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# The Graph Migration Questions

We want to proceed with the Mainnet graph migration. Unfortunately, due to market conditions our treasury is not in good shape and every token counts. We are not a venture backed startup or a DeFi protocol with a lot of TVL.

The estimate you provided is just for one of our our Mainnet subgraphs. We have 3 other subgraphs on Mainnet. The Gnosis Chain is where the majority of our DAOs are. But we also support Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon and Celo. We are afraid of how fast these costs will add up and how that may impact our ability to provide tools to our DAOs.

We are currently focused on releasing an SDK and decentralized infrastructure to encourage developers and teams to build on our platform. We are also concerned with how these costs will increase as we get more adoption. Decentralization is a key driver of our values and The Graph is a critical piece of our infrastructure. The last thing we want to do is add barriers to projects wanting to use our technology.

## Queries

- Why is our v2 Mainnet graph getting so much action?
- Is there a tool we can use to research the source of query traffic?

## Query Optimization

- Are our queries inefficient?
- Are there ways to decrease our Graph queries?
- Would it be beneficial to combine Mainnet subgraphs?

## Pricing

- Is there any flexibility on price of query fees?

## Becoming an Indexer

- What would be the costs to expect for this path?
- Could we monetize this in a meaningful way?

## Other

- Is there an option for people using our subgraphs to pay for requests through the Graph?
- Are we able to do metered billing for third party services?
