Marketplace Glossary

AI Asset

A dataset, model, or agent that can be registered, shared, reused, or monetized on the Sahara AI Marketplace.

Agent

A deployable AI application—like a chatbot or automation tool—built using models and datasets.

Attribution Graph

The on-chain system that tracks how assets are reused or built on, ensuring upstream contributors receive royalties for downstream usage.

Commercial Remix License

Allows full commercial use and remixing of an asset, with automatic revenue sharing to the original creator and contributors.

ContributionNFT

A non-transferable token representing your contribution to an asset (e.g., data labeling or model fine-tuning), used to calculate royalty shares.

Dataset

A structured data collection (e.g. text, CSV, images) used to train or inform AI models or agents.

LicenseNFT

A smart contract-based license that defines how an asset can be used—commercially, non-commercially, or freely—and automates royalty payments.

Marketplace

The core platform where users can browse, license, use, and (soon) monetize AI assets like datasets, models, and agents.

Model

A pre-trained or fine-tuned machine learning model—including LLMs—available for use, integration, or further development.

Monetization

The ability to earn revenue through usage, licensing, or remixing of your registered AI assets (launching post-July 2025).

Open Use License

A license that allows anyone to freely use, remix, or distribute an asset without payment.

OwnershipNFT

A blockchain-registered token proving original authorship and ownership of an asset, enabling participation in revenue distribution.

Remix / Derivative

Creating a new asset based on an existing one—such as training a model using a registered dataset or embedding a model in an agent.

Smart Contract

Self-executing blockchain code that enforces licensing, logs usage, and automates royalty payouts.

Testnet

The current staging environment (Siwa Testnet) for experimentation. Monetization and real asset ownership will go live on mainnet post-July 2025.

Wallet

A crypto wallet (e.g. MetaMask) used to manage asset registration, ownership, and receive payments on the platform.