Multichain Exploration with Blockscout

Your onchain exploration just got easier! Our multichain block explorer enables seamless searching, tracking, and exploration of dapps, chains, and transactions across the entire EVM ecosystem, all from a single, user-friendly search bar. It provides a unified interface to manage the growing complexity and fragmentation of blockchain networks by consolidating data from multiple EVM-compatible chains.

This article examines the features of the multichain explorer, providing insights into its various capabilities and uses. It not only walks you through how to use it but also highlights different features you can utilize to improve your experience navigating the cross-chain landscap.

1. Access all EVM explorers from a single tab

You can now access all your explorers from one tab.

Open Blockscout and click on the "Chains" button to view supported EVM explorers. These links will take you to individual explorer environments. To search across chains, use the search bar below.

2. Search all EVM chains with one search bar

Easily search across EVM chains from one search bar. Simply paste the address of a token, smart contract, transaction, Dapp, or NFT to locate it. Additionally, you can search by ENS Domains.

3. Explore Dapps across EVM chains

You can now search for Dapps across multiple chains from one convenient place.

Select the category the Dapp falls into from the first tab. Next, select the Network from the second tab.

Click the “View Result” tab to see the results.

4. Verify and publish smart contracts

Blockscout offers features that allow easy verification and publishing of smart contracts across EVM networks. Developers can upload source code, JSON input, or use tools like Sourcify, Hardhat, or Foundry to verify contracts, ensuring transparency by making the code publicly available.

Once verified, users can interact with contracts directly through Blockscout’s intuitive interface, utilizing the “Read” and “Write” functions to execute methods without the need for external tools.

5. Analyse token transfers

Blockscout provides an interface for analyzing token transfers across networks, providing users with detailed insights into token movements. The multichain explorer allows seamless tracking of ERC-20, ERC-721, and other token standards, showing transfer details such as sender, receiver, amount, and timestamp.

6. Review transactions

You can view all the details of a transaction, including the transaction hash, block number, timestamp, and the token transfer history of the contracts involved. You will also have access to advanced features like user operations for ERC4337 transactions, internal transaction logs, the current state of the network, and raw traces of the transaction.

7. Customize your experience 

Monitor specific addresses and receive notifications by creating a watchlist with tags. You can also tag blockchain addresses, contracts, and transactions to label popular smart contracts and verified projects with familiar names.

8. Explore NFTs 

Discover NFTs across various EVM  networks using our dedicated NFT explorer. This explorer offers features such as viewing the inventory of NFT smart contracts, accessing transfer histories, and examining lists of holders. Additionally, you can verify and publish your NFT contracts seamlessly.

9. Monitor networks with real-time statistics

Blockscout provides access to a range of detailed blockchain data, including key metrics on accounts, transactions, and contracts. You can explore and analyze this data through various filtering options.

10. Access advanced tools for devs

Want to take it a step further? Blockscout provides developers with access to tools for integrating Blockscout into their projects, as well as advanced analytics and the JSON and RPC APIs.

Conclusion

The multichain block explorer provides an efficient platform for exploring on-chain data across various blockchain networks as well as a jumping off point for deep exploration within individual chain explorers. It features tools that improve the user experience, such as seamless searches across multiple chains, exploration of decentralized applications (DApps), smart contract verification, token transfer analysis, and real-time network activity monitoring. This tool allows users and developers to effectively track and analyze blockchain information effectively but also offers customizable options and advanced functionalities that enrich the exploration of a decentralized ecosystem.