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A datanet (also called a subnet) is the core organizational primitive of the Reppo protocol. Each datanet is a domain-specific market for sourcing, curating, and monetizing AI training data — think of it as a self-contained data economy with its own rules, fees, and incentives. Anyone can launch a datanet for any data domain without permission.

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What datanet owners control

When you create a datanet, you configure all of its economic and governance parameters:
SettingDescription
Access governanceWho can publish content and who can vote
Publishing feeCost in REPPO to submit a pod to this datanet
Quality thresholdsMinimum standards content must meet for acceptance
Reward mechanicsHow emissions flow to contributors and curators
Native tokenThe ERC-20 token on Base associated with this datanet

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How content flows through a datanet

1

Publisher pays the fee

A publisher selects a datanet and pays its publishing fee in REPPO. This fee is the Sybil-resistance mechanism — submitting low-quality content at scale is economically costly.
2

Pod becomes visible

The submitted content (a pod) is made visible to all voters participating in that datanet.
3

Voters allocate veREPPO

During the current 48-hour epoch, voters distribute their veREPPO voting power toward or against the pod.
4

Epoch closes and rewards are calculated

At the end of the epoch, the network tallies votes and calculates reward distribution based on voting outcomes.
5

Emissions flow to quality content

High-quality pods that earn strong positive curation generate sustained emissions each epoch. Weak content is downranked and earns less.

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Datanet economics

Publishing fees and other revenue accumulate in the Performance Pool for that datanet:
SourceContribution to pool
Datanet creation fees50%
Publishing fees10%
Data access fees10%
The Performance Pool distributes every third epoch. When it distributes:
  • 80% goes to REPPO stakers
  • 20% goes to datanet owners
Distribution across datanets is weighted by four metrics:
MetricWeight
EVOF (Economic Value of Feedback)40%
Staked REPPO25%
Trading volume20%
Total fees collected15%
The Performance Pool distributes on a fixed cadence — every third epoch. Rewards you earn between distributions accrue and pay out at the next distribution event.

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Creating a datanet

Use the POST /me/subnets endpoint to create a datanet draft programmatically. You will need to provide:
  • Native token address (an ERC-20 contract on Base)
  • Token symbol and decimals
  • Subnet name and description
  • Publisher and voter onboarding instructions
  • Your initial fee structure
POST /api/v1/me/subnets
After creating the draft, publish it on-chain using POST /me/subnets/{id}/publish with the transaction hash. You can update fees at any time via the fee management endpoints.