2026-01-11 01:28:16

AI assistant's "forgetfulness" is becoming a new problem. Your conversations, consumption records, browsing history are stored on the servers of big tech companies, and they can delete or modify them at will—you have no say.

This is the awkward situation we face today: Web3 constantly advocates for data sovereignty, but in reality, your data remains someone else's asset. Buyers can freely train models, copy data, or even sell it to third parties, while you have no way to verify or control.

A project is trying to fundamentally change this logic. Its approach is simple but thorough—rather than letting data sit passively on a centralized server and be exploited, it aims to return the "usage rights" definition back to the data owners from the very beginning.

The protocol adopts a mechanism called Seal, which essentially puts an "intelligent lock" on the data. When you store sensitive data (such as medical images), the buyer doesn't get the data itself but a programmed "decryption key."

This key is strictly constrained: it can only be used by specific AI models, only within a certain time frame, and each use is recorded on the blockchain. Violations trigger immediate alerts. Even more impressively, you can set up automatic rewards whenever the data is accessed.

In simple terms, this mechanism makes three things possible: piracy turns into garbage data (since leaving the system results in gibberish), misuse is traceable (permanent on-chain record), and users are rewarded (without intermediaries).

This is not just a theoretical concept. By December 2025, this system has handled over 70,000 real decryption requests, and more than 20 AI projects and data management companies are using it to protect their core assets.

What the market lacks is not ideas but truly usable infrastructure. When high-value data begins to flow compliantly, the market size could reach trillions. And the native token of this protocol is very likely to become the access pass for future data trading.

Ultimately, the essence of the data revolution is not to make AI smarter, but to make data flow transparent, controllable, and traceable. Whoever can standardize these rules will hold the discourse power in the AI era.

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SerumSqueezer

· 11h ago

Hmm... The Seal mechanism sounds reliable, but can it really withstand big corporations? --- 70,000 decryption requests sound like a lot, but compared to the entire data trading market, it's still a bit thin. --- Basically, it's like putting a protective suit on the data. The key question is whether anyone is really willing to use it. --- Recording violations on-chain is good, but what if the protocol itself gets attacked? --- For this token to become a "passport," there needs to be enough data providers willing to pay. It's still too early to tell. --- It's interesting; the automatic reward design is quite sincere. --- After all the hype about data sovereignty, someone is finally actually doing it.

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ProbablyNothing

· 11h ago

This Seal mechanism is indeed interesting, but whether it can be truly implemented depends on whether it can withstand the pressure from big capital. Data flow transparency and traceability sound good, but the key question is who gets to define what "compliance" means. 70,000 requests sound like a lot, but compared to the overall AI training scale, it's just a drop in the bucket. Don't get too excited too early. This is what Web3 should be doing, not just another pump-and-dump project. Token passports and similar things should be put on hold for now. Right now, anything can be packaged as the next big trend.

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OldLeekConfession

· 11h ago

70,000 decryption requests? That's a bit hard to believe; we need to check on-chain records to be sure. Data sovereignty has been talked about too many times; truly usable infrastructure is indeed scarce, and that's a correct point. Another claim of a "trillion-dollar market"; will tokens once again become tools for cutting leeks? That's the core issue. It sounds good, but who dares to really sell their medical data? How to break through this regulatory hurdle? The Seal mechanism sounds promising, but I'm worried it's just another PPT dream that can't be implemented in reality. It would be great if we could truly ensure data isn't misused, but on-chain records ≠ really preventing bad things from happening. Don't just look at tokens; I'm more concerned about whether this thing can genuinely give me control over my data, rather than being another centralized entity in disguise. Used by over 20 projects? Where's the list? If it's not a white label, it's embarrassing to say it has truly been implemented.

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SmartContractRebel

· 11h ago

Big companies delete and modify as they please, and our data feels like it's gone. The Seal mechanism sounds good, but can it really restrict these big corporations? Selling data as a commodity, yet we don't get a penny. This business is damn unfair. 70,000 decryption requests, over 20 projects using it... Are these numbers reliable? Seems a bit exaggerated. I believe in the idea of permanent on-chain records; at least it's much more transparent than centralized servers. A trillion-dollar market sounds great, but in reality, how many projects can actually succeed? Data sovereignty has always been just empty talk. This time, won't it be just old wine in a new bottle?

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