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{% extends "base.html" %}{% block body_class %}mb-v2{% endblock %}{% block title %}What You Need to Know About MoonBite — honest caveats{% endblock %}{% block meta_description %}The sober facts: MBITE has no market value yet, losing your keys means losing your coins forever, transactions are irreversible, and this is experimental software. Read this before you start.{% endblock %}{% block content %}<section class="mb-hero"> <div class="mb-hero-glow"></div> <div class="mb-container"> <div class="mb-hero-inner"> <span class="mb-badge"><span class="mb-dot"></span> What You Need to Know</span> <h1 class="mb-hero-title">Read this <span class="mb-gradient-text">first.</span></h1> <p class="mb-hero-sub">MoonBite hands real financial sovereignty to individuals. That power comes with real responsibility, and there's no one to call if it goes wrong. Here's what that means, in plain language — no hype, no sugar-coating.</p> <div class="mb-cta-row"> <a href="/learn" class="btn btn-primary mb-btn-xl">Learn the basics</a> <a href="/getting-started" class="btn btn-secondary mb-btn-xl">Getting started</a> </div> </div> </div></section><section class="mb-section"> <div class="mb-container"> <div class="mb-banner mb-reveal"> <span>MoonBite is live, open-source software. It is <strong>not an investment or a security</strong>. Coins mined today carry no market value. There is no exchange listing yet. Nothing on this site is financial or legal advice.</span> </div> </div></section><section class="mb-section"> <div class="mb-container"> <div class="mb-section-head mb-reveal"> <span class="mb-eyebrow">Status</span> <h2 class="mb-section-title">Where MoonBite really stands</h2> </div> <div class="mb-grid mb-grid-2"> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Early-stage, not risk-free</div> <div class="mb-card-text">Mainnet, testnet, and regtest chains are all live and fully working. The software is real, but the network is still being hardened before public launch. Expect rough edges.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">No market value today</div> <div class="mb-card-text">MBITE is not listed on any exchange. You cannot buy or sell it for money today. Any coins you mine are real chain coins, but right now they're worth exactly nothing in dollars. Don't make financial decisions on a bet about some future price.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Experimental software</div> <div class="mb-card-text">All cryptocurrency software — MoonBite's included — carries technical risk. Bugs, protocol changes, and surprises happen. The codebase is open source and auditable, but it isn't infallible.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">No guaranteed future value</div> <div class="mb-card-text">Nothing about MoonBite's design, capped supply, or roadmap guarantees MBITE will ever be worth money. A listing is on the roadmap, but a listing is not a price floor and not a promise of value.</div> </div> </div> </div></section><section class="mb-section" style="background: var(--bg-secondary); border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color);"> <div class="mb-container"> <div class="mb-section-head mb-reveal"> <span class="mb-eyebrow">Self-custody</span> <h2 class="mb-section-title">You are the bank now</h2> <p class="mb-section-sub">Self-custody means the responsibility stops with you. These aren't abstract risks — they're how people actually lose coins.</p> </div> <div class="mb-grid mb-grid-2"> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Lose your keys, lose your coins</div> <div class="mb-card-text">Your private key (or seed phrase) is the only proof you own your MBITE. Lose it — a dead device, a mistaken delete, a misplaced piece of paper — and there is no recovery. Not from us, not from anyone. Write your seed phrase on paper, keep it somewhere safe, and back it up in at least two places.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-icon">↩</div> <div class="mb-card-title">Transactions are irreversible</div> <div class="mb-card-text">Once a transaction confirms on the chain, it can't be reversed, recalled, or disputed. Send MBITE to the wrong address, or get tricked into sending it, and the coins are gone. Check the full address before you broadcast — glancing at the first and last few characters is not enough.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Never share your seed phrase</div> <div class="mb-card-text">No real MoonBite service — not this site, not the wallet, the miner, or the explorer — will ever ask for your seed phrase or private key. Anyone who asks is running a scam. Full stop.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Backups are on you</div> <div class="mb-card-text">There's no MoonBite support team that can restore your wallet. Backing up your seed phrase isn't a one-time chore — it's an ongoing job. A single sheet of paper in one spot is one fire, flood, or theft away from gone.</div> </div> </div> </div></section><section class="mb-section"> <div class="mb-container"> <div class="mb-section-head mb-reveal"> <span class="mb-eyebrow">Legal & taxes</span> <h2 class="mb-section-title">Your country, your rules</h2> </div> <div class="mb-grid mb-grid-2"> <div class="mb-feature mb-reveal"> <h3>Taxes vary by country</h3> <p>In many places, mining crypto is a taxable event, and spending or exchanging it can trigger more tax on top. MoonBite gives no tax advice. Talk to a qualified tax professional in your country before you mine or transact MBITE.</p> </div> <div class="mb-feature mb-reveal"> <h3>Legal status varies by country</h3> <p>Crypto is regulated differently — and in some places banned outright — depending on where you are. Knowing and following the law where you live is on you. MoonBite provides the tools; how you use them is your call.</p> </div> <div class="mb-feature mb-reveal"> <h3>Not financial advice</h3> <p>Nothing on this site, in the wallet, the miner, or the explorer is financial advice. MoonBite is a technology project. Whether and how you use it is entirely your decision.</p> </div> <div class="mb-feature mb-reveal"> <h3>Read the legal page</h3> <p>The full terms under which MoonBite's software is provided are on the legal page. It's short, and it's worth reading.</p> <a href="/legal" class="btn btn-secondary" style="margin-top: 1rem; display: inline-block;">Legal page →</a> </div> </div> </div></section><section class="mb-section" style="background: var(--bg-secondary); border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color);"> <div class="mb-container"> <div class="mb-section-head mb-reveal"> <span class="mb-eyebrow">Stay safe</span> <h2 class="mb-section-title">How to protect yourself</h2> <p class="mb-section-sub">The things that actually burn people are social engineering, fake software, and careless backups — not protocol bugs.</p> </div> <div class="mb-grid mb-grid-3"> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Download only from official sources</div> <div class="mb-card-text">The wallet, miner, and node software come from this site and the official source repository — nowhere else. Don't install MoonBite software from third-party sites, social media links, or messages you didn't ask for.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Impersonators are everywhere</div> <div class="mb-card-text">Scammers routinely pose as crypto projects, their developers, and their social accounts. MoonBite will never DM you to offer help, hand out "free MBITE," or ask you to send coins to a wallet.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Check addresses character by character</div> <div class="mb-card-text">Some malware ("clipboard hijackers") swaps a copied address for an attacker's the moment you paste. Before you send, confirm several characters at the start and end of the address match what you meant to use.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Use your own node for big checks</div> <div class="mb-card-text">A block explorer you don't control could, in theory, show you false data. For any high-value transaction, confirm it through your own node's RPC. The chain doesn't lie.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Keep seed phrases offline</div> <div class="mb-card-text">A seed phrase in a phone note, email draft, or cloud doc is one data breach away from stolen. Paper, a stamped metal plate, or other offline media, stored somewhere safe, is the standard.</div> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Know what a scam looks like</div> <div class="mb-card-text">The classics: "double your MBITE" giveaways, fake support staff fishing for seed phrases, and phishing sites dressed up as moonbite.org. Read the scams guide before you deal with anyone claiming to be MoonBite.</div> <a href="/scams" class="mb-card-link">Scams guide →</a> </div> </div> </div></section><section class="mb-section"> <div class="mb-container"> <div class="mb-section-head mb-reveal"> <span class="mb-eyebrow">Resources</span> <h2 class="mb-section-title">Worth reading next</h2> </div> <div class="mb-grid mb-grid-3"> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Learn & FAQ</div> <div class="mb-card-text">Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about MoonBite most.</div> <a href="/learn" class="mb-card-link">Learn →</a> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Scams</div> <div class="mb-card-text">How to spot and dodge the most common attacks aimed at cryptocurrency users.</div> <a href="/scams" class="mb-card-link">Scams guide →</a> </div> <div class="mb-card mb-reveal"> <div class="mb-card-title">Legal</div> <div class="mb-card-text">The terms MoonBite software is provided under — short, readable, and important.</div> <a href="/legal" class="mb-card-link">Legal page →</a> </div> </div> </div></section><section class="mb-section" style="background: var(--bg-secondary); border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color);"> <div class="mb-container"> <div class="mb-banner mb-reveal"> <span>MoonBite is experimental software with no guaranteed future value and no market listing today. It is <strong>not an investment or a security</strong>. Use it to learn, to build, and to take part — not as a financial instrument. Understand the risks before you trust it with anything you can't afford to lose.</span> </div> </div></section><section class="mb-section"> <div class="mb-container"> {% set notify_title = "Follow along as MoonBite matures" %} {% set notify_text = "One email when the exchange listing happens. Nothing before then." %} {% set notify_source = "you-need-to-know" %} {% include "partials/notify_form.html" %} </div></section>{% endblock %}