ICYMI, TEEs are the latest crypto craze after dunking on 100 million dollar raises and the complicated social relationships between the ETH clique. After explaining TEEs more broadly in a recent blog, we decided to dive deeper and invite speakers who are already using TEEs to share their experiences. You can listen to the recording of the space here, or read on for all the insights. On TEEs in general Our speakers explained that TEE, short for Trusted Execution Environments, is a type of hard...

ICYMI, TEEs are the latest crypto craze after dunking on 100 million dollar raises and the complicated social relationships between the ETH clique. After explaining TEEs more broadly in a recent blog, we decided to dive deeper and invite speakers who are already using TEEs to share their experiences. You can listen to the recording of the space here, or read on for all the insights. On TEEs in general Our speakers explained that TEE, short for Trusted Execution Environments, is a type of hard...

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 or Ethereum, have surpassed 5000 and 1000 GB, respectively, and this is just onchain data. Add to that other native chains, L2s, and even L3s, and the amount of information is staggering. This presents a unique challenge for businesses operatin...

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 or Ethereum, have surpassed 5000 and 1000 GB, respectively, and this is just onchain data. Add to that other native chains, L2s, and even L3s, and the amount of information is staggering. This presents a unique challenge for businesses operatin...

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 are VCs making money from you empowering users to own their data and not allowing Big Tech to exploit it for advertising revenue?Is it, though? We cannot and won’t deal with the first two questions to set expectations straight. It’s ...

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 are VCs making money from you empowering users to own their data and not allowing Big Tech to exploit it for advertising revenue?Is it, though? We cannot and won’t deal with the first two questions to set expectations straight. It’s ...

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." - SenecaWe 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 different than what might be expected. We feel that we are at an entirely new beginning. The protocol is live, but the path toward true decentralization and developer utility has only just begun. This article is intended to publicize just some of our in...

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." - SenecaWe 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 different than what might be expected. We feel that we are at an entirely new beginning. The protocol is live, but the path toward true decentralization and developer utility has only just begun. This article is intended to publicize just some of our in...

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 talked about MPC, not to be confused with NPC, but we quickly realized that it didn’t have the trust guarantees many of us wanted and was expensive. Even though we still lack real implementations of FHE and MPC remains niche in cr...

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 talked about MPC, not to be confused with NPC, but we quickly realized that it didn’t have the trust guarantees many of us wanted and was expensive. Even though we still lack real implementations of FHE and MPC remains niche in cr...

“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 Merchants. Chances are you’ve found this article while browsing through X. It’s every crypto person’s favorite pastime. This endless scroll shows us anything from the latest memecoin rug to VC hot takes and, occasionally, comedy gold. Mingled within are ads that...

“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 Merchants. Chances are you’ve found this article while browsing through X. It’s every crypto person’s favorite pastime. This endless scroll shows us anything from the latest memecoin rug to VC hot takes and, occasionally, comedy gold. Mingled within are ads that...

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. At SQD, instead of focusing on keeping on top of all the trendy jargon among the terminally online, we spent our time integrating with new networks and launching a new website. But before getting into all the details of what we've been up to in August, here is a look at the numbers:SQD in NumbersWorker Nodes online: 1016Data Stored: 775 TBQueries in the...

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. At SQD, instead of focusing on keeping on top of all the trendy jargon among the terminally online, we spent our time integrating with new networks and launching a new website. But before getting into all the details of what we've been up to in August, here is a look at the numbers:SQD in NumbersWorker Nodes online: 1016Data Stored: 775 TBQueries in the...

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 SQD? Normally, you see announcements of investments after the fact, and there is little transparency in investors' reasoning. Not this time. During the Broadcast, David from M31 shared their thesis ...

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 SQD? Normally, you see announcements of investments after the fact, and there is little transparency in investors' reasoning. Not this time. During the Broadcast, David from M31 shared their thesis ...

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 Romane Empire, aka the game plan. Here’s a recap of it all. But first, the numbers. Network in Numbers950 Worker Nodes online703 TB Data stored138,545 Queries served in past 24 hours93,551,227 SQD delegatedSo Long Squiddie...

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 Romane Empire, aka the game plan. Here’s a recap of it all. But first, the numbers. Network in Numbers950 Worker Nodes online703 TB Data stored138,545 Queries served in past 24 hours93,551,227 SQD delegatedSo Long Squiddie...

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 is serving is certainly indexing, but that’s a small percentage of the whole vision. During the X AMA on July 18th, SQD CEO and technical Co-Founder Dmitry Zhelezov answered community questions and shared further insights into what’s next. Y...

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 is serving is certainly indexing, but that’s a small percentage of the whole vision. During the X AMA on July 18th, SQD CEO and technical Co-Founder Dmitry Zhelezov answered community questions and shared further insights into what’s next. Y...