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Exploring the potential of TEEs

Exploring the potential of TEEs

ICYMI, TEEs are the latest crypto craze after dunking on 100 million dollar raises and the complicated social relationships between the ETH clique.  Spotted: Avara and Farcaster at odds after A threw shade at F's "lack of rizz." Meanwhile, sparks flew at FEST with OP and
17 Sep 2024 5 min read
How interface uses SQD to enable people to explore Ethereum

How interface uses SQD to enable people to explore Ethereum

Quick description of Interface: Interface is how you can explore and interact with Ethereum. It’s a social app allowing users to understand what’s happening onchain.  Chains indexed: Ethereum, Optimism, Base, Blast, Zora Make or break feature: Multichain indexing  Using SQD for: Indexing what users do, including powering functionalities
11 Sep 2024 2 min read
Monthly Recap: August 2024

Monthly Recap: August 2024

GM fellow SQD community member, With the end of August also comes the end of brat summer, which, let's be honest, we won't be that sad about. 1917 was the first BRAT (Bolshevik Revolution Against Tsarism) summer — William Gerrard (@Bill_Gerrard) August 16, 2024 At SQD,
06 Sep 2024 3 min read
Case Study: How Guru Network powers its AI processors with data from SQD

Case Study: How Guru Network powers its AI processors with data from SQD

Fact Sheet/ Profile Quick description of Guru Network: Guru Network is a multichain AI compute layer built on top of Apps that provides dApps and retail users with the ability to add AI agents to their routines. With Guru, anyone can tap into the power of process automation.  Make or
21 Aug 2024 2 min read
Case Study: How Hydration uses SQD Data Access to facilitate its DeFi success

Case Study: How Hydration uses SQD Data Access to facilitate its DeFi success

Fact Sheet Quick description of Hydration: Hydration is a scalable appchain on Polkadot that provides a cross-chain liquidity protocol serving as a local hub for DeFi. It unites swaps, lending, and a native stablecoin as part of its platform.  Chains served: Polkadot and its parachain ecosystem.  Make or break feature:
21 Aug 2024 2 min read
Case Study: RAILGUN leveraging SQD Trace Data to enable Privacy Pools

Case Study: RAILGUN leveraging SQD Trace Data to enable Privacy Pools

Fact Sheet/ Profile  Quick description of Railgun: Railgun is a fully on-chain privacy infrastructure for EVM. It enables private use of public DeFi without any limitations on liquidity and security. When using the Railgun wallet, anyone can interact privately and securely with existing DeFi apps.  Chains served: Ethereum, BNB Chain,
21 Aug 2024 4 min read
Case Study: ChainSafe using SQD to power fast EVM deployments

Case Study: ChainSafe using SQD to power fast EVM deployments

Fact Sheet Quick description of ChainSafe: Chainsafe is an R&D and web3 infrastructure company specializing in protocol engineering, interoperability, and web3 gaming. With their products, Chainsafe delivers open-source, end-to-end solutions for interoperable game development, such as a Unity SDK, an In-Game-Marketplace Tool Kit, and Decentralized Loot Boxes. Chains
21 Aug 2024 3 min read
Insights from SQD’s Broadcast with M31 Capital

Insights from SQD’s Broadcast with M31 Capital

After announcing our partnership with M31 Capital, our two co-founders went live with M31’s David Attermann to discuss our plans and share some insights into the reasoning behind SQD’s development.  You can view the full recording here: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nAKEpvkYpbxL  Why did M31 invest in
15 Aug 2024 7 min read
Why is everyone suddenly talking about TEEs?

Why is everyone suddenly talking about TEEs?

Crypto sure loves its acronyms. If you entered the industry early enough, you’d recall learning about PoW vs. PoS, and if you ventured further, you’re also familiar with BFT. In the last cycle, it was all about ZKP, and then FHE entered the room. In between, we also
09 Aug 2024 6 min read
The Crumbling of the Ivory Towers

The Crumbling of the Ivory Towers

Or why it’s worth trying decentralized socials “In an information industry, the cost of monopoly must not be measured in dollars alone, but also in its effect on the economy of ideas and images, the restraint of which can ultimately amount to censorship.”  - Tim Wu in The Attention
02 Aug 2024 10 min read
Monthly Recap: July

Monthly Recap: July

Did you know that July was named after Julius Caesar?  And just like him, at SQD, we have grand aspirations, although we do our best to avoid dinner parties iykyk.  This month, there’s been a lot happening, from a major rebranding to enterprise partners and the release of our
29 Jul 2024 4 min read
Case Study: How SQD Supports PancakeSwap with Large-Scale Access to Multichain Data

Case Study: How SQD Supports PancakeSwap with Large-Scale Access to Multichain Data

Quick Facts Description of PancakeSwap: PancakeSwap is a leading multichain DEX built on an automated market maker (AMM) model. It offers a superior DeFi experience with low transaction fees, high-speed trading, and a user-friendly interface.  Chains served: BNB Chain, Ethereum, Aptos, Polygon zkEVM, Linea, zkSync Era, Base, Arbitrum One, and
25 Jul 2024 3 min read
AMA Recap: Discussing the Future of SQD

AMA Recap: Discussing the Future of SQD

There have been many changes at SQD in recent days, from a major rebranding from Subsquid to SQD to a blog post that shares our game plan for the future. If you still think that SQD is just an indexing protocol, you’ll be surprised.  For now, the niche SQD
23 Jul 2024 5 min read
Data is not the new oil

Data is not the new oil

For some time, “data is the new oil” was a slogan crypto data companies used to appeal to VCs and convince them that there were enormous profits to be made. This throws up a few questions:  * Why would you want to associate with leaks in the ocean killing birds?  * How
18 Jul 2024 5 min read
Data Streams & Light Squid Indexers: SQD’s New Game Plan

Data Streams & Light Squid Indexers: SQD’s New Game Plan

16 July 2024 - Zug, Switzerland "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." - Seneca We began to build SQD in 2021–which could be considered a lifetime ago by crypto startup standards. Following mainnet launch, however, the energy at Subsquid Labs is entirely
16 Jul 2024 17 min read
How Kelp and SQD Enable Interactive Onchain Analytics

How Kelp and SQD Enable Interactive Onchain Analytics

Example project showcasing a tool to analyze price impact on Uniswap  Regardless of whether you believe that alternative Layer-1s will become the backbone of Web3 or that L2s will facilitate widespread adoption, the data they generate daily is already the Terabytes.  The ledger sizes of legacy blockchains, such as Bitcoin
11 Jul 2024 5 min read
AI meets Blockchain

AI meets Blockchain

“With great power comes great responsibility, especially when it comes to shaping the minds of artificial intelligences.” - Ted Chiang in The Lifecycle of Software Objects While blockchain is changing the way we transfer value, AI is changing everything, at least according to some, including how we work, interact, date,
04 Jul 2024 6 min read
Deutsche Telekom joins Subsquid decentralized network

Deutsche Telekom joins Subsquid decentralized network

T-Mobile Deutsche Telekom MMS has partnered with Subsquid, a decentralized data platform, to run dedicated worker nodes as part of Subsquid’s decentralized “data lake.” According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph, the collaboration aims to improve the security and efficiency of blockchain data retrieval and delivery. Worker nodes
03 Jul 2024 2 min read
Subsquid Becomes SQD

Subsquid Becomes SQD

Just as squids shed their skin occasionally, today marks the day that Subsquid becomes SQD, the beginning of a new era for Subsquid Network. This rebranding marks another step in maturing as an entity and aims to better communicate the values and future-proof vision of Subsquid.  Why is Subsquid rebranding?
02 Jul 2024 3 min read
AltVMS: Move Over EVM

AltVMS: Move Over EVM

Maybe the EVM is a little like capitalism. So widely accepted, we struggle to envision a different future. “It is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism” - Frederic Jameson As such, it wasn’t surprising to witness countless Alt-L1s pivoting to becoming Layer-2
25 Jun 2024 8 min read
Hype or Reality? A Look at Parallel EVMs

Hype or Reality? A Look at Parallel EVMs

“It is the best of times for scaling EVMs; it’s the worst of times for sticking to the bigger block thesis. It is the age of decentralization; it is the age of memecoins. It is the epoch of seeking meaning; it is the epoch of financial nihilism…“  (Loosely inspired
17 Jun 2024 7 min read
SQD Rewards Calculation

SQD Rewards Calculation

Subsquid is a decentralized network optimized to scale data access without compromising reliability, security, or decentralization. It requires a flexible rewards system that adjusts to ensure high network performance without requiring centralized oversight.  Therefore, rewards are calculated based on network usage. A simple example is that the base APR can
06 Jun 2024 4 min read
An introduction to SQD Partner Ecosystem: Canto

An introduction to SQD Partner Ecosystem: Canto

Subsquid Labs has recently partnered with Canto, an innovative Layer-1 focused on providing public infrastructure and returning power to users. To kickstart this partnership, Subsquid, and Canto team members went live on an X space to discuss what it means to build public goods in Web3 and why they are
06 Jun 2024 5 min read
Subsquid Mainnet is Live

Subsquid Mainnet is Live

The Subsquid Labs team is excited to share that Subsquid is now on mainnet. This is the result of years of hard work building, optimizing, and testing the Network’s core infrastructure. Thanks to everyone who has been part of the journey–we are thrilled that network decentralization has truly
03 Jun 2024 2 min read
Get Started Guide: Worker Node Operators

Get Started Guide: Worker Node Operators

Got a lot of work to do and want to get down to business? Click here to go straight to the how-to guide. Subsquid is a decentralized data access layer that unlocks granular, permissionless data access at a petabyte scale for developers, analysts, and researchers. Subsquid’s role in Web3
03 Jun 2024 5 min read
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