DataWave is building the foundational infrastructure for a decentralized data economy on Sui blockchain with Walrus storage. We transform data from an extracted commodity into an economic asset class, where every piece of information has transparent, market-driven value that flows directly to its creators.
While we begin with surveys as our first use case, DataWave's vision extends beyond fixing Web2's problems. We're creating a protocol where data becomes a new form of economy - users generate value through their information, enterprises access authentic insights through direct compensation, and data itself becomes a tradeable asset with perpetual returns.
Traditional data models are fundamentally broken - users create billions in value but capture none of it. DataWave introduces a revolutionary paradigm:
Data as Economic Assets: Every piece of user data becomes a tradeable, income-generating asset with permanent ownership rights stored on Walrus.
Market-Driven Value: Supply and demand, not corporate monopolies, determine data prices through transparent on-chain markets.
Perpetual Value Streams: One-time data contributions generate lifetime returns through subscription models and secondary markets.
True Data Sovereignty: Users maintain complete control over their data usage, monetization, and access permissions.
- Sui Blockchain: Instant finality, low gas fees, parallel transaction processing
- Walrus Storage: Decentralized blob storage for encrypted survey responses
- Seal Encryption: Zero-knowledge privacy preserving data sharing
- Smart Contract Architecture: Automated reward distribution, subscription management, and revenue sharing
- Primary Market: Enterprises publish surveys → Users answer & earn
- Secondary Market: Data subscription services → Passive income for consenting users
- Revenue Model:
- Platform fees: 5% on all transactions
- Flexible subscription revenue sharing (Creator-defined):
- Customizable distribution between Creators, Respondents, and Platform
- Market-driven pricing ensures fair compensation
- Creator sets strategy based on survey goals
- Create targeted surveys with customizable rewards
- Real-time response tracking
- Flexible revenue sharing models to incentivize participation
- Set your own data monetization strategy
- Allowlist-based or subscription-based data access
- Anti-sybil protection mechanisms
- Earn SUI tokens instantly upon survey completion
- Consent-based data sharing for additional income
- Privacy-first encrypted responses
- Transparent reward system
- Passive income from data subscriptions
- Subscribe to survey datasets
- Access decrypted responses with user consent
- Pay-per-dataset subscription model
- Verifiable data authenticity on-chain
User Journey:
Connect Wallet → Browse Surveys → Select Survey → Answer Questions
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Sui Wallet Filter/Search Check Rewards Submit Answers
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Authenticate View Details Eligibility Encrypt (Seal)
Check ↓
Store (Walrus)
↓
Smart Contract
↓ ↓
Instant SUI Consent for
Rewards Subscription
↓
Future Dividends
(User's share)
Enterprise Journey:
Connect Wallet → Create Survey → Set Parameters → Deploy
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Sui Wallet Add Questions Set Rewards Pay Total Pool
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Authenticate Design Logic Define Max Smart Contract
Responses ↓
↓ Survey Published
Set Revenue ↓
Sharing % Collect Responses
↓ ↓
Creator's Share View Analytics
↓ ↓
Enable Subscription ↓
↓ Download Data
Secondary Market ↓
↓ Manage Access
Passive Income
Secondary Market:
Survey Creator → Enable Subscription → Set Price & Duration
↓ ↓ ↓
Define Revenue Subscription Smart Contract
Sharing Model Service ↓
↓ ↓ Marketplace Listing
Set Distribution Store Config ↓
↓ ↓ Data Buyers Browse
Creator Share Walrus Storage ↓
User Share ↓ Purchase Subscription
Platform Fee Encrypted Data ↓
↓ ↓ Payment Distribution
Flexible Model Seal Encryption ↓
↓ ↓ ┌─────────┼─────────┐
Market-Driven Access Control ↓ ↓ ↓
↓ ↓ Creator Respondents Platform
Optimal Pricing Decrypt Data (Custom) (Custom) (Fixed)
DataWave Ecosystem:
┌─────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ Enterprises │────→│ DataWave │←────│ Users │
└─────────────┘ │ Platform │ └─────────────┘
↓ └──────────────┘ ↓
Create Surveys ↓ Answer & Earn
↓ Smart Contracts ↓
Pay Rewards ↓ Get SUI Tokens
↓ ┌────────┴────────┐ ↓
Set Revenue │ │ Consent to Share
Model ↓ ↓ ↓
↓ Walrus Storage Sui Blockchain ↓
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
↓ Encrypted Data Transaction Future
↓ ↓ Records Dividends
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
└────→ Subscription ←────────┴───────────┘
Market
↓
Data Buyers Access
↓
Revenue Distribution
┌──────┼──────┐
↓ ↓ ↓
Creator Users Platform
(Custom) (Custom) (Fixed)
- Market Research: Consumer insights, product feedback, brand perception
- Academic Research: Social surveys, behavioral studies, data collection
- DeFi Governance: Protocol polling, community sentiment, feature voting
- Product Development: UX testing, feature validation, user preferences
- Web3 Analytics: Ecosystem research, user behavior, adoption metrics
- Flexible Economics: Creators define their own revenue sharing model
- Decentralized: No central authority controlling data
- Privacy-preserving: Encrypted responses with selective disclosure
- Fair compensation: Direct creator-to-user payments
- Data sovereignty: Users control their data monetization
- Market-driven: Competition ensures optimal pricing
- Composable: APIs for integration with other dApps
- Transparent: All transactions and distributions on-chain
- Instant settlement: No waiting periods for payments
- ✅ Fully functional MVP deployed on Sui testnet
- ✅ 100% on-chain survey lifecycle
- ✅ Encrypted data storage on Walrus decentralized network
- ✅ Working encryption/decryption with Seal protocol
- ✅ Complete frontend with wallet integration
- ✅ Gas-optimized smart contracts
- ✅ Flexible revenue sharing models
- ✅ Mobile-responsive design
- ✅ Multi-language support ready
- Blockchain: Sui Network
- Storage: Walrus Decentralized Storage
- Encryption: Seal Protocol
- Frontend: React + TypeScript + Vite
- Smart Contracts: Move Language
- Wallet: Sui Wallet Integration
- UI Components: Custom Design System
- Node.js v18+
- Sui Wallet
- Testnet SUI tokens
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/datawave
# Install dependencies
cd datawave-frontend
npm install
# Start development server
npm run dev# Navigate to contracts
cd datawave
# Build contracts
sui move build
# Deploy to testnet
sui client publish --gas-budget 100000000- Growing demand for transparent, fair market research solutions
- Expanding Web3 ecosystem seeking native research tools
- Instant payments replacing traditional delayed compensation
- Lower operational costs through smart contract automation
- Global accessibility without geographic or banking restrictions
- Data sovereignty addressing increasing privacy concerns
- Smart Contract Development: Move language expertise
- Frontend Engineering: React/TypeScript specialists
- Blockchain Architecture: DeFi protocol experience
- Product Design: Web3 UX optimization
- Demo: datawave.wal.app
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details
DataWave: Building the Data Economy, One Asset at a Time
Where data transforms from commodity to capital
Built with ❤️ for the Walrus Haulout Hackathon 2025