# GIP-0081: Indexing Payments **URL:** \ **Category:** Graph Improvement Proposals (GIP)\ **Created:** [December 11, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0081-indexing-payments/6271 "2024-12-11T18:22:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Rem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.thegraph.com/rem/32/2309_2.png) [@Rem](https://forum.thegraph.com/u/Rem)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0081-indexing-payments/6271/3 "2024-12-20T13:23:47Z")
Hey @pierre, welcome to The Graph forum! > [@pierre](#): > > Developers choose an indexer and fees with a contract agreement. It might initially seem that way, however I encourage you to look at the detail of [GIP-0081](https://github.com/graphprotocol/graph-improvement-proposals/blob/main/gips/0081.md), which describes how a gateway, rather than a developer, chooses an indexer. > [@](#): > > Taking Payments like Fiat is going back in time and requires accounting, taxes and it doesn’t help $GRT. Indexers are paid in GRT. Developers already pay gateways in fiat, with gateways paying indexers in GRT. There is no change to that relationship as part of this proposal. > [@](#): > > The curation mechanism should be replaced, in my opinion, with an algorithm that calculates the rewards and fees based on the offer and demand with computer units required to index each subgraph and have a better distribution among indexers. It should be automated. I agree. If you read GIP-0081 in conjunction with [Evolving The Graph Protocol Economics (2024)](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/evolving-the-graph-protocol-economics-2024/6241), do you see anything missing from our target state that you would like to see? There will be interim steps that do not fully achieve those objectives, but I think the target state aligns with your suggestion? --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0081-indexing-payments/6271)._