# Equilibrium

> We design, build and invest in core infrastructure for the decentralized web

Equilibrium helps solve the hardest engineering problems in Web3 through research and development of privacy, security, and scaling solutions.

Equilibrium is an R&D organization that designs, builds, and invests in core infrastructure for the decentralized web. They focus on complex engineering problems around security, privacy, and scaling. Apart from internal experimentation, they partner with ambitious founders to provide R&D support, engineering expertise, and funding through their venture arm.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Developer Tooling
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2017-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Equilibrium

## Products

- [Pathfinder](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Equilibrium): Pathfinder is a full node implementation for Starknet that gives users a safe and independently verifiable view into the Starknet network. Built in Rust, it calculates Patricia-Merkle Trie roots block-by-block and confirms them against Ethereum L1, enabling local contract code and storage verification without relying on third-party sources. (Developer Tooling, Live, Main Product)

## Links

- [Main](https://equilibrium.co)
- [Blog](https://equilibrium.co/writing)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BLWK-zjZ01WsS3y1kArNAE55e-ahZ8ah)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/eqlabs)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/infrabulletin)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/equilibrium_co)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/equilibrium-co)

## Legal

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- [Data Licensing & Disclaimers](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/data-licensing-and-disclaimers): Licensing models and disclaimers
- [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service.
- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP