The Graph Protocol - APIs for a vibrant decentralized future

[Estrange18]

The Graph is an indexing protocol for querying networks like Ethereum and IPFS. Anyone can build and publish open APIs, called subgraphs, making data easily accessible.

How The Graph Works

The Graph learns what and how to index Ethereum data based on subgraph descriptions, known as the subgraph manifest. The subgraph description defines the smart contracts of interest for a subgraph, the events in those contracts to pay attention to, and how to map event data to data that The Graph will store in its database.

Once you have written a subgraph manifest, you use the Graph CLI to store the definition in IPFS and tell the hosted service to start indexing data for that subgraph.

This diagram gives more detail about the flow of data once a subgraph manifest has been deployed, dealing with Ethereum transactions:

The flow follows these steps:

1.  A decentralized application adds data to Ethereum through a transaction on a smart contract.
2.  The smart contract emits one or more events while processing the transaction.
3.  Graph Node continually scans Ethereum for new blocks and the data for your subgraph they may contain.
4.  Graph Node finds Ethereum events for your subgraph in these blocks and runs the mapping handlers you provided. The mapping is a WASM module that creates or updates the data entities that Graph Node stores in response to Ethereum events.
5.  The decentralized application queries the Graph Node for data indexed from the blockchain, using the node's GraphQL endpoint. The Graph Node in turn translates the GraphQL queries into queries for its underlying   data store in order to fetch this data, making use of the store's indexing capabilities.
6.  The decentralized application displays this data in a rich UI for end-users, which they use to issue new transactions on Ethereum.
7.  The cycle repeats.


The Graph Network decentralizes the query and API layer of Web3, removing a tradeoff dApp developers struggle with today: whether to build an application that is performant or to build an app that is truly decentralized.

Today, developers can run a Graph Node on their own infrastructure, or they can build on our hosted service. Developers build and deploy subgraphs, which describe how to ingest and index data from Web3 data sources. Many leading Ethereum projects have already built subgraphs including: Uniswap, ENS, DAOstack, Synthetix, Moloch, and more. In The Graph Network, any Indexer will be able to stake Graph Tokens (GRT) to participate in the network and earn fees as well as inflation rewards for serving queries.

Consumers will be able to use this growing set of Indexers by paying for their metered usage, proving a model where the laws of supply and demand sustain the services provided by the protocol.

Protocol Roles

These are the roles that interact with the system, the behaviors they must engage in for the protocol to function correctly, and what incentives motivate them.

-    Consumers. Consumers pay Indexers for queries. These will typically be end users but could also be web services or middleware that integrate with The Graph.
-    Indexers. Indexers are the node operators of The Graph. They are motivated by earning financial rewards.
-    Curators. Curators use GRT to signal what subgraphs are valuable to index. These will typically be developers but they could also be end users supporting a service they rely upon or a persona that is purely financially motivated.
-    Delegators. Delegators put GRT at stake on behalf of an Indexer in order to earn a portion of inflation rewards and fees, without having to personally run a Graph Node. They are financially motivated.
-    Fishermen. Fishermen secure the network by checking if query responses are accurate. Fishermen are altruistically motivated, and for that reason, The Graph will initially operate a fisherman service for the network.
-    Arbitrators. Arbitrators determine whether Indexers should be slashed or not during dispute resolution. They may be financially or altruistically motivated.

ALL information about project is Took from here https://thegraph.com/blog/the-graph-network-in-depth-part-1 and here https://thegraph.com/docs/introduction#what-the-graph-is

OTHER PROJECT LINKS:

SITE - https://thegraph.com/
DOCS - https://thegraph.com/docs/
SUB-GRAPH EXPLORER - https://thegraph.com/explorer/
GITHUB - https://github.com/graphprotocol
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/graphprotocol
TELEGRAM - https://t.me/graphprotocol
DISCORD - https://discord.com/invite/vtvv7FP

P.s. I am not a project team member.

[Estrange18]

Some Aditional infromation about project.

Less than month ago was Graph ICO where they have collected 12kk+ in 2 rounds - more information here https://thegraph.com/blog/public-sale-announcement

The token launch is palning in several mounths. I think it would be in 2021 already  January or February.

[AmoreJaz]

Some Aditional infromation about project.

Less than month ago was Graph ICO where they have collected 12kk+ in 2 rounds - more information here https://thegraph.com/blog/public-sale-announcement

The token launch is palning in several mounths. I think it would be in 2021 already   January or February.

$12M is actually not small money during this pandemic. reading the article above, it seems that this project is a very promising one, imo. you couldnt attract those 4500 individuals to invest in a blockchain project if they are not seeing something rock solid here!
so is the team still planning to promote this project in the forum even after that successful sale?

and if youre not a team member of this project, are you an investor on this project? it is better to have official rep from their team, if possible. as this is quite a good project to watch out for...for sure those investors would like to see this project be known to the largest crypto community.

[Estrange18]

Some Aditional infromation about project.

Less than month ago was Graph ICO where they have collected 12kk+ in 2 rounds - more information here https://thegraph.com/blog/public-sale-announcement

The token launch is palning in several mounths. I think it would be in 2021 already   January or February.

$12M is actually not small money during this pandemic. reading the article above, it seems that this project is a very promising one, imo. you couldnt attract those 4500 individuals to invest in a blockchain project if they are not seeing something rock solid here!
so is the team still planning to promote this project in the forum even after that successful sale?

and if youre not a team member of this project, are you an investor on this project? it is better to have official rep from their team, if possible. as this is quite a good project to watch out for...for sure those investors would like to see this project be known to the largest crypto community.

The second round on investment ended in 8 min. There was much more demand Than token Supply left. Somebody counted that demand was like in 25kk+, while they have collected only 12kk.

Yep I am investor and also taking part in Graph Curator programm. And i don't think that team of the project will  create official rep here. coz project trying to be fully decentralized and community driven. When project will go live all administration will be thru Community Governance ( token holders ).

[gembira]

How many tokens they sold to private investors? if they raised 12 mln usd with price 1 GRT = 0.03 usd, than they sold only 400 mln tokens, but total supply are 10 billions tokens 

[agan husaeni]

please give us information about your team, and roadmap from all stages with exact date. that can make people trust to your project.

[Estrange18]

How many tokens they sold to private investors? if they raised 12 mln usd with price 1 GRT = 0.03 usd, than they sold only 400 mln tokens, but total supply are 10 billions tokens  

This information isn't public yet. And team sad that they will give inforamtion about this before network launch. But in telegram chats some investors from 2018 gave to community information that on seed and privat rounds was sold 1.6 bil tokens with average price near to 1 GRT = 0.003-0.004 usd. It's like almost 10x from ICO price. But all these tokens will be locked for 6 months. While all ICO tokens wull be unlocked from the start.

[gembira]

How many tokens they sold to private investors? if they raised 12 mln usd with price 1 GRT = 0.03 usd, than they sold only 400 mln tokens, but total supply are 10 billions tokens  

This information isn't public yet. And team sad that they will give inforamtion about this before network launch. But in telegram chats some investors from 2018 gave to community information that on seed and privat rounds was sold 1.6 bil tokens with average price near to 1 GRT = 0.003-0.004 usd. It's like almost 10x from ICO price. But all these tokens will be locked for 6 months. While all ICO tokens wull be unlocked from the start.

ICO Token Price was: 1 GRT = 0.03 USD. So do u probably mean that below ICO price in 10 times?
I don't think its fair according all investors to hide info about token metrics.

[Estrange18]

If you are taking part in Graph Curator programm - the 3-rd round deadline is moved to Thurs, Dec 10th @ 9pm PST.

[TimeTeller]

If you are taking part in Graph Curator programm - the 3-rd round deadline is moved to Thurs, Dec 10th @ 9pm PST.

It is hard if they don't have official account here in the forum.
Though I can understand that they can be reach out via other channels like telegram or discord.
But since this community has large crypto users, I believe it is better if they can be easily reach out also via this forum.
But let's see how far they can move forward with this platform because anyway they have long list of backers already.

[epis11]

Seems interesting but the utility of this token is too technical need a broad knowledge about indexing protocol for eth networks, Someone can explain what is this indexing and how target users will benefit from this platform? 

[gembira]

Seems interesting but the utility of this token is too technical need a broad knowledge about indexing protocol for eth networks, Someone can explain what is this indexing and how target users will benefit from this platform? 

As far as i understand this is not a blockchain. They are using the same technology as Hedera Hashgraph (so vertical scaling). If this so than this is just a copy of existed project. But I can mistaken. Anyone can correct me?

[Estrange18]

Seems interesting but the utility of this token is too technical need a broad knowledge about indexing protocol for eth networks, Someone can explain what is this indexing and how target users will benefit from this platform?  

As far as i understand this is not a blockchain. They are using the same technology as Hedera Hashgraph (so vertical scaling). If this so than this is just a copy of existed project. But I can mistaken. Anyone can correct me?

you right that Graph is not blockchain. and you are wrong that this is the same as Hedera. Basically - Graph allowing you fast access to any blockchain data you need. It's like decentralized Google for blockchain. real Web3. For example - here is Uniswap sub-graph https://thegraph.com/explorer/subgraph/uniswap/uniswap-v2 and from here you can get any inforamtion you want about Uniswap. You just making your query and graph giving you information. You don't need to look into the smart contract or github - you can just ask infiormation you need from the sub-graph. https://www.coingecko.com for their ETH analytics and all smart contracts on ETH already using Graph protocol. CoinMarketcap i think also.

[ololajulo]

It will be wrong for the team to accept that the project is similar to existing project and if you want to state the difference be specific to  make it attractive. How fast is it Hedera Hashgraph? apply this to other comparison. I also think if fast is the only superior factor Hashgraph improve theirs to be superior sometimes in the near future. Whales are getting scary for investment although they seem to involve most investment in the year, How do you think public sale will benefit smaller investors?

[Estrange18]

Today is the last DAY of stage 3 Curators Programm. So don't forget to submit form that you recived by email. We are more closer to MainNet Launch. Soon will start the final stage of Curators program and then we are ready to GO. Hope we will see mainNet in 2020 

[Estrange18]

Big NEWS

The Graph Network is officially live (https://twitter.com/i/status/1339616737881280512)

The Graph (GRT) is launching on Coinbase Pro: https://blog.coinbase.com/the-graph-grt-is-launching-on-coinbase-pro-749c95ab1483

The Graph (GRT) is launching on Binance: https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/9a76f72a9a0843faa0859771f95eb8fc

Now price is a bit stable 0.13-0.12$, but at the Token launch 4-5 hours ago It was almost 0.16-18$. So now it like 4x+ from the ICO price(0.03$) and just look at that Volume - $97 506 419 USD

GJ TEAM  

Graph on CMC: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/the-graph/

[kolesozw]

Congrats on the launch and listings. You already gained 500%

Global GraphQL API examples on the sites look really useful. I will play these days to test it.
As a note, you may consider some faster hosting. It took more than 20 seconds to open https://thegraph.com/explorer/subgraph/uniswap/uniswap-v2

[Estrange18]

Its insane. We already 0.28. It's almost 10x from ICO price. Today Graph will make in TOP50 CMC i think 

[24Kt]

Its insane. We already 0.28. It's almost 10x from ICO price. Today Graph will make in TOP50 CMC i think 

They are rank 59 according to coinmarketcap. They rise fast considering that they are very new in this market. Is that because they are listed in many exchanges and that include Coinbase and Binance with very large 24h trading volume. So no wonder, they don't need their official rep here anymore in the forum as they can make a hit in the market even if they don't have thread here. But I think in the future, they still need to. When they are keeping their customers for their platform. They may get clients here in the forum and also have a good discussion with the community.

[Iyeman]

Its insane. We already 0.28. It's almost 10x from ICO price. Today Graph will make in TOP50 CMC i think 

bought this coin at 14 cents and i have got 100% return. it looks like the launch of mainnet will give another pump for the graph token.
There might be a correction after this before the hype for the launch of its main net will be coming on. it looks like i will try to hodl my graph token even longer than before.
This could reach 40 cents maybe.