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Ocean Market
Singapore
What it 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, using data NFTs and datatokens for token-based access permissions. Ocean Compute-to-Data lets users run algorithms on datasets without exposing the raw data to consumers, including data kept behind a firewall. Assets may offer free or fixed-rate access, and the protocol also supports automatic price discovery. Ocean Market currently charges no fee to publish an asset, but ordering even a free asset can incur blockchain gas costs. A crypto wallet is required to publish or purchase assets. The marketplace code is open source under Apache 2.0, and the maker encourages forks for creating other marketplaces. Fine-grained role-based marketplace permissions are designed for forks and are not enabled in Ocean Market itself. The deployment's privacy preference center is disabled by default. Listed data sources include Aquarius, the Ocean Protocol Subgraph, ENS, Purgatory, and network metadata.
For and against
For
- Supports publishing data assets and downloading them.
- Compute-to-Data runs algorithms without exposing raw datasets.
- Assets can offer free or fixed-rate access.
- Marketplace code is open source under Apache 2.0.
Against
- Blockchain gas costs may apply to free assets.
- Publishing or purchasing requires a crypto wallet.
- Fine-grained role-based permissions are not enabled.
- Privacy preference center is disabled by default.
The verdict
Ocean Market combines data-asset publishing with token-based access and Compute-to-Data. Buyers should account for wallet requirements and possible gas costs, while publishers should note that fine-grained marketplace permissions are not enabled in this deployment.
Who it suits
Ocean Market may suit developers, data scientists, and other users looking to publish or access data assets or run compute jobs. Its token-based access and Compute-to-Data approach may be relevant when datasets should not be exposed directly to consumers.
On the record
- Access limits
- Fine-grained role-based marketplace permissions are designed for forks of Ocean Market and are not enabled in Ocean Market itself.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Access restrictions
- Fine-grained marketplace and asset permissions are designed for Ocean Market forks and are not enabled in Ocean Market itself.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Asset access
- Users can access a resource by redeeming datatokens for it.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Compute-to-Data
- Compute-to-Data lets users run algorithms against private data while the data remains with its holder.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data access
- Data NFTs and datatokens provide token-based permissions for controlling access to data assets.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data hosting
- Assets hosted on GitHub can be linked in Ocean Market using their publicly accessible raw file URL.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Forking
- The maker encourages forking the repository to create a data marketplace, with requirements to change the Ocean typeface, logo, and market name.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Free asset pricing
- The marketplace code supports publishers offering assets for free, excluding gas costs.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The repository lists Aquarius, the Ocean Protocol Subgraph, ENS, Purgatory, and network metadata as data sources.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Ocean describes its users as including developers and data scientists, and says its protocol helps monetize data, compute, and AI models.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maker
- Ocean Protocol Foundation Ltd. lists its address in Singapore.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maker location
- Ocean Protocol Foundation Ltd. lists its address as 1 Irving Place, #08-11, Singapore.oceanprotocol.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Marketplace
- Ocean Market is a reference decentralized data marketplace where providers publish data and buyers consume it.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Marketplace activity
- The marketplace lets data providers publish assets and buyers consume them.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The Ocean Market repository says the code is available under the Apache 2.0 license.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Pricing options
- Assets can use fixed-rate or free access, and the protocol also supports automatic price discovery.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Compute-to-Data is designed to let users compute on private data without directly exposing the underlying data to consumers.docs.oceanprotocol.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- 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.github.com · read 7 Oct 2026
