Summary
January 2025 marked significant progress for Pinax as we expanded our capabilities across multiple fronts. A key highlight was the development and rollout of the Neo4j-powered Knowledge Graph and GRC-20 standard, introducing more sophisticated ways to organize and query blockchain data. We strengthened our infrastructure by integrating new networks, including Linea Sepolia and Xlayer Testnet, while enhancing our core services with improved monitoring and reliability features. Our Snowflake datasets program continues to gain momentum, making blockchain data more accessible than ever and enabling us to start gathering early feedback from users as we prepare to bring this to The Graph as a new data service. Combined with our focus on market analysis and strategic partnerships, these developments further our mission to introduce industry leaders and educational platforms to blockchain data tooling that aligns with the open-source ethos of The Graph Network.
Looking back (what was delivered)
Provided infrastructure for chains currently supported on The Graph and to support protocol integration with new chains.
New blockchains for this period:
- Chiliz Spicy Testnet (Firehose + Substream)
- Linea Sepolia Testnet (Firehose + Substream)
- Optimism Mainnet (op-erigon as default RPC client)
- Optimism Sepolia Testnet (op-erigon as default RPC client)
- Xlayer Testnet (RPC)
- Zora Network (op-erigon as default RPC client)
Blockchains under testing:
- Base Sepolia Testnet (op-erigon)
- Chiliz Spicy Testnet (Firehose + Substream)
- IoTeX Mainnet (resyncing)
- Kaia Network (archive node)
- zkSync Era Mainnet (restoring backup)
Data Services:
- Made great progress on the new billing system, setting up Stripe for Pro subscriptions and refining billing processes ahead of its upcoming launch.
- Supported Networks Registry is showing value as E&N accelerates adding new chains to Studio: The Power of The Graph Networks Registry We no longer have to publish new releases of the graph-cli for each one. E&N also integrated the registry into thegraph.com/docs/supported-networks.
- Graph-CLI v0.95 new updates included:
- Added Sourcify support: A new open-source alternative to Etherscan for verifying smart contracts
- Complete handover from The Guild, setting up the project for future growth
- Regular maintenance including dependency updates and community contribution reviews
- Launched the GRC-20 standard implementation within our Knowledge Graph infrastructure
- Deployed a new Neo4j-powered Knowledge Graph system for mapping blockchain relationships
- Enhanced system reliability with key operational improvements:
- Implemented CORS support for cross-origin resource sharing
- Added comprehensive health monitoring endpoints
- Integrated Prometheus metrics for performance tracking
- We’ve been making great strides in our datasets pilot program on Snowflake!
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Explore Solana: Solana post-2025 Raw Blockchain Data
Auxiliary Service Information for this period:
- Continuing expansion of data centers to support more chains, while ensuring outstanding network reliability.
- Completed RICE and competitive analysis for Datasets and Token API, providing key insights to guide future development and prioritization.
Education, onboarding & community support for Indexers and Developers working with new data services
Pinax is continuing to publish summaries of the Indexer Office Hours on our blog every week:
- The Graph Indexer Office Hours #190: GIP-0081: Indexing Payments
- The Graph Indexer Office Hours #191: GIP-0070: Evolving The Graph Protocol Economics
- The Graph Indexer Office Hours #192: Scaling Substreams
We published 3 additional blog posts with educational and promotional content on The Graph and Firehose & Substreams: - Blockchain Data Analysis Made Easy with Pinax Datasets and Snowflake
- Mo Networks, Mo Solutions: The Power of The Graph Networks Registry
- Save Time and Unlock Insights Sooner with Pinax Blockchain Datasets
Additionally, we published a video demo of Pinax Datasets.
Looking ahead (upcoming priorities)
- Launch of Token API and Datasets in alignment with new beta services page on The Graph
- Launching the GEO Knowledge Graph hosted service, ensuring infrastructure readiness for upcoming release
- Continue to expand the Snowflake marketplace integration with additional chain support
Infrastructure & Tooling:
- Update infrastructure to use Kubernetes to facilitate improved speed, reliability, and scalability.
- Ongoing maintenance and enhancement of the Graph CLI to ensure robustness and usability for developers.
Community & Documentation:
- Engaging in cross-core developer collaboration.
- Supporting operational tools for indexers.