Open food facts is an example of an open database that doesn't need snake oil to thrive. If you really want to decentralize access to data then the focus should

Open food facts is an example of an open database that doesn't need snake oil to thrive. If you really want to decentralize access to data then the focus should be on open source and publicly available data dumps. https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data