The Graph Indexing

Useful Link

• The Graph Academy Guide
• The Graph's Get Started Guide
• Migration Guide
• The Graph Node Repo
• Indexer Repo
• Subgraph Selection Guide

Revenue Streams

Indexing Rewards

• 3% annual protocol-wide inflation rewards are distributed to all Indexers proportional to the amount of their indexing work

Query Fee Rebates

• Consumers have to pay query fees for their metered usage to the Indexer they are querying data from.
• Indexers can freely set their pricing models for query fees and can utilize different strategies to attract customers.

Rebate Pool

• A Rebate Pool is created that rewards all network participants (like Indexers) based on their contributions to The Graph Network

Testnet Notes

• Docker Compose Guide
• Indexer Repo Docker Guide

Testnet Cost Breakdown

• Cost / Revenue Strategy Guide
• Subgraph selection guide

Steps

1. Deploy basic GraphQL server

• Use VM instance on GCP
• Make note of the cost

2. Deploy graph node

3. Deploy testnet docker repo

4. Deploy to mainnet/gnosis