New in The Grid — updates across The Grid Schema (TGS), Discovery, the Network Portal and the API.
Every profile on thegrid.id now uses the redesigned profile page. The layout leads with who the profile is — name, type, sector and status — then organises the record into the lenses The Grid models: products, assets, entities, socials and URLs.
The Network Portal gained an Insights section: published, data-driven reads over The Grid's dataset. The first insight, Where stablecoins are used, drills from high-level views down to individual profiles.
TGS11 introduces structured country and region data for products, a new ordinal ranking field on gridRank, and a firstClaimedAt timestamp on roots.
Products can now declare which countries they are available in, and every country links to a UN M49 sub-region (e.g. South America, Eastern Asia) for regional grouping and filtering.
regionsNew table of UN M49 sub-regions: id, name, slug, m49Code, parentRegionId.supportsCountriesNew join table declaring which countries a product is available in (productId → countryId).countries.regionIdLinks each country to its UN M49 sub-region.gridRank.ranking1-based ordinal position — lower is better. Recommended for Top-N lists and threshold filters. Sort with order_by: { ranking: Asc }. A missing gridRank record means unranked, not rank 0; rankings update every 24 hours.roots.firstClaimedAtDate this profile was first claimed by a user on The Grid. Complements the existing firstPublicValidation / lastPublicValidation fields.Known limitation: country.region.parentRegion cannot be traversed in a single query yet — query parentRegionId and match it yourself.
TGS10 introduces a flexible attributes system that allows profiles, products and assets to have type-specific properties without requiring schema changes. The system keeps The Grid structured while providing the flexibility needed to scale attributes at any point.
The attributes system consists of core tables that follow The Grid's existing patterns.
attributesAttribute values: id, rootId, value, attributeTypeId, tableId, rowId.attributeTypesAttribute classification enum: id, name, slug, definition.allowedAttributeTypesConstrains which attribute types are valid per table: id, attributeTypeId, tableId, enumTableId, enumRowId.enumTableNamesRegistry of enum tables: id, tableName.TGS9 is our most significant user-focused update, addressing visual presentation and marketing capabilities.
Profile relationships finally solve the "multiple profiles problem" with systematic linking: the new rootRelationships table links a child profile to its parent with a typed relationship from the rootRelationshipTypes enum.
rootRelationshipTypesAcquired by— This profile was acquired by the parent.rootRelationshipTypesManaged by— This profile is controlled and built by the parent for example core development team. This is the same as a parent brand.rootRelationshipTypesProduct of— This profile is a sub product, that is listed on a separate domain, to the parent profile.rootRelationshipTypesAssociated with— This profile is connected to another profile via a shared group, DAO or foundation for example.rootRelationshipsLinks profiles to profiles: childRootId, parentRootId, relationshipTypeId.profileInfos.descriptionMarketingMarkdown-enabled marketing content field — dedicated promotional copy instead of misusing description fields.gridRankProfile importance based on ecosystem connectivity: id, rootId, score.socialStatusesNew enum table tracking verified / suspended / active social account states.socialsSocials can now attach to products, assets and entities via tableId + rowId, and carry a socialStatusId.*.slugURL-friendly slugs across all enums, for better support in URLs and queries.String1The API type String1 was renamed to String.Migration: Update typed clients; email api@thegrid.id with any questions.
products.typeOfSupportIdRenamed — the old name was confused with product support, which is a different concept.Migration: Use products.assetSupportTypeId.
smartContractDeployments.isOfStandardIdRenamed to match the assetStandards enum it references.Migration: Use smartContractDeployments.assetStandardId.
mediaImage handling centralized into the new media + mediaTypes tables (logos, icons, screenshots, headers).Migration: Read images from media.thegrid.id/{rootId}/{tableId}/{rowId}/{mediaTypeId}/{file-type}-{timestamp}.{extension}.
GraphQL subscriptions are now enabled on the API endpoint.
TGS7 moves on-chain data into dedicated tables and introduces typed product–asset relationships — e.g. Bitcoin is native to the Bitcoin network; Circle issues USDC. It also introduces the root concept: the canonical identity anchor every profile's data hangs off.
deploymentsNew table: deploymentType, deployedOn, isOfStandard. Asset and product deployed-on + contract data migrates here.contractsNew table: deployment, name, address, deploymentDate.productAssetRelationshipsTyped product–asset links: product, asset, type (see assetSupportTypes).derivativeAssetsDerivative–base asset links, e.g. wBTC → BTC.assetStatusesNew enum table: asset lifecycle status.deploymentTypesNew enum table: the primary purpose of a deployment.assetSupportTypesNew enum table: the nature of a product–asset relationship.profiles.iconProfile icon field.products.docsProduct documentation links.productSupportsRenamed.Migration: Use supportsProducts.
urlsURLs move into a dedicated urls table.rootsNew root concept — the top-level record all profile data hangs off.TGS6 adds tags to The Grid Schema — the foundation for classifying profiles by events, ecosystems, communities and technology.
tagsNew enum table of profile tags.Products that support many chains — Chainalysis for on-chain investigation, QuickNode for node hosting, wallets and custodians for asset management — can now express that directly: products.productSupports links a product to each product it supports.
products.assetSupportRenamed; functionality and connections unchanged.Migration: Use products.mainAsset.
products.productSupportsMultiselect join table ProductSupports: ID_PRODUCT, ID_SUPPORTED_PRODUCT.entities.countryCountry becomes a structured select list (imported ISO country list).subsectorSubsector removed from the schema.profiles.tagLineSelf-promotion field for profiles.assets.shortDescriptionShort description field for assets.entities.taxIdentificationNumberVAT generalised to Tax Identification Number.entities.dateOfIncorporationSpelling fix (was dateOfIncoroperation).entities.localRegistrationNumberSpelling fix (was localRegestrationNumber).entitiesTable spelling fixed: Entitiy → Entity.