“…This transition to a blockchain-based framework marks a stride toward decentralized P2P data marketplaces, offering a more equitable, secure, reliable, and transparent environment for data exchange. Despite advances in blockchain and smart contract-based P2P data trading models [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 22 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ], existing systems have yet to fully address the inherent challenges of traditional marketplaces, particularly in terms of decentralization, transparency, fairness, security, trust, user control over data ownership, and consent control over data. How can blockchain, smart contracts, and decentralized storage technologies be leveraged to build secure, reliable, and user-centric decentralized data marketplaces?…”