The Graph ditches Ethereum, migrates to Arbitrum in anticipated move
The Graph, a blockchain indexing protocol founded in 2018, is fully migrating to the Arbitrum network from Ethereum on Wednesday. The Graph’s move to the popular layer-2 was initiated by network participants in an attempt to lower gas fees, accelerate transactions, and increase the protocol’s accessibility, according to a press release from The Graph Foundation. Edge & Node CEO Tegan Kline said users weighed the options among layer-2 networks and Arbitrum ultimately came out on top. “The Graph users have continually searched for solutions to improve gas efficiencies and enhance other aspects of the network,” Kline said in a statement. “After careful consideration of all options on the market, the ecosystem selected Arbitrum as the Layer 2 scaling solution that will bring speed and affordability to protocol developers and network participants.” This has been long in the making, with plans to move being known as far back as April 2022 via a governance proposal that suggested cr...