# Edge & Node March / April 2026 Update **URL:** \ **Category:** Core Team Updates\ **Tags:** edgeandnode\ **Created:** [April 5, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/edge-node-march-april-2026-update/6894 "2026-04-05T23:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kenny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.thegraph.com/kenny/32/1993_2.png) [@kenny](https://forum.thegraph.com/u/kenny)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/edge-node-march-april-2026-update/6894/1 "2026-04-05T23:53:13Z")
## 🧑‍🚀 Executive Summary Edge & Node marked a major protocol milestone this period with the deployment of the Rewards Eligibility Oracle (REO) contract to Arbitrum One, alongside steady momentum on Indexing Payments (DIPs), for which GIPs are now published and a smart contract audit is underway. On the product side, Explorer received multiple Horizon-related delegation fixes and Studio saw security and stability improvements for Safe wallet users. Graph Node moved on to release v0.42.0, which includes several new experimental features, improvements to existing tooling, and bug fixes. Content and community engagement deepened through new distribution channels, technical insights, podcast episodes, a user-contributed series, plus explainers on enterprise certifications and regulations. ## 🎉 Notable March Accomplishments ### Protocol - Completed the migration of Upgrade Indexer allocations to Horizon! - Production [Rewards Eligibility Oracle](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0079-indexer-rewards-eligibility-oracle/6734) (REO) [contract](https://github.com/graphprotocol/rewards-eligibility-oracle/blob/main/contracts/contract.abi.json) deployed to Arbitrum One, with a newly written off-chain oracle node now live - Steady progress on [Indexing Payments](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0081-indexing-payments/6271) (DIPs) - Released [indexer-agent v0.25.6](https://github.com/graphprotocol/indexer) with resize and present POI actions, batched RAV collection, and support for long-lived allocations - Supported an external audit of [indexer-rs](https://github.com/graphprotocol/indexer-rs/tree/mb9/dips-price-rejection-logging) components with Trust Security - Fixed a [security report in the legacy token distribution (vesting) contracts](https://github.com/graphprotocol/contracts/security/advisories/GHSA-qx35-rc5x-x39r) that would have allowed early access to locked tokens in revocable vesting contracts (no funds at risk) ### Graph-Node - Released many new experimental features with [v0.42.0](https://github.com/graphprotocol/graph-node/releases/tag/v0.42.0), including Amp-powered subgraphs, SQL query interface within GraphQL, fully async store and database interactions, RPC request compression, and ability to query the current (partially filled) aggregation bucket - Added new `graphman` capabilities (experimental Parquet dump/restore) - Expanded `gnd` as a drop-in replacement for graph-cli - Included improvements such as optimized log filter matching and trigger allocation, reduced unnecessary entity clones during block processing, deadlock prevention under heavy load, and logging of deployment hashes when subgraphs are removed ### Explorer & Studio - Explorer - Studio ### Content & Community - E&N published a technical article on [Chain Time Streaming](https://www.edgeandnode.com/articles/chain-time-streaming-with-amp-part-1), a companion piece to The Graph’s recent article on [what DTCC’s blockchain experiment suggests about the future of settlement](https://thegraph.com/blog/rebuilding-global-finance/) - Published practical guides on [security certifications](https://www.edgeandnode.com/articles/soc-2-type-ii-iso-27001-blockchain-data-platforms) and [new regulatory landscape](https://www.edgeandnode.com/articles/genius-act-guide) for parties at the intersection of blockchain technology and traditional finance - A community member (Prince Justice) published a five-part Amp deep-dive on Medium, covering everything from why Amp exists to a hands-on walkthrough with MCP, Kafka, and OpenTelemetry (Parts [1](https://medium.com/@justicessiel/why-amp-exists-index-blockchain-data-without-the-infra-nightmare-2ae2c3af33d8), [2](https://medium.com/@justicessiel/key-amp-features-that-actually-matter-for-developers-part-i-19aa44d04840), [3](https://medium.com/@justicessiel/key-amp-features-that-actually-matter-for-developers-part-ii-206c42612eca), [4](https://medium.com/@justicessiel/the-config-toml-your-single-control-panel-for-amp-part-iii-f78634ed888c), and [5](https://medium.com/@justicessiel/hands-on-agentic-ai-mcp-queries-from-amp-powered-by-firehose-and-kafka-enabled-streaming-with-open-50a065a2bac9)). - Weekly [Signal podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm4XN2zj_4s&list=PL93UKDZhSXe-5er03PE8GIN2KuSuixsfC&index=8) episodes continued, hosted by Kevin Jones and featuring guests like Marco de Rossi - Signal Newsletter reached 13,000 subscribers - Activated an organic Reddit distribution strategy across high-intent subreddits ([data engineering](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataengineering/?solution=4fcd28dc01bad7014fcd28dc01bad701&js_challenge=1&token=bbbe4bf1c9a2b5160829c4be34da586130408d3602dc327aab6a5121c25e34bc), [MLOps](https://www.reddit.com/r/mlops/), [devops](https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/), [ethdev](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethdev/), [solanadev](https://www.reddit.com/r/solanadev/)) - Represented The Graph’s offerings at Digital Assets Summit 2026 in New York City alongside colleagues from The Graph Foundation ## 🔭 What’s Next - Activate DIPs and the Rewards Eligibility Oracle following audit completion and governance approval - Continue the work to bring Amp to The Graph Network - Money 20/20 Bangkok