Introduction
The Graph Network.
The Graph Network is a decentralized indexing protocol for querying data from blockchains. The protocol is blockchain agnostic and has integrated with numerous L1 and L2 Blockchains such as Ethereum, IPFS, Polkadot, Fantom and many more. Developers can create open APIs (so-called subgraphs) to make data easily accessible.
Operating costly indexing servers?
Not with The Graph Protocol…
Thanks to The Graph Network, developing and operating centralized indexing servers is a thing of the past. Simply query the data you need from open networks in a fast, reliable and secure manner.
Next level dApps.
Developers are using The Graph as reliable infrastructure that enables Web3 applications
Powerful new features for dApps.
The Graph in action.
The Graph Protocol makes it easy for developers to query data that is difficult to query directly. Let’s have a look at a live illustration of how this all works.
Let’s use Bancor as an example, the standard for decentralized exchange networks. It is not difficult to ask and query the following question:
This process is relatively straightforward as the answer to this question is supported by the balanceOf method exposed by the contract. However, once the questions are getting more complex by adding more dimensions, they are exceptionally difficult to query:
A developer looking to query an answer to this question would have to process all ETH addresses, filter those that interacted with Bancor’s contract and then filter all the transactions of a particular address.
A dApp running in a browser would require hours, or perhaps even days, to get an answer. With The Graph, developers can get an answer within less than 3 seconds.
