DATA Network launched its Trace registry in June 2026 to track origins and licensing rights for AI training data while settling payments to contributors

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DATA Network originally launched in February 2025 as an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain supporting programmable intellectual property and automated licensing

During the June 25, 2026 rebrand from Story Protocol to DATA Foundation, holders of Story Protocol's IP token migrated to DATA Foundation's DATA token on a 1:1 basis

DATA Network's Trace registry logged over 250 million data registrations between June 2026 and October 2026, averaging over 3 million receipts per day

Mysten Labs Chief Product Officer Adeniyi Abiodun stated that the AI industry's next frontier requires access to datasets with regulatory consent and provenance

Mysten Labs Chief Product Officer Adeniyi Abiodun stated that migrating DATA Network and Trace to Sui supplies AI labs with rights-cleared data meeting regulatory consent standards

On-chain metadata registration provides sufficient verification for AI training dataset consent

DATA Network's architecture registers data provenance on-chain without exposing raw underlying datasets

AI models are being trained using data from public platforms such as Twitter and Reddit

Coordinated narratives on social media platforms are reportedly used to manipulate the responses of AI models

Blockchains can be used to provide distributed trust and trace the provenance of AI-generated content