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Product updates, case studies, and deep dives from the SQD team.
Why SQD is excited about Fuel
Fuel is an Operating System Purpose-Built for Ethereum Rollups. This article explores what makes Fuel's technical innovations exciting for the blockchain development community.
Monthly Recap: September
SQD reported significant infrastructure growth during September, with over 1,124 worker nodes online and 579 TB of data stored across the network.
SQD Network Architecture explained
SQD CEO Dmitry Zhelezov conducted an X Broadcast to detail the network's technical foundation. While most people skip the whitepaper, understanding SQD's architecture matters for Web3's data infrastructure.
How Fantasy.Top relies on SQD to provide a seamless social gaming experience
Fantasy.Top is a social betting game where players purchase influencer card packs and wager on their performance on Crypto Twitter during weekly tournaments.
How Skybreach leverages SQD data access in its games
Skybreach is a web3 gaming ecosystem connecting various games through lore and universe facilitated by smart contracts. Here's how they leverage SQD for indexing game-related events.
The problem SQD solves today
SQD is a hyper-scalable, permissionless, cost-efficient data layer for onchain data. The platform addresses fundamental challenges in accessing blockchain information across multiple chains and networks.
Exploring the potential of TEEs
TEEs are the latest crypto craze. Speakers explained that TEE, short for Trusted Execution Environments, represents a hardware-based security approach with significant implications for Web3.
Deutsche Telekom joins Subsquid decentralized network
T-Mobile Deutsche Telekom MMS has partnered with Subsquid, a decentralized data platform, to operate dedicated worker nodes within Subsquid's decentralized data lake.
How interface uses SQD to enable people to explore Ethereum
Interface is a social application that helps users explore and interact with Ethereum by tracking onchain activities. The platform enables users to follow friends and crypto enthusiasts.
Monthly Recap: August 2024
With the end of August also comes the end of brat summer. At SQD, we spent our time integrating with new networks and launching a new website.
Case Study: How Guru Network powers its AI processors with data from SQD
Guru Network is a multichain AI compute layer enabling dApps and users to integrate AI agents into their workflows for process automation. Here's how they leverage SQD data.
Case Study: How Hydration uses SQD Data Access to facilitate its DeFi success
Hydration is a scalable appchain on Polkadot that provides a cross-chain liquidity protocol serving as a local hub for DeFi, uniting swaps, lending, and a native stablecoin.
Case Study: RAILGUN leveraging SQD Trace Data to enable Privacy Pools
Railgun is a fully on-chain privacy infrastructure for EVM. It enables private use of public DeFi without any limitations on liquidity and security.
Insights from SQD's Broadcast with M31 Capital
After announcing its partnership with M31 Capital, SQD's co-founders held a live discussion with M31's David Attermann to explain the company's vision and development approach.
Why is everyone suddenly talking about TEEs?
TEE stands for Trusted Execution Environment, a technology that has existed for decades and enables programs to run with special protective capabilities.
The Crumbling of the Ivory Towers
Most crypto enthusiasts discover articles by scrolling through X, a pastime filled with memecoin scams, venture capital opinions, and occasional humor. But the experience includes irrelevant advertisements and declining content quality.
Monthly Recap: July
SQD announced a significant brand transition, moving away from the squid mascot toward a mature corporate identity. The native SQD token debuted on PancakeSwap on the Arbitrum network.
Case Study: How SQD Supports PancakeSwap with Large-Scale Access to Multichain Data
PancakeSwap is a leading multichain DEX built on an automated market maker model. Learn how SQD serves as their primary ETL tool, enabling rapid reindexing and up-to-date data maintenance across all networks.
AMA Recap: Discussing the Future of SQD
SQD recently rebranded from Subsquid and shared its vision beyond indexing. During an X AMA on July 18th, CEO and Co-Founder Dmitry Zhelezov discussed the company's future direction with community members.
Data is not the new oil
The article challenges the common crypto industry slogan that data is the new oil, arguing this comparison is misleading. Rather than data being the new oil, LLMs will become a commodity; Data won't.
Data Streams & Light Squid Indexers: SQD's New Game Plan
Subsquid Labs published a strategic roadmap outlining SQD Network's development through 2026. While the decentralized data protocol launched on mainnet in June 2024, the organization views this as an entirely new beginning.
How Kelp and SQD Enable Interactive Onchain Analytics
The blockchain ecosystem generates massive volumes of data daily. Bitcoin and Ethereum ledgers have exceeded 5000 GB and 1000 GB respectively. This creates a paradox: while real-time data monitoring would benefit risk management, few tools exist for analyzing this information across multiple blockchains.
AI meets Blockchain
While blockchain transforms value transfer and AI reshapes how we work and interact, skepticism persists. However, blockchain projects are now focusing on meaningful intersections between AI and blockchain technologies.
Subsquid Becomes SQD
Subsquid, a blockchain data infrastructure project, underwent a rebranding to SQD, marking what leadership describes as the beginning of a new era. The rebrand moves away from cartoon imagery toward a more institutional aesthetic.