Hey everyone! I wanted to share a recap of some of the latest highlights for the first quarter of 2021 for The Graph Foundation.
Latest Highlights
Grants
We’ve allocated $5M in Wave 1 of The Graph Grants to support the protocol, tooling, dapps/subgraphs & community. Over 70 grants were funded from more than 200 applications globally!
Follow our official Graph Grants Twitter account to stay updated on grantee progress or join the Discord.
Learn more about the ongoing Grants Program here.
Governance Milestone
The first Town Hall meeting was hosted, covering the governance process: The Graph’s Town Hall Feb 23rd, 2021 - YouTube
The Graph Council passed and integrated GIP-0002 on March 29, completing The Graph’s first protocol upgrade using decentralized governance!
Community Signaling and Snapshot Polling for GIP-0002: Snapshot
The Graph Council Snapshot Voting to pass GIP-0002: Snapshot
The Graph Improvement Proposal (GIP) Process: https://thegraph.com/blog/graph-radicle
Subgraph Migration
Starting next month the first production subgraphs will begin migrating from The Graph’s hosted service to the decentralized network! This is an exciting next step in bootstrapping The Graph Network. Learn more about the migration process here: https://thegraph.com/blog/mainnet-migration
Multi Blockchain Support
The Graph Community is working on adding support for Four Additional Blockchains: Polkadot, NEAR, Solana, Celo. At the same time, the Hosted Service added support for multiple chains (Matic, Fuse, Binance Smart Chain and Clover).
Initiatives
Over these last few months, the Graph Community launched some new community initiatives which you can follow in The Graph Forum.