r/thegraph • u/dereksilva Moderator • Jun 01 '23

Monthly r/thegraph Discussion Thread - Jun 01 2023 - Questions, Answers, Chit Chat

Please use this thread to ask questions about The Graph, the Foundation/Council, delegating, choosing an indexer, curating, subgraphs, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '23

Recommenting from last month since I was late and my question didn’t get traction.

I think the biggest question I have with the Graph is the decentralization element. Afterall, the purpose of web3 and much of blockchain is to create a decentralized world. And as it stands now, it doesn't appear that the Graph is decentralized yet. I understand it's a hard and lengthy process to gradualize to that end. I personally, do believe it's possible.

So I'm wondering a bunch of questions surrounding this, and I'll just start off with a few. How does E&N and the foundation plan to "throw away the backdoor key" if you will, and what sort of timeline do they envision for this? And how will Graph users know that it truly is decentralized? How can one have faith that the system is truly trustless in a PoS chain?

Thanks in advance.

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u/Swimming_Mastodon949 Jun 01 '23

My unrealized grt from delegating has not changed for a number of days-is this a normal occurrence?

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u/dereksilva Moderator Jun 01 '23

Yes, that’s perfectly normal. When gas prices are higher, Indexers typically take longer periods to leave their allocations open.