Vana, the user-owned data network, has launched its mainnet and $VANA token after a successful testnet phase.
Chainwire reports over 1.3 million users contributed more than 6.5m data points to DataDAOs, processing 1.7 million transactions daily.
Vana's EVM-compatible blockchain preserves data privacy while enabling its use for AI model training through programmable data ownership.
DataDAOs will leverage $VANA to enable owners to monetize and govern their collective personal data for a stake in the cross-platform data sets powering AI growth.
Blockchain provides inherently secure trustless validation through data ingress and trusted execution nodes, where users control their given permissions.
$VANA's total supply of 120 million tokens enables data governance, network security, incentivized quality of contributed data and revenue sharing from data usage.
The Vana ecosystem includes independent research company, Open Data Labs, whose CEO calls Vana's launch 'a fundamental shift in how data is owned and monetized in the AI era.'
Discontent with the current private data trading model, Vana is empowering users to own a stake in their own data's worth and future technology creation.
As AI hits a data wall and platforms monetise user data without sharing the benefits with users, Vana's permissioned, secure and incentivised approach offers users sovereignty and participation in data and AI growth.
DNA DAO and an expansion of a Reddit Data DAO approach data contributions with privacy-related priorities and a community-owned data pool mindset on the Vana network.