Mihai Grigore - Head of Web3 Protocol Research at Messari

Today I am speaking with Mihai Grigore, Head of Web3 Protocol Research at Messari. Mihai leads Messari’s Web3 protocol research team, covering infrastructure, base layers, and consumer apps.If you’re a member of The Graph ecosystem, then you know Mihai and his team’s work. They publish a well-known research report on The Graph every quarter entitled The State of The Graph.During this interview, Mihai talks about his professional background working in the banking and finance industries, his education in computer science and math, his move to Messari (including a fun explanation of how Messari got its name), and his incredible perspective on the entire web3 landscape. We then talk about a lot of The Graph and the observations he’s made by virtue of his research into the protocol.Show NotesThe GRTiQ Podcast takes listeners inside web3 and The Graph (GRT) by interviewing members of the ecosystem.  Please help support this project and build the community by subscribing and leaving a review.Twitter: GRT_iQwww.GRTiQ.com