The economic design of The Graph is a structure where a “data requester” queries the necessary on-chain data, an “indexer” indexes and serves it, a “curator” provides signals about which subgraphs are valuable, and a “delegator” delegates GRT to the indexer to expand the security and capital base. The key to this structure is that data provision is organized as a token-based marketplace rather than simple server hosting. 1. Subgraph on-chain state mapping: Existence. Expressed as Subgraph ID, Deployment ID, Subgraph NFT, curation signal, etc. Definition: Subgraph is a custom API that extracts, processes, and stores blockchain data and can...
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Off-chain dependence risk Gateway, API key, billing, and Subgraph Studio are very important for UX, but are not fully on-chain components. Disruptions or policy changes can affect the consumer experience. 6. Migration risk Graph Horizon aims to improve the structure in the long term, but changes to the existing allocation lifecycle and delegation structure create migration complexity. The Graph’s cryptoeconomy design has a high level of design maturity in that it connects “the actual work of data indexing” with token rewards, collateral, signaling, and delegation structures. In particular, its strength is that it separates the roles of Indexer, Delegator, and...
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Report Type
Crypto Economy Analysis
Version
v1
Analysis Date
May 28, 2026
Language
en
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