Crypto Cocktail Club

Legal & Protocol Framework

Rights architecture, attestations, and regulatory posture

Purpose & Scope

This document defines the legal, economic, and operational framework of the Crypto Cocktail Club protocol (“CCC”). It is intended to describe how rights, fees, and participation are structured across creators, venues, guests, and investors.

This document is informational only and does not constitute an offer to sell securities, investment advice, or a solicitation of capital.

Protocol Architecture

CCC operates as a hospitality transaction coordination protocol. NFTs are used exclusively as authorization and attribution records that trigger off-chain settlement and operational workflows.

CCC does not sell alcohol, process consumer payments, or custody customer funds. All hospitality services are provided by participating venues.

Economic Flow Description

Each Cocktail NFT corresponds to a single prepaid hospitality redemption. Upon redemption, funds are allocated according to deterministic protocol rules.

Allocation percentages are protocol-defined and do not constitute profit-sharing arrangements, dividends, or investment returns.

Protocol Fee Sources

CCC generates revenue through service and coordination fees associated with protocol usage. Revenue sources include:

Registry & Minting Fees

Minting a recipe records authorship and eligibility for protocol-mediated activation. Minting does not convey ownership in CCC, revenue guarantees, or economic rights unless separately transferred.

CCC may charge service fees for minting activity. Membership tiers may reduce or waive minting fees as a product feature. All blockchain execution costs are borne by CCC.

Creator Attestation & IP Infringement Safe Harbor

At the time of minting, each creator is required to affirmatively attest that the submitted cocktail recipe is either (i) an original work authored by the creator, or (ii) lawfully published and submitted with sufficient rights to permit registry and protocol-mediated usage.

This attestation is recorded as part of the minting process and persists independently of any subsequent transfer of economic rights.

Crypto Cocktail Club does not independently verify originality, authorship, or ownership of submitted recipes. CCC operates as a neutral registry and coordination layer and does not assume responsibility for underlying IP claims.

In the event of an alleged infringement, CCC may, at its discretion:

CCC’s actions in response to IP claims are undertaken as a good-faith service provider accommodation and do not constitute an admission of liability. Responsibility for infringement rests solely with the submitting creator or rights holder.

Venue Liability & Alcohol Compliance

Crypto Cocktail Club does not sell, serve, distribute, or promote alcohol. All alcoholic beverages are prepared and served exclusively by participating venues under their own licenses, permits, and regulatory obligations.

Venues retain sole responsibility for:

Participation in the CCC protocol does not alter, replace, or diminish a venue’s existing legal duties. Protocol participation is operationally analogous to brand-sponsored activations or prepaid hospitality experiences.

CCC does not supervise venue operations and assumes no liability for alcohol-related service, guest conduct, or venue compliance failures.

Season 1 Founding Member Pass

The Season 1 Founding Member Pass is a separate fixed-term access product and does not modify the recipe registry or creator-tier mechanics described elsewhere in this framework.

Priority registration is not guaranteed admission. Benefits may be delivered online or through third-party venues and platforms. Programming and events remain subject to applicable law, venue availability and capacity, safety requirements, and force majeure. If an advertised event cannot proceed, CCC may reschedule it or provide a reasonably comparable member experience during the Season 1 term.

At each official CCC-hosted pop-up, an active holder may redeem one hosted Member Beverage per pass under the event rules, with a comparable nonalcoholic option. Participating partner bars may offer additional Member Beverage opportunities during designated seasonal windows. Partner-bar participation and additional offers are optional, vary by venue, and are not guaranteed at every bar.

Each qualifying beverage or event benefit is limited to one redemption per pass for the applicable event or participating-venue window. Redemption is recorded against the pass token ID and remains recorded after transfer; transferring a pass does not restore or regenerate a benefit already used. Benefits have no cash value, may not be resold, and do not accumulate or carry over.

The licensed venue controls beverage selection and availability, checks government-issued identification where required, and retains sole discretion over alcohol service under its responsible-service obligations. A venue may refuse alcohol service. Where alcohol service is unavailable or impermissible, a nonalcoholic or reasonably comparable hospitality alternative may be provided.

Transfers are permitted. A recipient receives only the portion of the fixed Season 1 term that remains at transfer. Paid XRPL secondary sales are configured with a 5% CCC issuer fee. Zero-price gifts have no sale proceeds from which a percentage can be collected.

Ownership of the NFT alone does not activate CCC benefits. The current holder must accept the then-current membership terms and complete CCC's 21+ verification process. CCC stores the verification outcome and provider reference, not identity images, document numbers, or date of birth.

The pass provides access and product benefits only. It does not provide equity, governance, profit rights, revenue share, staking yield, TIPZ allocations, recipe economic rights, or a promise of liquidity or appreciation. Blockchain transactions are generally irreversible; remedies remain subject to the final checkout terms and applicable law.

This section is the release-specific framework. Final consumer Terms of Sale, Privacy Notice, NFT License, refund language, and age-verification disclosures must be approved before the Mainnet mint is enabled.

Membership Tier Treatment

Membership tiers affect minting fee treatment only. All creators retain identical authorship attribution, usage eligibility, and economic mechanics regardless of membership tier.

Membership does not grant preferential economic rights, governance authority, or ownership interest in CCC.

Illustrative Economics Disclaimer

Any revenue examples, scaling scenarios, or unit economics presented on CCC websites or materials are illustrative only. They do not represent forecasts, guarantees, or assurances of performance.

Cost & Margin Disclosure

CCC operates a software-driven protocol model. While certain revenue streams are high-margin in nature, actual margins depend on operational costs including infrastructure, compliance, settlement, and business development.

Equity & Revenue Exposure

Investor participation in CCC is equity-based. Investors may have exposure to company revenues derived from minting fees, redemption fees, and IP marketplace fees.

No protocol participant receives automated on-chain revenue distributions. All revenue accrues at the corporate level and is governed by standard corporate and securities law.

Settlement, Custody & Risk

Non-Reliance Disclaimer

No party should rely on CCC materials as a basis for financial decisions. Participation in the protocol involves operational, regulatory, and adoption risk.