# Indexers

## **Overview**

### Participation Roles

The vibrant ecosystem of The Graph Protocol offers several ways for community members to participate in the network. Users with varying knowledge levels can choose a participation role suitable to their own background.

The role of an Indexer is especially suitable for users with advanced technical skills who are comfortable in setting up and running a node.

### Indexer requirements specification.

What does it take to become an Indexer?

| Requirements         | Level |
| -------------------- | ----- |
| **Technical skills** | High  |
| **Time investment**  | High  |
| **Required funds**   | High  |
| **Risk level**       | High  |

### What are the rewards for running Indexer?

As a reward for providing their services to the network, Indexers earn indexing rewards and query fees. Additionally, Indexers earn from a Rebate Pool – a shared pool of indexing rewards that is split among all network participants, proportional to their work in the network.

#### **Revenue Streams of Indexers**

* Indexing Rewards
* Query Fees
* Rebate Pool

Check this page for more information: <https://thegraph.academy/indexers/what-is-an-indexer/>\\
