docs/how-tos/compute-to-data.md

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How to sell compute jobs on your datasets while keeping your data and algorithms private

Compute-to-Data

Introducing, The Problem

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Anyone could buy your NFT assets and then publicly share them all over the internet. Pretty scary, right? But what if there was a way that buyers could access valuable insights from your data and algorithms without actually *seeing* the data or algorithms themselves? We have a solution for that!

Enter, Compute-to-Data (also lovingly called C2D). Ocean Protocol's C2D feature enables you to monetize the OUTPUT of compute jobs on your datasets without revealing the contents of the data/algorithms themselves. Let's dive in how!