An Introduction to Web3 and The Graph for New Users

The internet is in the midst of a renaissance. As web3 proliferates, this new internet reshapes how we think about, create, and utilize global networks. In this novel era, protocols are supplanting the corporations and bureaucracies of yesterday, empowering individuals to scale human coordination like never before.

Open data sits at the crossroads of web3’s innovation and utility. In order to support the needs of a burgeoning web3, a decentralized protocol to access data had to be created. Enter: The Graph. Indexers on The Graph Network have been indexing web3 data since the decentralized protocol launched in December 2020. The continued growth of the network signals that more and more people are joining The Graph ecosystem. This blog serves as a refresher on how The Graph serves web3.