{"id":13622,"date":"2021-08-17T14:12:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T08:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/?p=13622"},"modified":"2021-08-17T14:12:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T08:42:24","slug":"streamr-and-the-data-token","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/blog\/streamr-and-the-data-token","title":{"rendered":"Streamr and the DATA token"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In one sentence, Streamr is <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/streamr.network\/docs\/introduction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>an open source, crowdfunded, decentralized platform for real-time data.<\/strong><\/a><strong> The Streamr Network lies at the heart of this platform, enabling devices and users to share their data.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/buy-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Streamr Network<\/a> is comprised of three components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Streams are sequences of timestamped messages, delivered from publishers to subscribers by the Streamr Network.<\/li><li>A collection of streams makes a Product, which are published onto the Marketplace and subscribed to.<\/li><li>DATA is the cryptocurrency which powers the Streamr ecosystem in various ways. It is an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of one single entity investing in specialized data architecture, the network is run by the community. This creates a permissionless and neutral network for real-time data, which is highly suitable for use cases such as data sharing, data monetisation, and the decentralized web, extending the capabilities of the underlying internet without compromising its open and decentralized nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do keep in mind, that while Streamr already works today, it is not yet feature-complete or fully decentralized. You can learn more about the project\u2019s progress <a href=\"https:\/\/streamr.network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply put, Streamr allows you to monetize your device\u2019s data in the same way that BAT allows you to monetize your attention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/buy-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DATA token<\/a> is an ERC-20 token and is native to the Streamr ecosystem. You can access data streams with DATA payments, and the token will power the incentive mechanism. At present, there is a total supply of around 1 billion DATA, trading at around\u20b910 each. Buy some DATA on ZebPay today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one sentence, Streamr is an open source, crowdfunded, decentralized platform for real-time data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}