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Sridhar Ramaswamy launches nxyz, a search engine for data on blockchains

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Sridhar Ramaswamy has launched a search engine for the blockchain, separate from the ad-free search engine Neeva, to offer clean data to large crypto firms.

The search software nxyz officially went live Wednesday, according to CNBC.

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Built on the same principles as Neeva, a team of engineers created nxyz, which collects real-time data on things like how much a person holds in their crypto wallet or their NFT purchases from blockchains and associated applications. It then offers this blockchain data to developers through tools called APIs.

Blockchains fall under the convoluted umbrella of Web3, a decentralized platform where people have control over their data, unlike Web2, where user data can be easily accessed by big tech companies and used to target ads.

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