Ocean Market

Spec sheet

Purpose

Ocean Market is a reference decentralized data marketplace powered by the Ocean stack.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Intended users

Ocean describes its users as including developers and data scientists, and says its protocol helps monetize data, compute, and AI models.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Integrations

The repository lists Aquarius, the Ocean Protocol Subgraph, ENS, Purgatory, and network metadata as data sources.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Privacy

Compute-to-Data is designed to let users compute on private data without directly exposing the underlying data to consumers.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Headquarters

SingaporeRead 28 Sep 2026 · market.oceanprotocol.com

Founded

Ocean Protocol's roadmap begins in 2017.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oceanprotocol.com

Maker

Ocean Protocol Foundation Ltd. lists its address in Singapore.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oceanprotocol.com

Access limits

Fine-grained role-based marketplace permissions are designed for forks of Ocean Market and are not enabled in Ocean Market itself.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Access restrictions

Fine-grained marketplace and asset permissions are designed for Ocean Market forks and are not enabled in Ocean Market itself.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Asset access

Users can access a resource by redeeming datatokens for it.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Compute-to-Data

Compute-to-Data lets users run algorithms against private data while the data remains with its holder.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Data access

Data NFTs and datatokens provide token-based permissions for controlling access to data assets.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oceanprotocol.com

Data hosting

Assets hosted on GitHub can be linked in Ocean Market using their publicly accessible raw file URL.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Forking

The maker encourages forking the repository to create a data marketplace, with requirements to change the Ocean typeface, logo, and market name.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Free asset pricing

The marketplace code supports publishers offering assets for free, excluding gas costs.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker location

Ocean Protocol Foundation Ltd. lists its address as 1 Irving Place, #08-11, Singapore.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oceanprotocol.com

Marketplace

Ocean Market is a reference decentralized data marketplace where providers publish data and buyers consume it.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Marketplace activity

The marketplace lets data providers publish assets and buyers consume them.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Open source

The Ocean Market repository says the code is available under the Apache 2.0 license.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Pricing options

Assets can use fixed-rate or free access, and the protocol also supports automatic price discovery.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

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.Read 7 Oct 2026 · github.com

Publish and consume

Users can publish data services and consume them by downloading assets or running compute jobs.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Publish fee

Ocean Market currently charges no fee to publish an asset.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Sensitive data

The FAQ says Compute-to-Data can be used to monetize datasets behind a firewall while keeping the raw data from consumers.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Support and contact

The Ocean FAQ directs collaboration inquiries to a form, where a team member will follow up.Read 7 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Supported networks

Ocean contracts are deployed on several public networks, but Oasis Sapphire mainnet does not currently support Ocean Market.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Transaction costs

Even free assets can incur blockchain network gas fees when users order them.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Wallet integration

A crypto wallet is required to publish or purchase assets, and Ocean's wallet guide demonstrates MetaMask.Read 8 Oct 2026 · docs.oceanprotocol.com

Where Specifiction places it

• Data Marketplace Software#21 of 277.0