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The original decentralized indexing protocol — subgraphs queried via GraphQL, served by GRT-staked indexers.
Decentralized protocolBy The GraphToken: GRTSince 2018
- Type
- Decentralized protocol
- How it works
- Define a subgraph (schema + mappings); independent indexers stake GRT to index it and serve GraphQL queries. The hosted service was fully deprecated in 2026 — everything now runs on the decentralized network.
- Chains
- 55+
- Speed
- Baseline
- Coding
- AssemblyScript
- Best for
- Decentralized, censorship-resistant data
- Highlight
- Substreams for high-throughput
Strengths
- Most battle-tested & widely adopted
- Decentralized + censorship-resistant
- Huge subgraph ecosystem
- Substreams for high-throughput pipelines
Trade-offs
- Slowest in sync benchmarks
- Hosted service deprecated (migration needed)
- AssemblyScript mappings + GRT query costs
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