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The Graph is an indexing protocol and framework for EVM chains. In The Graph, indexing projects are called subgraphs. A Graph indexing node is a black-box that executes subgraphs compiled into WASM. The data is sourced directly from an archival blockchain node, and the processed data is stored in a built-in Postgres database. On the contrary, SQD employs a radically open modular architecture with:
  • a separated layer for efficient data extraction and batch queries (SQD Network)
  • a client-side libraries for data transformation and presentation.
The data transformation and presentation is enabled by a growing list of tools and SDKs that consume the raw data from SQD Network:

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Feature matrix

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Architecture difference

By design, The Graph indexing node is a black-box that executes subgraphs compiled into WASM. The data is sourced directly from the archival node and local IPFS, and the processed data is stored in a built-in Postgres database. The data stored in the database is considered to be “sealed”, so that no external process can modify or read the data except through the GraphQL interface.