Building the Data Economy Layer for Your Chain

How chains can build a data economy layer using The Neighborhood to turn raw blockchain activity into monetizable data products and validator yield.

Why Data Is the Next Competitive Edge

Every blockchain competes for more than just transactions; it competes for data. As chains evolve beyond simple value transfer, the demand for structured, real-time, and AI-ready data is accelerating. Networks like Story and Peaq are leaning into this reality by aligning infrastructure around data and intelligent agents. In this new era, the value of a chain is not defined by blockspace alone but by its ability to power a thriving data economy on top of it.

The Hidden Cost of Ignoring Data Infrastructure

Most chains still treat data as a byproduct, not a resource. Developers struggle to access usable onchain information without building costly indexing stacks. Validators process large volumes of raw data but do not earn from it. AI builders and analytics teams repeatedly leave the chain to find, clean, and reshape data. The result is underutilized compute, fragmented ecosystems, and missed economic potential. Without a native data economy layer, valuable activity remains invisible, and so does the opportunity to generate volume and yield for the network.

How The Neighborhood Turns Data Into an Economy

The Neighborhood by The Indexing Company is a distributed data layer designed for real-time processing and streaming across any blockchain. Builders configure pipelines to filter contracts, decode events, and fuse onchain and offchain data. Lightweight nodes run alongside validators and use idle compute to power these pipelines. Builders pay in the chain’s token for usage. Node operators earn new yield for processing. The network gains transaction volume and native utility.

For Story, this model strengthens provenance, licensing, and AI workflows with programmable, verifiable data streams. For Peaq, it turns machine and device outputs into monetizable, verifiable data products that agents can consume. Any chain that integrates The Neighborhood can transform raw activity into a self-sustaining loop of usage, revenue, and growth.

Lead the Future of Onchain Data

Chains that adopt a data economy layer unlock a new source of onchain volume: data volume. They create durable yield for validators, better tools for developers, and stronger network effects for the ecosystem. If your chain focuses on AI, data, or autonomous infrastructure, now is the time to build your data economy layer. Contact The Indexing Company to see how The Neighborhood can power it today.