Executive Summary
November marked significant milestones in The Graph’s journey toward greater network utility, adoption and decentralization. The Graph grows in broader support across more ecosystems, marked by the integration of Solana devnet, Lens testnet, and other new chains. In a major development, the GRT token was successfully deployed to Base, enabling seamless movement of GRT between Base and mainnet. The month was also distinguished by extensive ecosystem engagement at major industry events like Devcon — during which The Graph ecosystem side event Datapalooza included talks from Edge & Node teammates. In Latin America, teammates attended Labitconf and shared insights and gathered valuable feedback from developers, chains, and Indexers. Technical progress continued with important protocol enhancements, new chain integrations, and preparations for upcoming protocol evolution proposals.
Notable November Accomplishments:
Protocol Advances
- New releases across core components:
- Graph Node v0.36.0
- Multiple Indexer releases (v0.21.7-9) with significant improvements, such as increased support for Substreams, implementation of a new IPFS client, pagination support to allocation queries and more
- GRT has been successfully deployed to Base! While the protocol itself remains on Arbitrum One, users can now easily transfer GRT between Base and mainnet using superchain bridges
- Launched of subgraph deletion and deprecation capabilities directly within Studio
- Received initial report from Trust Security for the Graph Horizon audit, with the team actively implementing fixes
- Completed force-closure of all remaining L1 protocol allocations, ensuring proper reward distribution
- Advanced development of Indexing Payments (DIPs) with comprehensive gas experiments to inform pricing models
Studio and Explorer Evolution
- Added support for new chains including Solana devnet and Lens testnet
- Enhanced user communications with ENS integration in automated emails
- Improved billing notifications and Safe transaction handling
- Added Blockscout integration for Gnosis subgraphs in Explorer
- Implemented developer newsletter signup prompts during Studio account creation
Network Growth and Integration
- Launched integration with Lens Network
- Successfully integrated with Blockscout
- Deployed new gateway release (v25.0.0) featuring
/blocklistroute to help indexers monitor deployment impacts - Enhanced IPFS client implementation and Firehose integration
- Improved allocation management with new pagination support
Community and Developer Engagement
- Extensive presence at Devcon with impressive engagement:
- Connected with 23 new dapps and 19 new chains
- Re-engaged with 10 churned users
- Held productive meetings with 7 indexers and 4 RaaS providers
- Delivered 6 speaking slots sharing protocol insights
- Published educational content including three new videos on delegation, GRT acquisition, and Indexer selection
- House of Web3 continued strong growth:
- Onboarded 14 new co-creators
- Secured new team deals with Caspian and TYB
Marketing Achievements
- Launched GRC-20 alongside Geo team with strong community reception (96K views, 488 likes on X)
- Successfully initiated messaging campaign educating on utility of GRT
- Executed co-marketing initiatives with Blockscout, Lens, and Boba
- Enhanced documentation with 11 new PRs and new pages for NFT marketplace categorization
What’s Next:
- December 4th marks the official deprecation of Indexer Service TypeScript — long live the Rust Service!
- Upcoming publication of several protocol evolution proposals addressing issuance and incentives
- New GIP for DIPs/Indexing Payments and continued progress toward MVP
- Advancing Horizon changes to support new data services
- Publication of more content surrounding:
- Geo
- Knowledge Graphs
- Subgraph Composition
- Celebration of The Graph’s birthday with community events worldwide