Graph Explorer

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Learn about The Graph Explorer and access the world of subgraphs and network data.

Graph Explorer consists of multiple parts where you can interact with other subgraph developers, dapp developers, Curators, Indexers, and Delegators.

For a general overview of Graph Explorer, check out the video below:

After you just finish deploying and publishing your subgraph in Subgraph Studio, click on the "subgraphs tab” at the top of the navigation bar to access the following:

• Your own finished subgraphs
• Subgraphs published by others
• The exact subgraph you want (based on the date created, signal amount, or name).

When you click into a subgraph, you will be able to do the following:

• Test queries in the playground and be able to leverage network details to make informed decisions.
• Signal GRT on your own subgraph or the subgraphs of others to make indexers aware of its importance and quality.
• This is critical because signaling on a subgraph incentivizes it to be indexed, meaning it’ll eventually surface on the network to serve queries.

On each subgraph’s dedicated page, you can do the following:

• Signal/Un-signal on subgraphs
• View more details such as charts, current deployment ID, and other metadata
• Switch versions to explore past iterations of the subgraph
• Query subgraphs via GraphQL
• Test subgraphs in the playground
• View the Indexers that are indexing on a certain subgraph
• Subgraph stats (allocations, Curators, etc)
• View the entity who published the subgraph

This section provides a bird' s-eye view of all "participants," which includes everyone participating in the network, such as Indexers, Delegators, and Curators.

Indexers are the backbone of the protocol. They stake on subgraphs, index them, and serve queries to anyone consuming subgraphs.

In the Indexers table, you can see an Indexers’ delegation parameters, their stake, how much they have staked to each subgraph, and how much revenue they have made from query fees and indexing rewards.

Specifics

• Query Fee Cut - the % of the query fee rebates that the Indexer keeps when splitting with Delegators.
• Effective Reward Cut - the indexing reward cut applied to the delegation pool. If it’s negative, it means that the Indexer is giving away part of their rewards. If it’s positive, it means that the Indexer is keeping some of their rewards.
• Cooldown Remaining - the time remaining until the Indexer can change the above delegation parameters. Cooldown periods are set up by Indexers when they update their delegation parameters.
• Owned - This is the Indexer’s deposited stake, which may be slashed for malicious or incorrect behavior.
• Delegated - Stake from Delegators which can be allocated by the Indexer, but cannot be slashed.
• Allocated - Stake that Indexers are actively allocating towards the subgraphs they are indexing.
• Available Delegation Capacity - the amount of delegated stake the Indexers can still receive before they become over-delegated.
• Max Delegation Capacity - the maximum amount of delegated stake the Indexer can productively accept. An excess delegated stake cannot be used for allocations or rewards calculations.
• Query Fees - this is the total fees that end users have paid for queries from an Indexer over all time.
• Indexer Rewards - this is the total indexer rewards earned by the Indexer and their Delegators over all time. Indexer rewards are paid through GRT issuance.

Indexers can earn both query fees and indexing rewards. Functionally, this happens when network participants delegate GRT to an Indexer. This enables Indexers to receive query fees and rewards depending on their Indexer parameters.

• Indexing parameters can be set by clicking on the right-hand side of the table or by going into an Indexer’s profile and clicking the “Delegate” button.

To learn more about how to become an Indexer, you can take a look at the official documentation or The Graph Academy Indexer guides.

Curators analyze subgraphs to identify which subgraphs are of the highest quality. Once a Curator has found a potentially high-quality subgraph, they can curate it by signaling on its bonding curve. In doing so, Curators let Indexers know which subgraphs are high quality and should be indexed.

• Curators can be community members, data consumers, or even subgraph developers who signal on their own subgraphs by depositing GRT tokens into a bonding curve.
  • By depositing GRT, Curators mint curation shares of a subgraph. As a result, they can earn a portion of the query fees generated by the subgraph they have signaled on.
  • The bonding curve incentivizes Curators to curate the highest quality data sources.

In the The Curator table listed below you can see:

• The date the Curator started curating
• The number of GRT that was deposited
• The number of shares a Curator owns

If you want to learn more about the Curator role, you can do so by visiting official documentation. or The Graph Academy.

Delegators play a key role in maintaining the security and decentralization of The Graph Network. They participate in the network by delegating (i.e., “staking”) GRT tokens to one or multiple indexers.

• Without Delegators, Indexers are less likely to earn significant rewards and fees. Therefore, Indexers attract Delegators by offering them a portion of their indexing rewards and query fees.
• Delegators select Indexers based on a number of different variables, such as past performance, indexing reward rates, and query fee cuts.
• Reputation within the community can also play a factor in the selection process. It’s recommended to connect with the selected Indexers via The Graph’s Discord or The Graph Forum!

In the Delegators table you can see the active Delegators in the community and important metrics:

• The number of Indexers a Delegator is delegating towards
• A Delegator’s original delegation
• The rewards they have accumulated but have not withdrawn from the protocol
• The realized rewards they withdrew from the protocol
• Total amount of GRT they have currently in the protocol
• The date they last delegated

If you want to learn more about how to become a Delegator, check out the official documentation or The Graph Academy.

In this section, you can see global KPIs and view the ability to switch to a per-epoch basis and analyze network metrics in more detail. These details will give you a sense of how the network is performing over time.

The overview section has both all the current network metrics and some cumulative metrics over time:

• The current total network stake
• The stake split between the Indexers and their Delegators
• Total supply, minted, and burned GRT since the network inception
• Total Indexing rewards since the inception of the protocol
• Protocol parameters such as curation reward, inflation rate, and more
• Current epoch rewards and fees

A few key details to note:

• Query fees represent the fees generated by the consumers. They can be claimed (or not) by the Indexers after a period of at least 7 epochs (see below) after their allocations towards the subgraphs have been closed and the data they served has been validated by the consumers.
• Indexing rewards represent the amount of rewards the Indexers claimed from the network issuance during the epoch. Although the protocol issuance is fixed, the rewards only get minted once Indexers close their allocations towards the subgraphs they’ve been indexing. So, the per-epoch number of rewards varies (ie. during some epochs, Indexers might’ve collectively closed allocations that have been open for many days).

In the Epochs section, you can analyze on a per-epoch basis, metrics such as:

• Epoch start or end block
• Query fees generated and indexing rewards collected during a specific epoch
• Epoch status, which refers to the query fee collection and distribution and can have different states:
  • The active epoch is the one in which Indexers are currently allocating stake and collecting query fees
  • The settling epochs are the ones in which the state channels are being settled. This means that the Indexers are subject to slashing if the consumers open disputes against them.
  • The distributing epochs are the epochs in which the state channels for the epochs are being settled and Indexers can claim their query fee rebates.
  • The finalized epochs are the epochs that have no query fee rebates left to claim by the Indexers.

Your personal profile is the place where you can see your network activity, regardless of your role on the network. Your crypto wallet will act as your user profile, and with the User Dashboard, you’ll be able to see the following tabs:

In this section, you can view the following:

• Any of your current actions you've done.
• Your profile information, description, and website (if you added one).

In the Subgraphs tab, you’ll see your published subgraphs.

In the Indexing tab, you’ll find a table with all the active and historical allocations towards subgraphs. You will also find charts where you can see and analyze your past performance as an Indexer.

This section will also include details about your net Indexer rewards and net query fees. You’ll see the following metrics:

• Delegated Stake - the stake from Delegators that can be allocated by you but cannot be slashed
• Total Query Fees - the total fees that users have paid for queries served by you over time
• Indexer Rewards - the total amount of Indexer rewards you have received, in GRT
• Fee Cut - the % of query fee rebates that you will keep when you split with Delegators
• Rewards Cut - the % of Indexer rewards that you will keep when splitting with Delegators
• Owned - your deposited stake, which could be slashed for malicious or incorrect behavior

Delegators are important to the Graph Network. They must use their knowledge to choose an Indexer that will provide a healthy return on rewards.

In the Delegators tab, you can find the details of your active and historical delegations, along with the metrics of the Indexers that you delegated towards.

In the first half of the page, you can see your delegation chart, as well as the rewards-only chart. To the left, you can see the KPIs that reflect your current delegation metrics.

The Delegator metrics you’ll see here in this tab include:

• Total delegation rewards
• Total unrealized rewards
• Total realized rewards

In the second half of the page, you have the delegations table. Here you can see the Indexers that you delegated towards, as well as their details (such as rewards cuts, cooldown, etc).

With the buttons on the right side of the table, you can manage your delegation - delegate more, undelegate, or withdraw your delegation after the thawing period.

Keep in mind that this chart is horizontally scrollable, so if you scroll all the way to the right, you can also see the status of your delegation (delegating, undelegating, withdrawable).

In the Curation tab, you’ll find all the subgraphs you’re signaling on (thus enabling you to receive query fees). Signaling allows Curators to highlight to Indexers which subgraphs are valuable and trustworthy, thus signaling that they need to be indexed on.

Within this tab, you’ll find an overview of:

• All the subgraphs you're curating on with signal details
• Share totals per subgraph
• Query rewards per subgraph
• Updated at date details

Within your user profile, you’ll be able to manage your personal profile details (like setting up an ENS name). If you’re an Indexer, you have even more access to settings at your fingertips. In your user profile, you’ll be able to set up your delegation parameters and operators.

• Operators take limited actions in the protocol on the Indexer's behalf, such as opening and closing allocations. Operators are typically other Ethereum addresses, separate from their staking wallet, with gated access to the network that Indexers can personally set
• Delegation parameters allow you to control the distribution of GRT between you and your Delegators.

As your official portal into the world of decentralized data, Graph Explorer allows you to take a variety of actions, no matter your role in the network. You can get to your profile settings by opening the dropdown menu next to your address, then clicking on the Settings button.