The Rewards Eligibility Oracle also changes how indexing rewards are distributed. Previously, rewards followed stake and curation signal even when an Indexer was not serving queries. Under REO, an Indexer must meet published service conditions to remain eligible, including qualifying activity on at least five days within a rolling 28-day window. The new model ties incentives more directly to actual service delivery, complementing The Graph’s push toward decentralized indexing across supported chains.
The Foundation has also moved from primarily coordinating and funding external teams to operating core network infrastructure. It now runs the Subgraph Gateway, Subgraph Studio and Graph Explorer, while GIP-0089 directs 20% of protocol issuance to an Innovation Allocation supporting operations, product development, chain integrations and new providers. The organizational shift gives the Foundation a direct role in turning protocol infrastructure into a unified product, while remaining accountable to The Graph Council.
Q3 also expanded the network’s surface. Support landed for Anubis, Arc, HyperEVM, Ink and Robinhood Chain, while Hosted Stores and Hosted Sinks added managed Substreams services for delivering indexed data into consumer systems. Liquid staking entered an initial phase, and Graph Office Hours became the weekly coordination forum for developers, Indexers and Delegators. The quarter’s common thread is that more products, traffic and incentives are being routed through the network itself, reinforcing the role of decentralized data infrastructure within the crypto API economy.
