measures against spam and abuse of the reporting system, provided such measures do not prevent proper submission of a notice.
11. Contact and relationships between Users
11.1. A User may specify one or more supported contact methods in a Listing, such as e-mail, Signal, Telegram or Nostr.
11.2. The Platform may make disclosure of a contact detail conditional on login or satisfaction of other conditions applicable to the relevant feature.
11.3. The Operator does not verify that a contact detail actually belongs to the person who provided it.
11.4. Further communication between Users generally takes place outside the Platform or through third-party services and is not controlled by the Operator.
11.5. Users themselves are responsible for verifying the identity of the other party, the existence and legal status of the property and all other facts relevant to their decision to enter into a contract or make a payment.
12. Payments and paid Platform features
12.1. The Operator may provide some Platform features free of charge and may charge for others.
12.2. Paid services may include, in particular, services related to publication of Listings, access to certain features or finding or contacting a potential counterparty.
12.3. Introduction of a paid feature does not itself oblige the User to purchase it.
12.4. Before a paid feature is ordered on a binding basis, the User will be informed of its price, payment method and other material conditions.
12.5. Depending on the current Platform offering, payment may be enabled through bitcoin, the Lightning Network or another payment method.
12.6. Where the User is a consumer and applicable law grants them a right of withdrawal or another consumer right in relation to a particular paid service, these Terms do not limit such right.
12.7. Where immediate provision of a paid digital service requires the User’s express consent or confirmation concerning the right of withdrawal, such consent will be requested separately before the relevant service is provided.
13. Operator liability
13.1. The Operator does not verify or guarantee in particular:
- a)the identity of a User,
- b)ownership of the property or authority to dispose of it,
- c)the actual existence or current availability of the property,
- d)the technical or legal condition of the property,
- e)the accuracy of photographs, descriptions, prices or other information in a Listing,
- f)the solvency, trustworthiness or conduct of any User,
- g)compliance by a User with legal, tax, registration or other obligations,
- h)conclusion or proper performance of a contract between Users.
13.2. The User decides at their own responsibility whether to contact another User, enter into a contract with them, send them funds or provide other performance.
13.3. The Operator is not responsible for disputes between Users and is not required to decide or participate in resolving them.
13.4. The Operator does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free availability of the Platform. The Platform may be temporarily unavailable, in particular due to maintenance, technical failure, security incident, infrastructure outage or circumstances beyond the Operator’s control.
13.5. The Operator may change, supplement or discontinue individual Platform features.
13.6. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits the Operator’s liability to the extent that such liability cannot be excluded or limited under mandatory law.
14. User account deletion
14.1. The User may permanently delete their User account at any time through the account settings.
14.2. Once account deletion is confirmed, active Listings will be made unavailable and data associated with the account for which no other legal basis for continued processing exists will be deleted or anonymised.
14.3. Account deletion is irreversible. Once completed, it may not be possible to restore Listings, settings or other data associated with the original account.
14.4. Certain limited data may remain stored where continued processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect or defend legal claims, or for another legal basis recognised by applicable law.
14.5. If the User has lost access to their account and cannot perform self-service deletion, they may contact the Operator. The Operator may require reasonable verification that the applicant is entitled to control the relevant pseudonymous account.
14.6. Details concerning processing and deletion of personal data are set out in the Privacy Policy.
15. Complaints and consumer rights
15.1. Comments, complaints or requests relating to operation of the Platform may be sent to h4b.com@cryptobyte.cz.
15.2. The Operator will handle complaints or other claims in accordance with the law applicable to the relevant relationship.
15.3. If a dispute arising from a contract for a paid service between the Operator and a consumer cannot be resolved by mutual agreement, the competent body for out-of-court consumer dispute resolution may, subject to statutory conditions, be:
Czech Trade Inspection Authority Central Inspectorate – ADR Department Gorazdova 1969/24 120 00 Prague 2 Czech Republic
16. Governing law and international use of the Platform
16.1. The Operator has its place of business in the Czech Republic and the contractual relationship between the Operator and the User is governed by the laws of the Czech Republic.
16.2. The choice of Czech law does not deprive a consumer of protection afforded by mandatory provisions of the law that would apply in the absence of that choice.
16.3. Disputes between the Operator and the User will be resolved by courts having jurisdiction under applicable law. This does not affect any right of a consumer to bring proceedings before a court of another country where mandatory European or international law grants such right.
16.4. This Section governs only the relationship between the Operator and the User. The Operator does not determine the law governing the relationship between two Users concerning a particular property.
17. Language versions
17.1. These Terms were originally created in Czech. The Czech version is the original and controlling version.
17.2. Translations into other languages are provided only to facilitate use of the Platform by foreign Users and constitute translations of the Czech Terms, not separate terms and conditions created under the law of the country associated with the relevant language version.
17.3. In the event of any discrepancy or ambiguity between the Czech version and its translation, the Czech version is controlling for the purpose of determining the intended meaning, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.
18. Changes to the Terms
18.1. The Operator may reasonably amend these Terms, in particular in connection with:
- a)changes in applicable law,
- b)changes to Platform features,
- c)security or technical changes,
- d)introduction or modification of paid features,
- e)a need to clarify Platform use or content moderation rules.
18.2. The Operator will inform Users of material changes through the Platform or another appropriate electronic means where the relevant contact information is available.
18.3. If the User does not agree with the amended Terms, they may stop using the Platform and delete their account.
18.4. Amendments do not have retroactive effect unless applicable law provides otherwise.
19. Final provisions
19.1. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, ineffective or unenforceable, this does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions to the extent permitted by law.
19.2. Personal data protection is governed by a separate Privacy Policy published on the Platform. The controller of personal data is the Operator specified in Section 1.2 of these Terms.
19.3. The current version of the Terms is published on Home4Bitcoin.com.
19.4. These Terms take effect on 6 September 2026.
