DATx
DATx — a reference card for a crypto project: what the product does and how verifiable the project’s key claims are; also — alignment with the Decentralized AI thesis (DecAI Fit).
DATx — a project/protocol (per the Tier‑1 repositories and whitepaper), token (symbol: DATx).
Disclaimer
Important: this page is a reference overview of the project. Within DecAIHub, we separately record a verification based on open sources within the AI thesis (what is real AI/onchain/why a token, and which sources this is based on).
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Conclusions are based on publicly available materials found as of the verification date. The absence of confirmation does not imply the absence of the technology.
TL;DR (for readers who are not into AI)
- What it is: a “decentralized ad ecosystem / digital advertising terminal” concept/protocol (whitepaper) with AI advertising recommendations, an onchain user behaviour archive and an anti‑fraud module; the DATx ERC‑20 token.
- Who it’s for: for advertisers, publishers (publishers/sites) and users (end users) of the ecosystem (whitepaper).
- Why onchain/token: the whitepaper describes an onchain “user behaviour archive” and onchain contracts for incentives/deposits; the DATx token is used as an advertising budget and as rewards/deposits (see Evidence).
How it works (very briefly)
- Participants do: advertisers buy DATx as a budget; publishers connect the SDK; users provide feedback/share data with consent (whitepaper).
- The system does: stores the “user behaviour archive” and distributes incentives; the AI subsystem makes personalized advertising recommendations; anti‑fraud uses behavioural data (whitepaper).
- Participants receive: more precise targeting/ROI (advertisers), payments and incentives (publishers/users), data/anti‑fraud signals based on the archive (whitepaper).
- Where the blockchain is: the token is confirmed on Ethereum (the contract in the explorer).
- Token role: advertisers’ budget + incentives/deposits (whitepaper).
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Project passport
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Project name | DATx |
| Also known as (aliases) | DATx Protocol |
| Logo (logo) | ../assets/689_datx_logo.svg |
| Token symbol (ticker) | DATx |
| Category | AdTech | Infra |
| Primary chain (chain) | Ethereum |
| Type | EVM |
| Network status | mainnet |
| Consensus (consensus) | PoS (Ethereum) |
| Launch date (launch_date) | — |
| Project status (status) | — |
| Token (standard) | ERC-20 |
| Token contract | 0xabbbb6447b68ffd6141da77c18c7b5876ed6c5ab |
| Token model (token_type) | — |
| Max supply | 10 000 000 000 DATx (max total supply, Etherscan) |
| Issuance | — |
| Tokenomics (tokenomics, brief) | Whitepaper: advertisers buy DATx as a budget; users/publishers and storage nodes receive incentives; deposits/rewards/penalties in DATx for “archive contracts” are described. |
| Governance | — |
| Admins/keys | — |
| Audit | — |
| Bug bounty | — |
| Team (team) | — |
| Funding (investors/funding) | — |
| AI component (ai_component) | AI recommendation system (personalized ads) |
| Use‑case (use_case) | decentralized advertising ecosystem + digital advertising terminal |
| DecAI Fit — AI thesis fit | 5/6 — high alignment with the Decentralized AI thesis |
| DecAI Fit component summary | 2 / 2 / 2 / 3 |
| Last verified | 2026-02-11 |
Links (links_*)
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Website | https://www.datx.co/ |
| Docs | https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf |
| GitHub | https://github.com/DATx-Protocol |
| Releases / Changelog | https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/DATx/commits |
| Whitepaper | https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper |
| Roadmap | — |
| Security advisories | — |
| Explorer | https://etherscan.io/token/0xabbbb6447b68ffd6141da77c18c7b5876ed6c5ab |
| X | https://twitter.com/DATxOfficial |
| Discord | — |
| Telegram | https://t.me/datxofficial01 |
| Medium | https://medium.com/@datxofficial |
| Audit report(s) | — |
| Bug bounty | — |
| CoinGecko (profile, reference) | — |
| CoinMarketCap (profile, reference) | https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/datx/ |
General project overview
Per the Tier‑1 source (whitepaper, PDF), DATx describes a “decentralized ad ecosystem / digital advertising terminal”: end user / advertisers / publishers roles, AI advertising recommendations, an onchain “user behaviour archive” and incentive mechanisms using the DATx token, as well as an anti‑fraud module based on the behavioural archive.
Features/modules
DATx/smart-contractrepositories (Tier‑1 development artifacts).- Whitepaper (Tier‑1 document, PDF).
- AI recommendation system (description in the whitepaper).
- DATx user behaviour archive (description: recording of behavioural events and ownership/access rights onchain).
- Incentive mechanisms for users/publishers and storage nodes (including deposits/rewards/penalties).
- Anti‑Fraud monitoring based on the user behaviour archive (whitepaper).
Typical scenarios
- Scenario 1: an advertiser buys DATx and creates a request/bidding → a publisher integrates the SDK → users interact/provide feedback → the system distributes incentives and optimizes recommendations (whitepaper).
Getting started (wallet/network)
- What you need: an Ethereum wallet for the DATx token + integration via DATx Protocol/SDK for ecosystem participants (whitepaper).
- Network/chain: Ethereum (per the token contract).
- Fees: standard Ethereum network fees for operations with the ERC‑20 token.
Architecture/tech (non‑AI)
- Components: advertising platform + token exchange + incentive mechanism + DATx user behaviour archive (onchain) + anti‑fraud (whitepaper).
- Participant roles: end users / advertisers / publishers / advertising platform (whitepaper).
- Where logic runs: the token and the described contracts/archive — onchain; the rest of the platform/algorithm logic — offchain (whitepaper).
- Dependencies: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
Token/economics (expanded, no forecasts)
- Token utility: advertisers buy DATx as a budget; users/publishers receive payments/incentives in DATx (whitepaper).
- Protocol necessity drivers: the whitepaper describes incentive scenarios and contractual deposits/penalties in DATx for “archive contracts” (storage nodes).
- Who pays fees: the transaction sender (Ethereum gas) for token operations.
- Where fees go: to the Ethereum network validators (standard gas logic).
- Issuance/burn: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Security/incentive mechanisms: incentives for users (for feedback/data) and publishers (for traffic quality/SDK integration), as well as deposits/rewards/penalties for storage nodes when storing the user behaviour archive (whitepaper).
- Distribution and token issuance schedule: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Treasury: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
Governance
- Who makes decisions: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- How protocol parameters change: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Where decisions are discussed/made: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Keys/multisig: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
Security and incidents
- Audits: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Bug bounty: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Incidents: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Threat model: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
Project status and timeline
- Current status: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Key releases/milestones: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Roadmap: No Tier‑1 roadmap found.
Ecosystem/integrations
- Integrations: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Partners: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Where it’s actually used: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
AI component of the project
- What is real AI here? The whitepaper describes an AI recommendation system for personalized advertising recommendations and “customized delivery”.
- What is truly onchain? The ERC‑20 token on Ethereum; the whitepaper describes an onchain user behaviour archive and contracts/deposits for storing the archive.
- Why is a token needed? Advertising budget + incentives/deposits/penalties in the ecosystem (whitepaper).
- Red flags (based on the information found): the description in the whitepaper is conceptual; Tier‑1 demos/metrics/reference implementation of AI are not recorded in this card.
DecAI Fit component summary
- DecAI Fit: 5/6 — high alignment with the Decentralized AI thesis
| Component | Level | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI reality | medium | 2 |
| Onchain necessity | medium | 2 |
| Token necessity | medium | 2 |
| Evidence | Tier‑1 present | 3 |
Details
AI reality
AI_0 — AI intent (Tier‑1 roadmap) (1/0)
- AI_0 (decision): 0
- Claim (one line): In the whitepaper, AI appears as part of the system (see AI_1/AI_4), while a separate “AI‑roadmap” as intent is not singled out in this card.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): AI intent is present, but it is confirmed through the description of the AI subsystem, so AI_0 is not needed as “intent only”.
- Conflict note (if any): —
AI_1 — what the AI does (1/0)
- AI_1 (decision): 1
- Claim (one line): The whitepaper describes an AI recommendation system for “precise and personalized advertising recommendations / customized ads recommendation”.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): there is a Tier‑1 description of what the AI subsystem does.
- Conflict note (if any): —
AI_2 — demos/examples (1/0)
- AI_2 (decision): 0
- Claim (one line): Demos/examples of the AI recommendation system in operation were not found in Tier‑1.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): the whitepaper has a description, but no demonstration/runnable example.
- Conflict note (if any): —
AI_3 — metrics/quality (1/0)
- AI_3 (decision): 0
- Metrics: not found (no Tier‑1 quality metrics for the AI recommendation system).
- Context (version/date/how measured): —
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): metrics/benchmarks are not provided.
- Conflict note (if any): —
AI_4 — tech description/architecture/versions (1/0)
- AI_4 (decision): 1
- Claim (one line): The whitepaper provides a tech description of the AI recommendation structures and input signals (user feedback loop), and also mentions weight calculation via information gain/GBDT.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): there is a Tier‑1 tech description at the whitepaper level; however, there is no Tier‑1 code/model versions.
- Conflict note (if any): —
Onchain necessity
OC_1 — contracts/addresses/chain (1/0)
- OC_1 (decision): 1
- Chain: Ethereum
- Addresses/identifiers: ERC‑20 token: 0xabbbb6447b68ffd6141da77c18c7b5876ed6c5ab
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://etherscan.io/token/0xabbbb6447b68ffd6141da77c18c7b5876ed6c5ab
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): there is a Tier‑1 onchain artifact (the token contract).
- Conflict note (if any): —
OC_2 — onchain beyond just a token (1/0)
- OC_2 (decision): 1
- What useful logic is onchain: the whitepaper describes an onchain “DATx user behaviour archive” (recording of behavioural events/access rights) and archive storage contracts.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): in the Tier‑1 source, onchain logic extends beyond the token.
- Conflict note (if any): —
OC_3 — onchain is critical (1/0)
- OC_3 (decision): 0
- “Replace the blockchain” test: not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): onchain criticality is not proven.
- Conflict note (if any): —
Token necessity
TK_0 — no token (1/0)
- TK_0 (decision): 0
- Claim (one line): The project has an ERC‑20 token, DATx (the contract on Ethereum).
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://etherscan.io/token/0xabbbb6447b68ffd6141da77c18c7b5876ed6c5ab
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): the onchain contract page confirms the existence of the token.
- Conflict note (if any): —
TK_1..TK_4 (1/0)
TK_1 — payment for the service (1/0)
- TK_1 (decision): 1
- Claim (one line): Whitepaper: advertisers purchase DATx Tokens as advertising budgets; payments/deposits in “archive contracts” are also described.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): there is a Tier‑1 description of the token’s payment/deposit role in the system.
- Conflict note (if any): —
TK_2 — incentives/collateral/penalties (1/0)
- TK_2 (decision): 1
- Claim (one line): The whitepaper describes incentives for users/publishers in DATx and collateral/penalties for storage nodes (deposits for archive contracts).
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): the Tier‑1 source contains explicit scenarios for incentives and deposits/penalties.
- Conflict note (if any): —
TK_3 — governance (1/0)
- TK_3 (decision): 0
- Claim (one line): No Tier‑1 confirmation of the governance role of the token was found.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): insufficient data.
- Conflict note (if any): —
TK_4 — token is replaceable (1/0)
- TK_4 (decision): 0
- Claim (one line): The replaceability of the token is not confirmed by Tier‑1.
- Evidence: Tier‑1 — https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper
- Why sufficient / why not (one line): there is no argumentation.
- Conflict note (if any): —
Evidence (table)
| Tier | Source | What it proves |
|---|---|---|
| Tier‑1 | https://github.com/DATx-Protocol | The existence of a Tier‑1 organization/repositories. |
| Tier‑1 | https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper | Tier‑1 document (whitepaper repo, PDF). |
| Tier‑1 | https://github.com/DATx-Protocol/whitepaper/raw/master/DATx%20WHITEPAPER%20(EN)%20V1.1.pdf | Whitepaper PDF: roles (advertisers/publishers/users), AI recommendation system, token incentives, user behaviour archive, anti‑fraud. |
| Tier‑1 | https://etherscan.io/token/0xabbbb6447b68ffd6141da77c18c7b5876ed6c5ab | Onchain artifact: ERC‑20 token contract. |
| Tier‑1 | — | No Tier‑1 demos/metrics of the AI subsystem (AI_2/AI_3) were found. |
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