Project Name
Streaming Data Asset in Ocean Marketplace
Project Category
Build & Integrate
Proposal Earmark
New Entrants
Proposal Description
A Data Market that supports multiple types of data and payments, such as streaming data, dynamically generated analytic data, and static datasets.
Grant Deliverables
- An extension for Ocean Marketplace that supports a streaming data asset type
- Technical Documentation
- User Guide
Project Description
Project Description
As live data from IoT and sensor sources becomes more common we would like to see the Ocean Marketplace support streaming data. This will require a different product type than static assets with datasets. Some examples of data streams include the public transport and weather data being provisioned by cities like Helsinkiās transport APIs: https://www.hsl.fi/en/hsl/open-data
Grant Scope
We intend to write an extension for Ocean Marketplace which will make streaming data listings possible. With live data the asset will be a stream and its listing on Ocean Marketplace will have additional metadata fields. Instead of downloading a dataset a user will access a data stream at a given URL for a specified amount of time.
The pricing in the initial implementation will be a one-time payment, the same as Ocean Marketplace supports now. The price will be keyed to a time limit for the subscription. The limit selection will be defined by the provider (e.g. 1h, 4h, 8h, 1D, 1W). When the time limit is reached the stream will stop and the user will need to purchase a new subscription. (In a future iteration weād like to implement streaming payments, using Superfluid or LlamaPay, which will run continuously in the background.)
Project Scope
Our intention is to foster a data market that supports multiple types of data and payments, and can be used by individuals or enterprises in any industry with ease.
The below Process Flow Diagram shows how the Ocean Marketplace, which acts as the proxy-host between the source/provider and the consumer for static data, morphs into a facilitator between the two parties when it comes to streaming data. The market enables the dealmaking and chaneling of the payment, while the fulfillment happens in a peer-to-peer fashion between the data stream provider and the consumer.
This is similar to ecommerce sites which include streaming products in their catalog. For example, a customer finds a streaming product, such as an audio book or podcast, and pays for it. Instead of downloading a file from the ecommerce site, the customer directly connects to a stream provided by the publisher.
As shown in the below example, the podcast provider (the data source in our case) deals with the consumer directly for delivery/fulfillment.
In the center is the Ocean Marketplace App with two extensions extending to the right. The upper one, Streaming Data Extension, is the subject of this grant. In a future iteration we would like to implement the Streaming Payment Extension.
As an additional benefit, weāll also be enabling an integration with Tableland (a web3-SQL app), thereby SQL-izing the DDO and metadata. The idea is to let the marketplace users access the Tableland instance in order to perform analytics on dataset-level metadata and metrics such as prices.
Final Product
A Data Market that supports multiple types of data and payments. Static datasets and dynamically generated analytic data will be procured with a single transaction and streaming data will be provisioned as a streaming transaction.
Value Add Criteria
1. This project will enhance the functionality and usage of the Marketplace so that it handles streaming data assets and ultimately (in a future iteration) streaming payments.Ā
2. Users will be able to work with live data from IoT, sensor, and monitor sources.Ā
3. Integration with Tableland (a web3-SQL app: https://docs.tableland.xyz/) will enhance users' analytics capabilities.
This will boost the usage and adoption of the Ocean platform.Ā
Core Team
Name: Kit Blake
**Role:**Product Manager
Credentials
+ Entrepreneur, cofounder of Infrae bv (content management), Gauss App (social local mobile), and ChaƮne Research (non-profit climate data initiative)
+ Active in various blockchain communities such as RChain, Superfluid, and PieDAO
+ Public speaker and blogger
+ Recently completed the Ocean 101 Ambassador course
GitHub:https://github.com/kitblake
LinkedIn:https://linkedin.com/in/kitblake
**Background/Experience:**Product development, project management, team formation, marketing, communications, finance, HTML/CSS, writing.
Name: Abhi
Role: Data Engineer
Credentials
+ Intelligent Systems Grad
+ Co-founded a Climate Action Data Shop - https://chaineresearch.org
+ Freshly minted Ocean Ambassador
GitHub: https://github.com/sarvagyaa
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/abhi-sarvagyam/
Background/Experience: Data Architecture & Engineering, Product Management, Business Analysis, and Writing, mainly in Finance and Customer Engagement.
Name: TBD
Role: Blockchain Engineer
We are looking for a blockchain developer to participate in the grant, preferably with knowledge of the Ocean infrastructure.
Ocean Community Engagement
Weāve both completed the Ocean 101 course and Abhi (@databeetle on Discord) has had the initial onboarding meeting with @blockchainlugano to become an Ocean Ambassador. Abhi also has interacted with the devs on Discord while setting up our instance of the market and experimenting with it. Kit has been following the Ocean project since inception, was an investor in the ICO in March 2019, and is an Ocean liquidity provider on Uniswap.
Funding Requested
3000
Minimum Funding Requested
3000
Wallet Address
0x47ac438004D39518792eb96F743A4b952e8462Fe
