Peeling the Onion
Our onchain actions are often revealed in layers. Anonymous addresses provide a basic level of privacy, but owners can be discovered through transactional association or other contextual clues. Contracts are compiled into bytecode, which is hard for humans to decipher at the machine level but fully transparent once a contract is verified.
Our browsing interactions and connections present another layer. Thankfully, Tor (The Onion Router) is built to protect our privacy when browsing the web. With Tor, traffic is routed through multiple nodes in the network, each removing a single layer of encryption during the multi-node journey.
No single node knows both the source and destination of the traffic, providing a safe path to anonymity for both users and website hosts.
This week, an Ethereum mainnet Blockscout instance was deployed to Tor network. This instance protects users who want to maintain their privacy on multiple layers when exploring the chain. It allows anyone to explore from anywhere, providing free and open access to the decentralized, global platform.
To browse Blockscout privately with Tor simply:
- Open eth.blockscout.com in Tor Browser.
- Tor detects the native service and shows the “.onion available” badge.
- Tap it to access the Tor-native version.
🗞️ Blockscout News in Brief
- Robinhood testnet launches with Blockscout
- MegaETH mainnet goes live with Blockscout
- Blockscout MCP gains traction with agents
- Content 101: Fund Recovery, Contract Verification, Internal Transactions
- Infinity names promo goes until Feb 16
🪶 Robinhood testnet announced
This week Robinhood announced their public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 built on Arbitrum. Robinhood is developing rails for tokenized assets and Blockscout is the explorer of record for this new testnet!
We're proud to help provide the base-layer infrastructure for the Robinhood testnet and excited for what's to come!
🐰 MegaETH mainnet goes live
MegaETH mainnet launched this week with a sleek explorer courtesy of Blockscout! The frontpage provides fast access to popular dapps, and users can view hot (popular) contracts and monitor TPS as MegaETH scales through the advanced Charts and stats menu. Check it out 🐇
🦞 Blockscout MCP gains traction
We've seen a big spike in MCP usage over the past few weeks with the rapid rise of OpenClaw and associated agent exploration. Blockscout MCP gives AI agents access to structured multichain blockchain data so they can accurately fetch and interpret onchain data.
Setup your agent for success today - follow our MCP guide and get started👇🏻
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🧑🏻💻 Content 101
We're building out our Blockchain 101 Content with articles designed to educate. To onboard the next generation of users, we need to provide info in an easy to understand and approachable format for new users and not-so-new users who are broadening their blockchain understanding.
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∞ Infinity Names promo ending soon
Get 12.5% off Infinity Names on Soneium + some extra Blockscout 💜! Promo ends Feb 16!
Register your .cd domain on Soneium today https://infinityname.com/?ref=0xF3e177A4034cF6e57cCBe80108cAe6f3729C6649
The Blockscout newsletter goes out to MyAccount community users on supported chains. We welcome your feedback on topics you'd like to see covered or any questions you have.
Visit us on X or Discord to get your explorer questions answered or get your project added to our growing network list.
