TL;DR
Last year, Edge & Node launched a profitable Indexer to support the growth and quality of service of The Graph’s decentralized network. We aimed to learn and share our contributions as a core developer to better support the network, enabling us to advocate for all Indexers more effectively. In the spirit of supporting public goods and community-run initiatives, Edge & Node is proud to pass the proverbial torch to a public goods funded project in the ecosystem: Edge & Node has transferred operations of its Profitable Indexer to the team behind InfraDAO, an experienced and active champion of The Graph Network.
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Early last year, Edge & Node spun up a profitable Indexer, as part of our mission to make meaningful contributions to the quality of service, tooling, and economic design of The Graph Network. When we set out on that mission, we made our intentions for the future clear. To quote from the original announcement: “We will not accept an outcome in which Edge & Node is successful, but the decentralized network is not.”
With the completion of The Graph’s Sunrise of Decentralized Data, we can say for certain that we’ve served The Graph Network first and foremost — and will continue to do so.
At this critical moment for decentralization, the team believes ecosystem participants are best equipped to provide top-quality QoS, maintain timely allocation closures, and support devs building with subgraphs. Embodying these principles, Edge & Node has decided to transfer the ongoing operations of the Edge & Node Indexer to InfraDAO, a DAO that has been a long-standing supporter and contributor to The Graph Network.
Why InfraDAO?
InfraDAO operates under public goods funding mandates and is partly funded by grants from The Graph Foundation. InfraDAO is actively involved in numerous public goods initiatives, including chain integrations and related research and development. Notably, they have consistently provided high quality of service for queries. Selecting InfraDAO was in part motivated by wanting to choose a team operating under a public goods initiative.
Edge & Node firmly believes that community members are the most effective Indexer operators, as evidenced by the many years in which individuals and teams outside of core development teams have effectively operated protocol Indexers.
Edge & Node will continue to operate an upgrade Indexer, while also increasing focus to expanding network infrastructure and other technical initiatives as part of The Graph’s New Era roadmap.
What do I need to do?
No action is necessary. The Indexer address remains the same, only the daily operations of the Indexer are being taken over by InfraDAO.
We look forward to InfraDAO providing excellent service to the network in operation of this Indexer.
Who is InfraDAO:
InfraDAO is a global team of highly skilled, end-to-end web3 infrastructure experts. They lead innovation alongside core developers in the flourishing Graph Ecosystem while empowering new and existing infrastructure providers to deliver top-tier services to web3. The team is composed of a diverse group of talented individuals and highly experienced active Indexers. They provide technical and educational infrastructure support for new Indexers joining the ecosystem, assisting in the growth and enhancement of one of The Graph’s key contributor roles. Their expertise and experience make them a valuable member of our community.