Ready, Set, Build: Your Web3 Journey Starts at The Graph Builders Basecamp

Enter The Graph Universe and Enhance Your Web3 Stack

Want to improve your smart contract skills and dive into one of web3’s top blockchain ecosystems? Well, with Graph Builders Basecamp, you can. This isn't your average dev tutorial—it’s a cosmic adventure for building dapps and subgraphs using The Graph protocol.

Think quick missions and wallet integration—all with support to keep things smooth.

Venture Into the Graph Space Academy

During your missions, you'll be equipped with a basic smart contract, a Hardhat deploy script, and a starter subgraph configuration. Your main challenge will be to modify the Solidity code, customize the subgraph, and deploy both to a public blockchain.

Once live, your subgraph’s data will be tested to ensure it performs flawlessly. By the end of the mission, you’ll have real-world experience integrating smart contracts with The Graph—empowering you to build fast, efficient, and scalable dapps.

The Missions in a Nutshell

The mission is divided into three engaging parts.

Part 1– Mission Set-up: Your journey begins here, where you create an effective working environment. With straightforward copy-and-paste guides and clear instructions, you’ll find the process easy and regarding.

• You start by cloning the project, installing the necessary dependencies, and launching a local blockchain.
• After that, you deploy the `Welcome.sol` smart contract using Hardhat and create a dynamic frontend to interact with it.
• Once your contract is live, you generate a subgraph and index its data using Graph Studio and CLI.
  • For future missions, the `packages/subgraph' directory contains essential configuration files for the subgraph, such as the schema, manifest, and handlers.

This setup provides an invaluable hands-on experience to dive into the world of smart contracts and subgraphs. You’ll gain practical understanding of the tools to create fast and scalable dapps.

Part 2–Bringing Your Contract to Life on Base: In this step, you’ll deploy your smart contract to a public blockchain, so it’s ready to be indexed.

• You generate a deployer key, fund your account with testnet ETH, and deploy your contract to the Base Sepolia network.
• After verifying the contract, you configure the frontend to interact with the correct network using your personal wallet.
• By the end of this mission, your contract will be live on-chain, fully integrated with both the blockchain and The Graph ecosystem, ready for real-world interactions.

Part 3–Studio and Reward: In this final part, you create, deploy, and test your very own subgraph using The Graph’s Subgraph Studio.

• You start by connecting your wallet to the studio and creating a new subgraph.
• Next, you install The Graph CLI and initialize your subgraph with details from your previously deployed smart contract, including the network, contract address, and start block.
• After generating the subgraph scaffold and installing dependencies, you authenticate to the studio, build the subgraph, and deploy it using the CLI.
• Once deployed, your subgraph will begin syncing in the studio.
• Finally,you validate your subgraph's output.
• After successfully validating a mission, you will be rewarded with a special soulbound space themed NFT to show off your skills.

Whether you’re new to The Graph or a seasoned builder, The Graph Builders Basecamp is designed to guide you every step of the way. You’ll get intuitive hands-on experience with smart contracts, subgraph deployment, and scalable dapp deployment.

Don’t worry if you’re starting out–gain the confidence to thrive in blockchain innovation with The Graph. Gear up, dive in, and start your journey at The Graph Builders Basecamp today!

About The Graph

The Graph is the leading indexing and query protocol powering the decentralized internet. Launched in 2018, it has enabled tens of thousands of developers to effortlessly build Subgraphs and Substreams across countless blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, Celo, Soneium, and Avalanche.

Discover more about how The Graph is shaping the future of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) and stay connected with the community. Follow The Graph on X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Farcaster and Medium. Join the community on The Graph’s Telegram, join technical discussions on The Graph’s Discord.

The Graph Foundation oversees The Graph Network. Edge & Node, StreamingFast, Semiotic Labs, Messari, GraphOps, Pinax and Geo are seven of the many organizations within The Graph ecosystem.