Ocean Market
Ocean Market is a web-based reference marketplace where data providers publish assets and buyers access them.
What Ocean Market is
Ocean Market is a web-based reference marketplace where data providers publish assets and buyers access them. Users can download assets or run compute jobs, redeeming datatokens for access. Ocean Compute-to-Data lets users run algorithms on datasets without exposing raw data to consumers, including datasets kept behind a firewall. Assets can offer free or fixed-rate access, while the protocol also supports automatic price discovery. Ocean Market currently charges no fee to publish an asset, but blockchain gas costs may still apply, even for free assets. Publishing or purchasing requires a crypto wallet; the wallet guide demonstrates MetaMask. The marketplace code is open source under the Apache 2.0 license, and the maker encourages forks to build other data marketplaces. Fine-grained role-based permissions are designed for forks and are not enabled in Ocean Market itself. The deployment's privacy preference center is also disabled by default. Ocean Market lists data sources including Aquarius, the Ocean Protocol Subgraph, ENS, Purgatory, and network metadata. Its FAQ directs collaboration inquiries to a form.
Good
- Supports data downloads and compute jobs.
- Compute-to-Data is designed to keep raw data private.
- Publishing currently has no marketplace fee.
- Marketplace code is open source under Apache 2.0.
Watch out
- Blockchain gas costs may apply to free assets.
- Publishing or purchasing requires a crypto wallet.
- Fine-grained role-based permissions are not enabled in this deployment.
- The privacy preference center is disabled by default.
Who it suits
Ocean Market may suit developers and data scientists who want to publish or access data assets, including through compute jobs. Buyers and publishers should account for wallet use and possible network gas costs.
Verdict
Ocean Market provides a token-based way to publish and access data, with Compute-to-Data for work on private datasets. Consider the wallet requirement, gas costs, and limits on permissions in this deployment.
The facts
Each one read from Ocean Market's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access limits
- Fine-grained role-based marketplace permissions are designed for forks of Ocean Market and are not enabled in Ocean Market itself.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Access restrictions
- Fine-grained marketplace and asset permissions are designed for Ocean Market forks and are not enabled in Ocean Market itself.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Asset access
- Users can access a resource by redeeming datatokens for it.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Compute-to-Data
- Compute-to-Data lets users run algorithms against private data while the data remains with its holder.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Data access
- Data NFTs and datatokens provide token-based permissions for controlling access to data assets.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Data hosting
- Assets hosted on GitHub can be linked in Ocean Market using their publicly accessible raw file URL.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Forking
- The maker encourages forking the repository to create a data marketplace, with requirements to change the Ocean typeface, logo, and market name.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The repository lists Aquarius, the Ocean Protocol Subgraph, ENS, Purgatory, and network metadata as data sources.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- Ocean describes its users as including developers and data scientists, and says its protocol helps monetize data, compute, and AI models.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Marketplace
- Ocean Market is a reference decentralized data marketplace where providers publish data and buyers consume it.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Marketplace activity
- The marketplace lets data providers publish assets and buyers consume them.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Open source
- The Ocean Market repository says the code is available under the Apache 2.0 license.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Pricing options
- Assets can use fixed-rate or free access, and the protocol also supports automatic price discovery.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Privacy
- Compute-to-Data is designed to let users compute on private data without directly exposing the underlying data to consumers.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Privacy controls
- The repository describes customizable privacy policies and a privacy preference center for forks; the preference center is disabled by default in the maker's deployment.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Publish and consume
- Users can publish data services and consume them by downloading assets or running compute jobs.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Publish fee
- Ocean Market currently charges no fee to publish an asset.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Ocean Market is a reference decentralized data marketplace powered by the Ocean stack.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Sensitive data
- The FAQ says Compute-to-Data can be used to monetize datasets behind a firewall while keeping the raw data from consumers.checked 7 Oct 2001
The company
- Founded
- Ocean Protocol's roadmap begins in 2017.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- Singaporechecked 28 Sep 2001
- Maker
- Ocean Protocol Foundation Ltd. lists its address in Singapore.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Maker location
- Ocean Protocol Foundation Ltd. lists its address as 1 Irving Place, #08-11, Singapore.checked 7 Oct 2001
Money
- Free asset pricing
- The marketplace code supports publishers offering assets for free, excluding gas costs.checked 7 Oct 2001
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