The Graph Welcomes GraphOps as its New Core Developer

The Graph, a leading indexing protocol for querying data for major networks like Ethereum and powering applications in both DeFi and broader Web3, published yesterday that it selected a new core developer to join its ecosystem. The company in question is known as GraphOps, and it has been a long-time contributor to The Graph.

The project has awarded the dev with the core developer grant, and now, GraphOps is officially the 6th core developer. According to the project, the firm will now participate even more actively in growing the project’s decentralized network, supporting ecosystem participants, and more.

A new core dev has joined The Graph ecosystem 🛸@graphgrants is pleased to award a grant to @graphopsxyz, a longtime contributor to The Graph.

As the 6th core dev, GraphOps will help grow the decentralized network, support ecosystem participants & more. https://t.co/Y17TQ6bKFy

— The Graph (@graphprotocol) July 14, 2022

What does GraphOps do?

GraphOps describes itself as a blockchain data infrastructure company that extracts, transforms, and serves blockchain data using The Grant.

The Graph further added that GraphOps is focused on three separate tasks — enhancing the Indexer Experience, R&D for improved protocol Economics and Network Operations, and Core Development initiatives. The project believes that these are important improvements that will allow its decentralized network to scale, and it will also improve the network conditions and streamline the indexing process.

In a separate blog post, the project spoke about this at length, noting that GraphOps’ contributions have already helped the project make a significant push in several areas, including the expansion of resources, information, and education.

Protocol Economics and Network Operations, for example, are both active areas of research in The Graph Ecosystem. Protocol Economics relates to the design of incentives of the protocol, and Network Operations aims to advance the instantiation, maintenance, and optimization of various subsystems of the protocol.

Of course, these areas cannot advance on their own. Instead, they are being pushed by a multidisciplinary group that has experience across multiple areas, such as economics, product, AI, engineering, and user experience.

GraphOps also focused on Core Network Subgraphs, which are used to index and describe the state of The Graph Network’s contracts on Ethereum. The Graph noted that they are systemically important to the network’s functioning and that they depend on key components, such as the indexer software stack and the gateways.

There are several key subgraphs to mention here, including the network subgraph, the network analytics subgraphs, the activity feed subgraph, and the billing subgraph.

Lastly, the project spoke of GraphOne’s indexer experience, noting that more subgraphs are moving to the decentralized network, and so multi-chain support expands, and Firehose rolls out. As a result, Kubernetes will serve as an essential tool for Indexers of all sizes and types. This is where GraphOps enters the picture, offering resources and tools for all indexers to use Kubernetes. In doing so, they are preparing to support the growth and decentralization of the network, as it scales, regardless of the infrastructure setup.

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