Ocean Protocol Ecosystem

Context

mikera:

"In nature, an ecosystem is the combination of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their ongoing interrelationships. Ecosystems in the context of blockchain-based, decentralised organisations such as Ocean can be understood in the same way: There is a context for the interactions, there are participants that may be competing for prosperity, there are patterns in the interactions and an overall outcome, sustainability, that benefits everyone and everything within it.

Participants in the Ocean Protocol Ecosystem share an environment, which includes the protocol, through complex interactions and interdependencies. They depend on each other and they are all necessary to its existence, even though some may have contrasting goals, norms and values.

As we look at ways to develop the Ocean Protocol ecosystem, we can look at analogies with the natural world to answer important questions such as:

• What different species of participants do we expect to emerge, and how will they interact with others?

• How do we ensure a sustainable ecosystem, where the majority of participants have positive incentives to continue participating and contribute back to the ecosystem?

• How do we limit the danger of “parasites” that drain value from the ecosystem?

• We don’t have all the answers. But we believe that taking an ecosystem view is essential to the long term success of Ocean Protocol as a fundamental substrate for decentralised data sharing and AI."

(https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/towards-a-natural-model-of-decentralised-data-ecosystems-bbb868b40079)