How The Graph is Governed
Protocol upgrades and the community treasury are overseen by The Graph Council, with support from The Graph Foundation, core contributors and the community.
Graph Improvement Proposals
The below chart provides a practical overview of how a proposal moves through the Protocol Governance process and what community members should expect at each stage.
Discuss
Receive community feedback on proposal and discuss details
Receive community feedback on proposal and discuss details
Vote
Community voting
Non-binding votes or community consensus provide signal for council to approve
This step can be skipped if GIP is fully developed
Council approves proposal
Implement
Deployment
GIP ready for review and ratification
Council reviews and signs when Foundation and core devs request ratification
Dev prepares implementation for deployment
Council approves proposal
This diagram illustrates the standard proposal workflow. Individual proposals may follow modified processes based on specific requirements and complexity.
The Graph Council
Role
Governs technical upgrades and the community treasury to support The Graph protocol development and ecosystem growth.
Representation
Represents five stakeholder groups in The Graph ecosystem: Indexers, Users, Researchers, Supporters and Core Developers.
Responsibility
Follows a governance process and votes on Graph Improvement Proposals (GIPs), including technical upgrades and the core development roadmap.
Core Developer
Alexandre Bourget
StreamingFast
Researcher
Yondon Fu
Livepeer
Core Developer
Adam Fuller
User
Julien Genestoux
Unlock Protocol
Supporter
Mable Jiang
STEPN
Core Developer
Sebastian Lorenz
Edge & Node
Indexer
Gary Morris
0xFury
Supporter
Spencer Noon
Variant Fund
Researcher
Santiago Palladino
Aztec
Observer
Brandon Ramirez
Edge & Node
Observer
Yaniv Tal
GEO
Indexer
Chris Wessels
GraphOps
The Graph Foundation
The Graph Foundation supports core contributors, enables community development, distributing grants, and leads decentralization efforts. The Foundation's mandate is to develop and grow the ecosystem to ensure the sustainability of The Graph Network.
Frequently asked questions
Resources
Governance Forum
Forum focused on decentralized governance decisions.
Graph Improvement Proposals
View all active and past proposals in Github.
Council Snapshot
Key votes and decisions by The Graph's council.
Indexer Office Hours
Support sessions for Indexers on The Graph network.
Discord
Community and technical support on the official Discord server.