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The terms prohibit customers and their end users from using any AWS service for cryptocurrency mining.
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This provision establishes a categorical prohibition on cryptocurrency mining across all AWS services, applicable to both direct customer use and use facilitated through customer platforms, which may be an enforceable use restriction under the Acceptable Use Policy and the agreement's content enforcement mechanisms.
The updated terms establish new restrictions on how AWS Capacity Reservations may be used. Specifically, customers purchasing On-Demand Capacity Reservations can no longer resell them to other parties, and AWS reserves the right to cancel the purchase or terminate running instances if the company suspects resale activity. For Capacity Blocks for ML, the grace period before instance termination increased from 30 minutes to 60 minutes for UltraServer instance types, allowing slightly more time to complete workloads. The Amazon Sidewalk qualification program was renamed and simplified, but the underlying security and operational requirements remain in effect.
View change record →The updated terms establish a formal framework for AWS Bedrock's free exploration services, clarifying the operational boundaries and responsibilities. AWS reserves the right to discontinue these services at any time without prior notice, meaning customers cannot rely on their continuation for production planning. Customers are solely responsible for testing, deploying, and maintaining any code, documents, or AI solutions AWS provides, including determining whether those solutions comply with applicable law. AWS retains the right to develop competing products based on content it creates during these engagements, though this does not override existing non-disclosure agreements. Customers are prohibited from requiring AWS personnel to sign additional terms as a condition of receiving free services, and any such documentation signed by AWS personnel is void.
View change record →The updated terms establish new data-sharing mechanisms for users of Anthropic models on Amazon Bedrock. Specifically, AWS now explicitly authorizes notification to Anthropic of metadata present in requests sent to certain Anthropic products (e.g., Claude Code, computer use features), enabling Anthropic to conduct product-level usage attribution. Additionally, the terms introduce AWS WAF AI traffic monetization, which permits AWS to facilitate payment transactions between content publishers and buyers by sharing pricing, payment, and configuration information with payment providers and facilitators; the updated terms clarify that AWS does not provide regulated financial services and is not a party to fund flows, and that users' interactions with payment providers are governed by separate terms between the user and those parties. Users employing these features should review what metadata may be embedded in their requests and understand their own obligations to payment providers.
View change record →Under this clause, customers are prohibited from using AWS services for cryptocurrency mining, and are also responsible for ensuring that their end users do not use customer-hosted AWS infrastructure for mining purposes.
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"You will not use, and will not facilitate or allow End Users to use, the Services to mine cryptocurrency.Excerpt from AWS Bedrock's AWS Service Terms
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision does not directly implicate a specific regulatory framework but engages the general prohibition on prohibited use in the Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated by reference. Enforcement of this prohibition could invoke the content removal and service suspension mechanisms in Section 1.4. No specific regulatory agency directly governs cryptocurrency mining prohibitions in cloud service agreements, though the FTC holds general authority over unfair or deceptive practices. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low for customers not in the cryptocurrency industry. For customers operating platforms where end users may submit workloads, there is an operational compliance dependency in that the customer must implement controls to detect and prevent end user cryptocurrency mining on customer-hosted infrastructure. JURISDICTION FLAGS: Customers in jurisdictions where cryptocurrency mining is regulated or prohibited face additional compliance considerations beyond this contractual restriction. No specific geographic carve-outs or heightened exposures are identified in the provision itself. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Customers operating multi-tenant platforms or developer environments should assess whether their acceptable use policies and technical controls are sufficient to prevent end user cryptocurrency mining on customer-provisioned AWS infrastructure. Violation of this provision could trigger service suspension under Section 1.4. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Acceptable use policies for customer-facing platforms should explicitly prohibit cryptocurrency mining to align with this AWS term. Technical monitoring controls should be evaluated for their ability to detect mining workloads on customer-managed infrastructure. Incident response procedures should include a response protocol for detected mining activity.
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This provision establishes a categorical prohibition on cryptocurrency mining across all AWS services, applicable to both direct customer use and use facilitated through customer platforms, which may be an enforceable use restriction under the Acceptable Use Policy and the agreement's content enforcement mechanisms.
Under this clause, customers are prohibited from using AWS services for cryptocurrency mining, and are also responsible for ensuring that their end users do not use customer-hosted AWS infrastructure for mining purposes.
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