Executive Summary
October marked one of the most significant technical milestones yet for The Graph, with Graph Horizon deployed to testnet to prepare for mainnet launch. The Rewards Eligibility Oracle (REO) and Issuance Allocator contracts advanced toward audit, while GRT became a cross-chain token through the live CCIP integration. The launch of ampersend, a new platform for managing AI agents with budget and revenue, highlighted Edge & Node’s recognition of blockchains as vital rails for an agentic future. Developer Relations deepened engagement through hackathon success and x402 demos, while preparations began for upcoming showcases at SmartCon and Devconnect Buenos Aires. Stay tuned for those, and read on for more detail.
Notable October Accomplishments
Engineering
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Contract implementations for the Rewards Eligibility Oracle (REO) and Issuance Allocator are now PRd in the contracts repo. (Issuance Allocator: a contract to allow the Council to redirect issuance to other issuers, e.g. to new data services; GIP pending)
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The GIP for the Rewards Eligibility Oracle is now published
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Graph Horizon has been deployed to testnet! Testing is ongoing to get ready for mainnet soon…
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The CCIP integration is live, and GRT is now a cross-chain token!
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Tomás submitted the deferred scheme to Coinbase’s x402 project, making it feasible for agents to participate in sub-cent transactions
Marketing & House of Web3
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To bridge the web3 and AI worlds while abstracting away the complexities of blockchains, we launched ampersend during a House of Web 3 livestreamed event with notable leads from Coinbase x402, ERC-8004, Metamask, and Google
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Shipped Subgraph Composition docs to support an upcoming release
Developer Relations
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Kevin Jones teamed up with people across industries to build CodeUrban, now a Top 5 finalist in Google’s Agents for Impact Hackathon
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Kevin demonstrated building on x402 with ampersend-sdk during the launch event
Business Development
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Prepared more precise classification of user segments
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Finalized KPIs for Devconnect Buenos Aires
What’s Next:
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Graph Horizon on mainnet
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Audit of Rewards Eligibility Oracle and Issuance Allocator, then deploy REO to mainnet
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Strong showings lined up for SmartCon (NYC) and DevConnect (Buenos Aires)