Data Network

Data Network is a purpose-built layer 1 blockchain designed to let holders of intellectual property — images, AI training datasets, AI models, and similar assets — register and manage that IP on-chain. It aims to solve a specific problem in the AI economy: the absence of a transparent, programmable system for attaching usage terms, attribution rules, and royalty agreements to data that AI companies consume. The intended users are data creators and AI companies who want a decentralized record of who owns what and under what conditions it may be used.

Data Network operates as a layer 1 blockchain, meaning it handles its own settlement rather than relying on another chain for finality. The stored data does not specify a consensus algorithm or a nonzero block time, so the precise validation mechanism is not available here. The DATA token functions inside the network as the native asset, with on-chain activity generating fees denominated in it and a small amount of stablecoin supply — 548,952.42 units at the point measured — also hosted on the chain.

The protocol collected 6.33 in fees over the most recent 24-hour period, 896.57 over the trailing 7 days, and 52,718.42 over the trailing 30 days, producing an annualized fee figure of 641,407.44 when the 30-day figure is extrapolated. Fee growth over the last 30 days was negative 99.82 percent, meaning fee activity has fallen sharply from an earlier peak. The market capitalization divided by that annualized fee figure stands at 126.34, and total value locked on the chain is 34,861.90, giving a market-cap-to-TVL ratio of 2,324.39. The stored data does not specify how collected fees are distributed — whether to validators, token holders, a treasury, or some combination — so that dimension of the economics remains uncharacterized here.