Ceramic Network
Decentralized Data Protocol
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Licença Permissive (MIT + Apache 2.0 — fully open source on GitHub)
Status de Dev 🟢 Ativo
Detalhe do Status de Dev Released (mainnet live; transitioning from js-ceramic/ComposeDB to ceramic-one standalone implementation for AI agent use cases)
Proprietário 3Box Labs (co-founded by Michael Sena, Joel Thorstensson, Daniel Zuckerman; 3Box Labs merged with Textile in 2024; US corporation registered in Delaware)
País USA (Delaware; employees across US and Europe)
Ano de Início 2019
Stack Rust (ceramic-one, new standalone implementation) + TypeScript (legacy js-ceramic)
Financiamento VC ($30M Series A in Feb 2022 co-led by Multicoin Capital and Union Square Ventures; 50+ investors)
Última Investigação 9 de mar. de 2026
Decentralized Data Protocol Atributos
Origins Database / Ecosystem/SDK (decentralized composable data network for Web3 apps)
Database DAG (self-certifying event logs using IPLD content addressing; ComposeDB provides graph database with SQLite indexing on top)
Query Language GraphQL (ComposeDB's native query interface)
Data Formats JSON (JSON Schema-based data models via ComposeDB composites; IPLD-encoded event streams underneath)
Collaborative Live Editing N/A (event log protocol; provides eventual consistency for shared mutable data, not real-time co-editing)
Rich Text Editing N/A
Mobile Support N/A (server-side protocol; client libraries for JS/Node environments)
Web Support Yes (JavaScript client SDK for browser; ComposeDB client)
Native Apps N/A (infrastructure protocol; no end-user app)
Terms Self-hosting (run your own Ceramic node; no direct protocol fees currently; fee structure may change with future token economics)
Funds $30M+ (Series A; investors include Multicoin, USV, Coinbase Ventures, Protocol Labs, Jump Crypto, Hashed, Variant Fund, Edge & Node, and 40+ others)
Based On IPFS (IPLD for content addressing, libp2p for networking); Ethereum (event anchoring for immutable timestamps)
P2P Architecture DHT + Public Blockchain (libp2p-based P2P networking for event distribution; pairwise sync protocol replaced earlier multicast; Ethereum anchoring for timestamp consensus)
Overlay Network Global (Ceramic nodes share and distribute events across the network; nodes can index on specific data model families)
Content Addressing Yes (all data structured as IPLD content-addressed event logs; each event identified by CID)
Local-First N/A (node-hosted data; not designed as local-first architecture)
E2EE No (data is public by default; encryption can be layered via Lit Protocol integration; private data support in early proof-of-concept)
CRDTs Lib N/A (uses event log ordering with Ethereum anchor timestamps; not CRDT-based conflict resolution)
Byzantine Fault Tolerance No (relies on Ethereum anchoring for tamper evidence; individual event streams are self-certifying via signatures)
Signature CACAO + DID:PKH (Sign-In With X standards; supports secp256k1 via Ethereum wallets, Ed25519 via Solana; multi-chain wallet authentication)
Permissions ACL (controller-based: each stream has a controller DID that authorizes writes; ComposeDB uses DID:PKH for wallet-based auth; data model-level access control)
Semantic Web Compatibility Links (ComposeDB data models are composable and reusable across apps; graph-based relations between models; not RDF/SPARQL compatible)
Smart Contract No (anchors to Ethereum but does not use smart contracts for data logic; protocol token/incentive model under consideration)
Protocol Stack Position
Asset / Value Embedding None — Ceramic is a decentralized event-streaming and data protocol with no native token at the protocol layer. The project raised $30M Series A (fiat equity); protocol participation does not require or use a native asset.
Protocol Maturity / Standardization Community Standard (StreamID and stream protocol specifications; community-governed via CIPs — Ceramic Improvement Proposals)