What is The Graph?

The Graph (GRT) is a decentralized and open source indexing protocol for blockchain data. Developers can build and publish various APIs called subgraphs that perform queries over the GraphQL. We'll explain what a GraphQL is good for later.

The platform can be used to conveniently search for any Ethereum data through simple queries. This addresses the common problem that many other blockchain indexing platforms have.

Blockchain applications struggle to adhere to properties such as finality, chain reorganization, and query fulfillment security. The Graph aims to remedy this and other problems.

Through "subgraphs," The Graph indexes blockchain data that users can access through the GraphQL API. According to the team, they will fully decentralize it in the future. More nodes will be involved and made responsible for maintaining the index.

Interest in the platform continues to grow. In fact, they reached over one billion queries last June 2020. That was right at the time when decentralized finance was also gaining a lot of institutional attention.