Data Network

Data Network is a layer 1 blockchain built specifically to register intellectual property rights for AI-related data on-chain and make those rights programmable. It targets AI data holders, model creators, and companies that train frontier AI models, offering a decentralised way to record ownership, usage terms, attribution, and royalty agreements. The problem it claims to address is the lack of transparent, enforceable IP management for the data and models that power modern AI systems.

Data Network operates as its own blockchain, though the consensus algorithm is not recorded in the available data, so a precise description of how blocks are produced cannot be given. The protocol tokenises any form of intellectual property — images, AI models, individual training data points — by embedding licensing terms and royalty logic directly into on-chain records. The DATA token functions within this system as the native asset of the chain, though the specific mechanics of staking, governance, or fee settlement are not captured in the stored data.

The protocol does generate a fee stream: over the trailing 24 hours fees were 3,475 USD, over the trailing 7 days 24,823 USD, and over the trailing 30 days 110,966 USD, with a trailing-12-month total of 224,004 USD. Annualising from the 30-day figure produces an estimated 1,350,086 USD per year, though fee growth over the last 30 days was negative at -17.36 percent. Who pays these fees — users registering IP, parties executing royalty transactions, or general network activity — and who receives them is not specified in the stored data. The ratio of market capitalisation to annualised fees stands at 48.36, while total value locked on the chain is only 45,645 USD, giving a market-cap-to-TVL ratio of 1,430.