Ecosystem Coverage Policy

Neutrality policy

The Grid maintains a policy of neutrality in our mapping of ecosystems. We provide objective data about what’s out there in the mapped ecosystem, and do not opine whether a particular project is “good” or “bad”.

The goal for coverage in The Grid’s data is to be diverse, comprehensive, and aligned with our mission of providing “The leading source for trusted off chain data.”

No ranking or promotion. We do not accept fees to rank or promote certain profiles above others.

Mapping ecosystems. The Grid may receive grants or other funding to map an ecosystem. When we do so, the key criteria for mapping the ecosystem is whether the to include a project is a binary question: Is the project part of the ecosystem or not? If we receive funding to map an ecosystem, then we map that ecosystem based on our own criteria and do not accept funds to specifically include or exclude specific projects from mapping. We take an ecosystem-centric view of the entire ecosystem, and not of any one specific player.

Scope of The Grid’s data

The How and When of mapping ecosystems

The Grid generally maps ecosystem by ecosystem as we grow our coverage. We map ecosystems through a combination of techniques designed to have as broad a coverage as possible, including where available first party data collection (direct from the projects) and third party data collection (pulling in data from other sources if they meet our standards).

We choose ecosystems to map based on several factors, including compatibility with our current data schema and size of the ecosystem.

As we grow, we have choices on which ecosystems to map as several ecosystems may match our criteria at any given time. We do accept grants and other funding to map ecosystems, but these are conditioned in line with our neutrality policy. If you would like The Grid to map your ecosystem, please do get in touch at sales@thegrid.id.

What can be included?

Generally, The Grid will only include in its dataset projects that:

• Have some sort of public availability of their project;

• They have an useable root URL;

• Active social media;

• An accessible product or a useable asset;

• Real users or paying customers;

• A dedicated website that explains the project; and

• Some indication of real engagement, such as followers or members on X or Discord.

What won’t be included?

Generally we will not have or accept profiles for:

• projects that have no public availability;

• projects that have not been active on social media for over 6 months;

• projects with no users or customers and very little history; and

• projects with very little history.