Roadmap

The team behind Ocean Protocol continues to improve the software and services at all levels: smart contracts, libraries, and marketplaces / applications. This page shows progress made thus far, where we’re headed, and Ocean whitepapers. The 2023 roadmap blog post has further detail for 2023.

Ocean Token seed distribution
Technical Primer
Marketplace Framework

Released Technical Whitepaper & Business Whitepaper

Ocean Token pre-launch distribution with 3500 Contributors in 100 countries
Grew developer team
Advisor Program launched

Proof-of-concept data marketplace released (Pleuston)
Test network created (Spree)

Development and documentation of Ocean network components
Building global community: many events, advisors, and ambassadors

Core functionality of decentralized access control
Beta network deployed (Nile)
Commons Marketplace demonstrator

V1 functionality at production grade
POA mainnet launched (Pacific)
Token bridge between Ethereum Mainnet and PoA network

Decentralized, non-custodial data marketplace
Customizable for data providers
Deployed with a strategic enterprise partner

Unlock private data while preserving privacy, by bringing compute to the data
Integrated with Enterprise Marketplace, to enable buying & selling private data while preserving privacy

ERC20 Datatokens for access control
Ocean Market community marketplace. Updated market-level token design including staking
Deployed to Ethereum Mainnet
Updated system-level token design for growth and long-term sustainability

A grants DAO providing community funding
Projects are proposed and curated by the community

First deployment beyond Ethereum mainnet. Deployed to Polygon, including a bridge

In Ocean Market, can now buy and sell private data while preserving privacy

Data providers can control the credentials needed to consume a data asset. 3rd party markets too.
Via Role-Based Access Control

Deployed to Moonriver, the EVM Kusama parachain in Polkadot ecosystem
Deployed to Binance Smart Chain (BSC)
Deployed to Energy Web Chain (EWC)

Public bounties program to identify critical bugs
Smart contracts deployed to test networks
Initial scope is smart contracts; then it broadens

H2O is a Non-Pegged Stable Asset backed by OCEAN, based on RAI design
Via New Order and Reflexer Labs collaboration

V4 smart contracts deployed to production networks
Data NFTs: NFT-ize base IP to enable transfer of base IP, support >1 revenue streams, and more
Help community monetize: 3rd party markets earn fees on swapping, staking, and consuming. More control over rates

A program to incentivize data consume volume

Earn by locking OCEAN and curating quality data
Incentivizes holding OCEAN longer term

Drive data value-creation loops
Help devs build data dapps on Ocean
Help data scientists make $ via algorithms. Run data challenges
Help crypto enthusiasts to earn in Ocean. Grow Data Farming

* Software is sometimes hard to predict, so there might be delays. We will update projected dates once we are closer to a milestone's completion.

Technical Whitepaper

Thorough description of Ocean Protocol, in an academic flavor.

Business Strategy

Business and ecosystem context for Ocean Protocol. Note: partly out of date.

V4 Security Audit Report

V4 Smart Contracts Security Audit Report.

V3 Security Audit Report

V3 Smart Contracts Security Audit Report.

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