Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange protocol to share and monetize data in a secure, transparent, and privacy-preserving manner. Powered by blockchain technology, it uses smart contracts to automate data exchange between buyers and sellers.
The platform lets data providers publish and share their data with others while maintaining control over their data and determining who has access to it. Ocean Protocol allows data buyers to search for and purchase data from a wide range of sources and be confident in the quality and provenance of the data they acquire.
Ocean Protocol seeks to propel the data economy in the web3 realm by providing a comprehensive set of tools for publishing and utilizing data services, catering to data scientists and AI professionals. The Ocean Marketplace enables users to trade data using an interoperable format of ERC-721 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and ERC-20 datatokens in a decentralized fashion.
OCEAN, an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, is the Ocean Protocol’s utility token, facilitating data purchase and sale. Additionally, it can be staked on data for curation purposes, allowing holders to earn rewards from the protocol.
