At Vana, we build. We validate. We move forward. And today, we're launching Vana's next phase:

A Financial System for User-Owned Data

Since going live with Vana mainnet just 12 weeks ago, we’ve proven:
✅ Individuals want to own their data : 12M+ data points onboarded
✅ There is demand for user-owned data: active sales across multiple DataDAOs

Now, it’s time to build the financial rails for data as an asset class 🧵👇 1️⃣ What we've learned: simply distributing token emissions as rewards isn’t enough to create sustainable, functional markets.

For a data economy to thrive, it needs:

✅ Liquidity – The ability to easily buy/sell data assets
✅ Price Discovery – A way to determine fair market value for data
✅ Utility & Demand – Real economic use cases beyond speculation

That's why Vana's next phase shifts towards liquidity-driven data markets.

We're excited to announce that Vana mainnet is live!

Today, we’re introducing:

⭐️ Testnet Community Rewards
🏵️ $VANA Staking
🎄 12 Days of DataDAOs

This is just the beginning of a new open data economy and the future of user-owned AI.

Here’s everything you need to know 👇 ⭐️ Testnet Community Rewards

We want to thank all of the pioneers who have paved the way to this significant mainnet milestone. A community claim will be available to those who participated in Vana's testnet phase, specifically:

♦️ Participants in early DataDAO Pre-Mines with our Aurora Cohort (via Data Hero or directly)
♦️ Builder Community Leaders in the Vana Discord
♦️ @V_on_vana NFT Holders

The snapshot was taken on December 13, 2024.

$VANA Tokenomics

$VANA is the native token of the Vana Network, powering its ecosystem and supporting secure, user-owned, decentralized data transactions. It plays a central role in the network's multi-token ecosystem.

Here’s a look at the token economics powering data as a new asset class👇 2/ Supply Overview:

Total Supply: 120,000,000 $VANA
Ecosystem and Community: 66.9%
Float at TGE: 28.5%

Introducing 🏵️ DataDAO Rewards 🏵️ Your Data, Your Power 💪

Today, Big Tech profits off your data—but we’re flipping the script. With community-driven DataDAO Rewards, you earn for contributing high-quality data while ensuring fair distribution.

Here’s how DataDAO rewards will work on Vana's new Data Hub, going live with Vana mainnet 🧵👇 2/ 🗓️ Every 21 days, the Top 16 DataDAOs receive rewards from a pool of $VANA tokens. But here's the twist: YOU decide which DataDAOs deserve those rewards.

🎯 How? By staking $VANA with DataDAOs you believe in. This isn't just voting - it's putting power back in the hands of those who contribute data: users.

🌱 Community members stake $VANA to back quality datasets, creating a new ecosystem where both contributors and supporters earn rewards.

📈 The more people stake on a DataDAO, the higher it ranks. Top 16 get rewarded. Simple. Democratic. Powerful.

🏵️ Introducing $VANA: the native token powering the future of user-owned AI.

Launching at mainnet, $VANA will be used to power the Vana Network. 🚀

Let's break down how the $VANA token functions to enable data transactions, security, and governance in the Vana protocol 🧵👇 2/ The Vana protocol creates an entirely new asset class - data tokens - through two core primitives:

🏛️ Data Sovereignty: users have full control to own and manage their digital data

🔍 Proof-of-contribution: applying ZK and TEE technology to use private data in AI training

🚀 We’re entering the next phase of Vana: with the creation of the Vana foundation, we're gearing up for the upcoming launch of Vana mainnet, a bold step forward in accelerating the AI data revolution.

Our mission? To empower individuals to reclaim control over their data and reshape how AI systems are built. Read the full announcement and highlights below 🧵 2/ Our novel approach centers on Data Liquidity Pools (DLPs), a new way for individuals to pool their data. These create high-quality datasets for AI, while ensuring contributors retain agency and benefit from their participation.