Yevgen`s official homepage
Yevgen Somochkin
"ΞΣΣΘ"
CTO ESSO.DEV
Building the Future of AI, Automation & Web3 | Full-stack & DevOps Architect | Scalable, Data-driven Web & Mobile Apps
Hamburg, Germany
Yevgen`s official homepage
Yevgen Somochkin
"ΞΣΣΘ"
CTO ESSO.DEV
Building the Future of AI, Automation & Web3 | Full-stack & DevOps Architect | Scalable, Data-driven Web & Mobile Apps
Hamburg, Germany
Query blockchain data efficiently with The Graph — the indexing protocol that makes on-chain data accessible through GraphQL APIs. Without The Graph, reading complex data from Ethereum or Solana requires scanning millions of blocks sequentially — a process that can take hours. The Graph indexes blockchain events in real-time and serves them through fast, structured queries. It's the database layer for Web3.
Subgraphs — custom indexing definitions — let you specify exactly which smart contract events to track and how to transform them into queryable entities. Deploy a subgraph, and within minutes you have a GraphQL endpoint that returns your on-chain data with filtering, sorting, and pagination. This transforms blockchain data from raw transaction logs into structured, relational data that frontend developers can work with using familiar tools.
The Graph's decentralized network ensures your data layer has the same uptime and censorship resistance as the blockchain itself. Indexers compete to serve your queries, and curators signal which subgraphs are most valuable. For development, the hosted service provides free indexing to get started quickly. For production, the decentralized network provides guaranteed availability and performance SLAs.
We use The Graph in every production dApp that needs to display historical data, track user positions, or aggregate protocol metrics. Typical implementations include: DeFi dashboards showing portfolio performance over time, NFT marketplace search and filtering, DAO voting history and proposal tracking, and analytics platforms monitoring protocol health. Without The Graph, these features would require centralized backend infrastructure that defeats the purpose of building on-chain.
