The Graph governance
The Council's votes and the forum's governance topics
On the forum
GIPs are discussed on forum.thegraph.com before the Council votes. Latest activity first; each opens the topic there.
- GIP-0090 GIP-0090: Community Allocation of 0.1% of issuance to The Night's Watch (on the forum) Abstract This proposes allocating 0.1% of protocol issuance, 0.12073 GRT per block, to The Night’s Watch through the same mechanism GIP-0089 used for the Innovation Allocation: a new instance of the audited DirectAllocat… In discussion
- Forum Proposal: Increase GRT Value Capture Through Higher Burns (on the forum) I am a long-term GRT holder and supporter of The Graph, and I believe the project has strong technology and meaningful long-term potential. My concern is that The Graph’s technological growth has not translated into equ…
- GIP-0089 GIP-0089 is Live: 20% of Issuance Now Sent to the Innovation Allocation (on the forum) GIP-0089 took effect yesterday: September 1, 2026. Following approval by The Graph Council, 20% of protocol issuance (24.146 GRT per block) is now directed to a Foundation-managed Innovation Allocation. These resources f… Live
- Forum On the Catalyst roadmap (on the forum) Community-built infrastructure mapped to the Catalyst roadmap — an offer to collaborate Following last week’s blog post on the Foundation’s new mandate and this week’s Indexer Office Hours walkthrough of Project Catalys…
- GIP-0089 The Graph Council Has Approved GIP-0089: The Innovation Allocation (on the forum) The Graph Council has approved GIP-0089. With this decision, 20% of protocol issuance (24.146 GRT per block) is directed to the Innovation Allocation starting on Monday, August 31, 2026. The Innovation Allocation is an i… Live
- GRC-009 GRC-009: The Lodestar Oracle - An Independent QoS Oracle for The Graph (on the forum) Stage: RFC (Request for Comment) GRC: 009 Authors: @cargopete (Petko Pavlovski) — Lodestar / The Night’s Watch Related: GRC-002: QoS Oracle V2 Supersedes in practice: the V1 Gateway QoS Oracle pipeline, for consumers…
- Forum Separate "Withdrawable" Bucket for Fully-Thawed Delegation Tokens (on the forum) Currently on Horizon, when a delegator undelegate and completes the thaw period, their tokens remain counted in delegatedTokens on the indexer until the delegator explicitly calls withdraw. This creates two problems: A…
- GRC Substreams, meet Horizon: announcing SDSCE (on the forum) We built a community edition of the Substreams Data Service — a Horizon payment layer that lets providers sell Substreams data for TAP receipts — and deployed it to Arbitrum One. Here is what it is, how the money flows, …
- GRC Sync Bounties: a trustless, market-based replacement for the Upgrade Indexer (on the forum) [GRC] Sync Bounties: a trustless, market-based replacement for the Upgrade Indexer TL;DR The Upgrade Indexer is a centralization crutch. It exists to solve exactly one problem — getting at least one indexer onto a fresh …
- GRC-006 GRC-006: Mainline — A Firehose Data Service on Horizon (on the forum) GRC-006: Mainline — A Decentralized Firehose Data Service on Horizon Stage: RFC (Request for Comment) GRC: 006 Authors: @cargopete (Petko Pavlovski) Related: GRC-005: Dispatch · GIP-0066: Graph Horizon · GIP-0054: Gra…
- GRC-008 GRC-008: Seahorn - A Solana Structured Data Service on Horizon (on the forum) GRC-008: Seahorn — A Solana Structured Data Service on Horizon Stage: RFC (Request for Comment) GRC: 008 Authors: @cargopete (Petko Pavlovski) Related: GRC-005: Dispatch · GRC-006: Mainline · GRC-004: Graphite · GIP-0…
- GRC-007 GRC-007: Compass - A Decentralised Subgraph-MCP Gateway on Horizon (on the forum) GRC-007: Compass — A Decentralised Subgraph-MCP Gateway on Horizon Stage: RFC (Request for Comment) GRC: 007 Authors: @cargopete (Petko Pavlovski) Related: GRC-005: Dispatch · GRC-006: Mainline · MCP specification · …
- GRC-005 GRC-005: Dispatch - An Experimental JSON-RPC Data Service on Horizon (on the forum) GRC-005: Dispatch — An Experimental JSON-RPC Data Service on Horizon Stage: RFC (Request for Comment) GRC: 005 Authors: @cargopete (Petko Pavlovski) Summary This GRC introduces Dispatch — a community-built JSON-RPC d…
- Forum Introducing New Council Member: Marc-André Dumas (on the forum) The Graph Foundation is pleased to welcome Marc-André Dumas as the newest member of The Graph Council. Marc-André brings deep technical expertise across blockchain infrastructure, oracle systems, and decentralized protoc…
- GRC-004 GRC-004: Adding Rust as a first-class subgraph mapping language (on the forum) Stage: RFC (Request for Comment) GRC: 004 Authors: @cargopete (Petko Pavlovski) Related: GRC-003 · Graphite SDK · graph-node PR #6462 Summary This GRC proposes recognising Rust as a first-class subgraph mapping langu…
- Forum Introducing New Council Member: Kyle Rojas (on the forum) The Graph Foundation is pleased to welcome Kyle Rojas as the newest member of The Graph Council. Kyle brings a rare combination of institutional finance experience, deep web3 expertise, and a proven track record of build…
- GRC-003 GRC-003: Rust Subgraph Mappings - A Native Rust ABI for graph-node (on the forum) Stage: GRC/FRC Authors: cargopete (Petko Pavlovski) · GitHub Related: Add Rust ABI support for WASM subgraphs by cargopete · Pull Request #6462 · graphprotocol/graph-node · GitHub · Summary This GRC proposes adding…
- GIP-0076 GIP-0076: Issuance Allocator contract to split issuance across distribution targets (on the forum) We propose an Issuance Allocator, a governance-controlled contract that manages how token issuance is distributed across protocol components. Today, all issuance goes to the Rewards Manager, which distributes it as inde… Approved The Council's vote
- Forum On-Chain Indexing Agreements and Issuance Allocation (GIP-0087, GIP-0088) (on the forum) We propose two GIPs that bring indexing agreements on-chain and fund them from protocol issuance: GIP-0087: On-Chain Indexing Agreements and GIP-0088: Issuance Allocator Deployment and Configuration. Why this matters: I…
- GIP-0086 GIP-0086: Rewards Manager and Subgraph Service Upgrade (on the forum) We propose an upgrade to the Rewards Manager and Subgraph Service contracts. This is an incremental improvement, no new protocol mechanisms are introduced. The upgrade refines how rewards are tracked, collected, and repo… Approved The Council's vote
- Forum Arbitration council clarification on Boba network EBO issue (on the forum) Dear Indexers, It’s been brought to our attention that the EBO subgraph is producing incorrect block data for Boba network (chain id eip155:288). This is preventing indexers from closing allocations and collecting index…
- Forum Graph Horizon - Arbitrum One upgrade [INDEXERS ACTION REQUIRED] (on the forum) :sunset: Horizon Mainnet Upgrade Window Is Now Open Hey @Indexers. Horizon Mainnet is close to launching. The upgrade window for Indexers is now open and all Indexers must upgrade their stack to participate in Horizon’s…
- Forum Introducing New Council Member: Derek Meyer (on the forum) The Graph Foundation is pleased to welcome Derek Meyer as the newest member of The Graph Council. Derek brings extensive experience in blockchain infrastructure and decentralized data systems through his work as Founder …
- GIP-0079 GIP-0079: Indexer Rewards Eligibility Oracle (on the forum) We propose a Rewards Eligibility Oracle that links eligibility for indexing rewards to provision of service to consumers. Only indexers meeting minimum performance standards receive rewards, to better align incentives wi… Approved The Council's vote
- Forum Introducing New Council Member: Arnaud Schenk (on the forum) The Graph Foundation is pleased to welcome Arnaud Schenk as the newest member of The Graph Council. Arnaud brings more than a decade of experience in product development, software engineering, leadership, and the crypto …
- GRC-002 GRC-002: QoS Oracle V2 (on the forum) Motivation Quality of Service data from the Gateway is incredibly important when it comes to managing an Indexer operation, particularly when it comes to monitoring your performance, figuring out issues and adjusting to …
- GRC-001 GRC-001: Graphcast - a Gossip Network for Indexers (on the forum) Objective of This GRC GraphOps first presented the idea of a Gossip Network for Indexers in late 2021, and following our Core Developer Grant in July, have dedicated our resources to making it a reality! This GRC presen…
- GRC GIP-CHALLENGE-001: ETHPool Reward Distribution Mechanism (on the forum) Motivation ETHPool provides a service where users can deposit ETH and they will receive rewards proportional to their deposits in the pool. Users must be able to take out their deposits along with their portion of reward…
Council votes
How the protocol changes. Changes are proposed as GIPs and discussed on The Graph's forum; the Graph Council, a small group of members with one vote each, then decides by voting on Snapshot. Stakers and delegators don't vote.
How the protocol changes. Changes are proposed as GIPs and discussed on The Graph's forum; the Graph Council, a small group of members with one vote each, then decides by voting on Snapshot. Stakers and delegators don't vote.
- #70 Council Vote, GIP-0088 (Issuance Allocator Deployment and Indexing Payments Configuration) Approved For 100%
- #69 Council Vote, GIP-0087 (On-Chain Indexing Agreements) Approved For 100%
- #68 Council Vote, GIP-0086 (Rewards Manager and Subgraph Service Upgrade) Approved For 100%
- #67 Council Vote, GIP-0076 (Issuance Allocator Contract) Approved For 100%
- #66 Council Vote — GIP-0079 (Rewards Eligibility Oracle) Approved For 100%
- #65 Delegation of Chain Integration & Deprecation Authority to The Graph Foundation (with TAB Approval Requirement) Approved For 100%
- #64 Approval of Graph Horizon GIPs Approved For 100%
- #63 Deploying GRT token to Avalanche, Base, and Solana Approved For 100%
- #62 Deploying GRT token to Avalanche and Base Approved For 100%
- #61 Updated Feature Matrix Support (Sonic, Base Sepolia, Optimism Sepolia) Approved For 100%
- #60 Updated Feature Matrix Support (zkSync Era, Polygon zkEVM, Arbitrum Sepolia) Approved For 100%
- #59 Updated Feature Matrix Support (Rootstock, Cosmos) Approved For 100%
- #58 Enhancements to the GIP Process Approved For 100%
- #57 Updated Feature Matrix Support (zora, mode, moonbeam) Approved For 100%
- #56 CIP Voting Process Update Approved For 100%
- #55 Deploying GRT Token to Base Approved Yes 100%
- #54 Updated Feature Matrix Support (blast-mainnet, boba, boba-bnb) Approved Yes 100%
- #53 Updated Feature Matrix Support (blast & fuse) Approved Yes 85.7% · No 14.3%
- #52 Deprecate the L1 (mainnet) protocol Approved Yes 100%
- #51 Updated Feature Matrix Support (base, bsc, scroll, linea) Approved Yes 100%
- #50 Updated Feature Matrix Support (base, bsc, scroll, linea) Approved Yes 100%
- #49 Updated Feature Matrix Support (base, scroll, linea) Approved Yes 100%
- #48 Early allocation closure Approved Yes 100%
- #47 Updated Feature Support (ens, arweave, 0.35.x) Approved Yes 100%
- #46 Delegation of responsibility for Graph Node version updates Approved Yes 100%