Ceramic is a decentralized data network that serves as the data layer for the Ceramic ecosystem. It provides core services to the Dataverse, offering microservices, databases, search, analytics, and compute. Ceramic utilizes asynchronous transaction processing, advanced cryptography, and blockchain timestamps to ensure security and verifiability of data. It is designed to scale and offers low fees. Developers can build on the Ceramic network and access a shared, community-driven data ecosystem.