That’s partly why OpenLedger caught my attention.
Everyone keeps obsessing over who ships the smartest model, but the real mess in AI right now is figuring out who actually deserves value when models generate revenue. Dataset contributors disappear, fine tuners disappear, validators disappear meanwhile the app layer captures everything.
Data is the new oil gets repeated nonstop, but oil without refining infrastructure is just sludge sitting underground.
I honestly thought OpenLedger was another over engineered incentive scheme at first. Took me a while to realize they’re trying to solve the economic plumbing underneath AI itself.
Still feels messy. Still probably gameable. But at least it’s a real problem.