Data Marketplace

The First On-Chain Exchange for Tokenized AI Training Data

The Data Marketplace is where demonstrations recorded in The Forge become tradeable dataset tokens — discoverable, liquid & downloadable through token burn across the entire ecosystem.

Unlike typical bonding curve platforms that launch tokens without underlying assets, the Data Marketplace enables speculation on real, tangible training data with demonstrated utility for AI development. Every token represents human expertise captured as training data that requires token burns to access.


What Are You Trading?

Each dataset is minted as a burn-to-download token representing real intellectual property.

Core Features:

  • Verifiable Provenance → Every demonstration tied to its contributor

  • Quality Metrics → AI scores, ratings, validation status

  • Burn-to-Download → Permanent threshold for IP access

  • Trading History → Complete on-chain liquidity & pricing data

  • Burn Analytics → Live burns + supply reduction tracking

Example: "E-commerce Customer Service" Dataset Token

Quality Score: 87% average
Validated Demonstrations: 1,247 workflows
Burn Threshold: 50M tokens (5% of supply)
Current Price: $0.00008/token
Access Cost: $4,000 to burn and download
Holders Burns: 3 (150M tokens destroyed)
Supply Reduction: -15% (permanent scarcity)

How The Marketplace Works

1. Dataset Preparation

Launch Requirements:
├── Quality Certification: >50% demonstration scores required
├── Burn Threshold: Creator sets permanent access cost (1-10% of supply)
├── Launch Fee: $50 in $CLONES + gas 
├── Liquidity Contribution: 0.02 ETH (~$50)
└── Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 fixed (1B tokens)

2. Speculation-Only Bonding Curve

BondingCurveFormula:(VETH)(VTOK)=K,Price(ETH/token)=VETHVTOKBonding Curve Formula: (V_{ETH})(V_{TOK}) = K \quad,\quad Price (ETH/token) = \frac{V_{ETH}}{V_{TOK}}
Phase 1 Parameters:
├── Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 tokens (6 decimals)
├── Tokens sold along curve: 793,100,000
├── Reserved for LP at migration: 206,900,000
├── Initial virtual token reserves: 1,073,000,000
├── Virtual ETH offset: ~1.3 ETH (to shape early curve and avoid singularity)
├── Starting Price (approx): 1.21×10^-9 ETH/token
├── Graduation Target: ≈ $69,000 market cap
├── Creator Allocation: LP seeded at graduation with 206.9M tokens + accumulated ETH
├── Anti-Bot Protection: Human-only trading with captcha/rate limits
├── No Burns Allowed: IP dilution protected during speculation phase
└── Volume Fees: 0.25% to creator, 0.75% to protocol (forever)

3. Graduation

Migration Triggers at $69,000 Market Cap:
├── DEX Migration: Automatic Uniswap V2 deployment
├── Liquidity is BURNT: all raised ETH + 206.9M reserved tokens go into LP & sent to 0xdead
├── Burn Portal Activated : Buy threshold → Burn → Download
└── Volume Fees: 0.25% to creator, 0.75% to protocol (forever)

The Burn Portal

The Burn Portal is the dedicated page accessible after graduation at $69k market cap, where holders connect their wallet, burn the required threshold of tokens & download the dataset.

How it Works:

  1. Connect wallet → verify holdings

  2. Select dataset → confirm burn threshold

  3. Tokens destroyed on-chain (irreversible)

  4. Download instantly unlocked via portal

  5. On-chain proof of access recorded

👉 Anyone can burn tokens and retrieve datasets, opening the world of CUA data. 👉 Authentication = burn. The act of destruction itself is the license and proof of access.


Revenue Model Breakdown

Trading Fees (Applied to ALL transactions):

Total Fee: 1.0% per transaction
├── Dataset Creator: 0.25% → Direct to creator wallet
├── Platform Protocol: 0.75% → CLONES ecosystem development

Value Flywheel

Traditional Computer Use Agent (CUA) Training Data Market: Enterprise CUA datasets typically cost $50,000-$200,000 to acquire from traditional vendors like Scale AI or Appen. This represents the cost to purchase the data once for a single enterprise use case.

Tokenization Multiplier Effect: In our system, if a dataset creator sets a 3% burn threshold (30M tokens) & users are paying traditional market rates, the mathematical result is:

Market Value Calculation:
├── Traditional Dataset Value: $100,000 (one-time purchase)
├── Competitive Burn Cost: $100,000 (to match traditional pricing)
├── Required Token Price: $100,000 ÷ 30M tokens = $0.0033 per token
├── Total Market Cap: 1B tokens × $0.0033 = $3.3 Million
├── Value Multiplier: 33x the traditional single-purchase price
└── Listing Multiplier: 40$ => 3.3M$. is 82500x

Flywheel Effect => This creates an incredible value amplification where a dataset that would sell for $100K once in the traditional market can achieve a $3.3M market cap in our tokenized system. But the real power comes from multiple holder burns - each holder that needs the data must burn tokens permanently reducing supply and driving exponential scarcity for subsequent adopters.

ONE dataset = (100 / burn-to-download %) x traditional value + recurring burns + permanent scarcity This is exponential value creation impossible to create in traditional markets.


Value Creation Cycle

1. Launch → Creator investment creates $40 market cap
2. Speculation → Community drives 1,725x price growth to graduation  
3. Migration → $12K+ DEX liquidity burn with utility activation
4. Burns → Each download creates exponential scarcity
5. Revenue → All participants benefit from sustained value creation

Bottom Line

The Data Marketplace transforms static dataset sales into liquid token markets with real commercial utility through burn-to-download IP access.

It is the first mathematically-balanced ecosystem where there is:

Instant liquidity for human expertise through tokenization ✅ Burn-to-download = direct authentication + license ✅ Global price discovery eliminates enterprise licensing gatekeepers ✅ Permissionless innovation democratizes AI automation capabilities

"From closed enterprise licensing to open token markets — this is the moment AI automation becomes accessible to everyone through tradeable, threshold-gated expertise."

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