The Graph Launches Curator Program
The Graph announced the launch of its Curator Program. CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, Messari, Delphi Digital, Zapper, Synthetix, Pool Together, LivePeer, mStable and Balancer are all preregistered to be Curators on The Graph Network.
With over 210 Indexers running Graph Nodes in Mission Control, the incentivized testnet, The Graph is in the final stages of decentralizing the query layer of DeFi and Web3. During Mission Control, Indexers have been operating servers running The Graph’s software, completing technical missions and contributing to improving The Graph Network. Now that Indexers are busy running an early version of the network, The Graph is inviting Curators to register to join them.
Subgraph Curation
Developers of decentralized applications need to rely on accurate and efficient APIs but since subgraphs are open-source and can be built by anyone, it can be difficult to identify which subgraphs are high-quality. To solve this, The Graph introduces Curation, to enable information sharing in The Graph ecosystem. Curators are vital to the protocol as they signal on specific subgraphs to indicate to Indexers which data should be indexed.
Curators stake GRT on subgraphs, to mint “signal” along a bonding curve specific to that subgraph. The signal is used to dictate the distribution of curation rewards - a cut of that subgraph’s query fees that go to Curators of that subgraph. Curators are incentivized to signal on the highest quality and most used subgraphs, to ensure applications are querying the correct APIs and to earn fees for their curation work. This forms a curation market for APIs of on-chain data.
Curators can be subgraph developers, users or community members! You don’t need to be very technical to be a Curator- all you need is an Ethereum wallet (eg. Metamask), testnet GRT to signal through our Graph Explorer dApp and knowledge of the Ethereum ecosystem and dApps.
We’re at the beginning of a revolution in how humans cooperate and organize on the internet. As more and more data becomes available through open protocols, knowledgeable Curators who make decisions about what data to surface will become increasingly important. Now is a great time to learn how The Graph works and how to contribute to this future.
Curator Missions
As part of the Curator Program, Curators will be expected to complete various missions in our Mission Control Incentivized Testnet. Missions will include but are not limited to:
Bootstrapping curation signal on testnet (via Graph Explorer dApp) Creating content, memes and social sharing about curating on The Graph Completing product testing and user studies Contributing to Github repos, Wiki, docs and other communications Building and publishing subgraphs Not all missions are required to be completed but we hope Curators will contribute as much as possible to The Graph Network. Our Indexers have already gotten heavily involved in our testnet and now we’re thrilled to have Curators join The Graph community too!
Curation Grants
The Graph is allocating up to 3% of the total token supply to Curators as a grant allocation of GRT to curate on subgraphs when the network launches. Final allocations to Curators will be based on the completion of missions, contributions to the testnet and mainnet launch.
Up to $1K USD worth of GRT per Curator will be vested at network launch, and can be deposited immediately to curate on a subgraph. While allocations greater than $1K USD will be vested over 4 years following launch. With the granted GRT, Curators will be able to signal and unsignal on different subgraphs and earn query fees for their work.
Register now! https://thegraph.com/blog/curator-program-launch
