# \[Discussion\] Chainlink Market Update: Highlighting Industry-Leading Data Providers **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 24, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://talk.linkpool.io/t/discussion-chainlink-market-update-highlighting-industry-leading-data-providers/150 "2021-05-24T16:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/talk.linkpool.io/eric/32/13_2.png) [@Eric](https://talk.linkpool.io/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://talk.linkpool.io/t/discussion-chainlink-market-update-highlighting-industry-leading-data-providers/150/1 "2021-05-24T16:56:52Z")
We’re proud to show off [a significant update](https://medium.com/linkpool/chainlink-market-update-highlighting-industry-leading-data-providers-799ef3f4952c) to The Chainlink Market! > The Chainlink Network is a community-driven ecosystem that provides smart contract developers seamless access to external data resources, supporting the creation of advanced hybrid smart contracts that combine on-chain and off-chain infrastructure. To further this goal, we are proud to announce that we’ve updated the [Chainlink Market](http://market.link) to provide a superior user experience and greater transparency into the Chainlink Network, allowing users to discover, and consume services from leading data provider operated Chainlink nodes in the Chainlink ecosystem. > > With this update, both smart contract developers and data providers are provided access to a larger array of tooling that can be used to leverage the Chainlink Network in the most efficient and seamless manner possible. By supporting the growth of the blockchain ecosystem at large, new decentralized applications can be created that will entirely redefine the way society exchanges value and allow data providers to further monetize the growth of this parallel financial ecosystem. We’d love to know what you think!