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+> 🚨 **Announcement**  
+> **Ocean Market** is part of the old version of the Ocean stack and is not actively maintained.  
+> [See the docs](https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/developers/ocean-node) to learn about Ocean Node and the new stack.
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 [![banner](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oceanprotocol/art/master/github/repo-banner%402x.png)](https://oceanprotocol.com)
 
 <h1 align="center">Ocean Marketplace</h1>