Rewarding Blockchain Activity

A day in the life of a blockchain power user... coffee, blockchain, brush teeth, blockchain, shower, blockchain, lunch, energy drink, blockchain, dinner, blockchain, bed (not necessarily in this order).

For many of us blockchain is already a vital daily routine. Maybe it's checking charts, swapping tokens, trading, farming and airdrop hunting, buying & selling NFTs, playing games, bridging, lending and borrowing, donating, participating in Discord groups, building apps and agents, reviewing transactions on Blockscout 🙂 the list goes on and on.

Blockchain activity is our main activity, and regular, useful activity takes resources, energy and time. Wouldn't it be nice if more of our everyday onchain pursuits (not just those related to farming) were also incentivized? It is a lot of work and time, after all!

In this newsletter we take a look at 2 new Blockscout-aligned programs creating value through everyday participation in onchain social and exploration activities.

Today's edition is brought to you by Soneium - a public Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs to invoke emotion and empower creativity.

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Circles

Reimagining Money

Circles is a decentralised currency protocol that lets anyone issue their own money. Instead of relying on banks or institutions, Circles allows people to create and exchange value within social networks built on mutual trust.

Here’s how it works:

• Each user generates 1 CRC (Circles token) per hour, which acts as their personal currency.
• You decide whose currency to accept by choosing who you trust. These trust connections let you spend and receive CRC with friends, collaborators, or extended networks.
• You can trade CRCs with people you know or with those connected through mutual trust, making the system flexible and community-driven.
• Groups can be created for communities to easier coordinate shared spending or local economies.
• A small daily burn applies to all balances, totalling 7% annually. This encourages active use of CRCs.

Circles is an alternative model for money, where value flows through relationships instead of institutions. Circles weaves your social bonds into money, turning local cooperation into “friendly money.” It’s not imposed from above. It grows organically from within your community.

At Blockscout we are collaborating with Circles to launch an early Blockscout group for members of our community. This will create opportunities for local currency exchange and organic community growth. Through regular social activities, Blockscout group members will enjoy new benefits and incentives. Stay tuned for more details, in the meantime Join the Circles waitlist so you're ready to go.

Circles officially launches on the 21st of May 2025. Curious to learn more?

• Read the Whitepaper
• Join the waitlist

Blockscout Activity Pass

Rewarding Everyday Activity

At the beginning of the month we launched the Blockscout Activity Pass. The Activity pass gives holders a new way to earn Merit rewards for regular explorer usage and use of Blockscout products like Swapscout and Revokescout. The first batch sold out in minutes!

Activity Pass early adopters are now earning boosted Merits for activities like verifying contracts, swapping tokens, and sending transactions.

We will be releasing limited Activity Pass batches in the coming weeks, please keep your eyes out on our Socials and Discord to learn about the next Activity Pass Release. The article below provides an overview of the program.

Earn Rewards for Your Daily Block Explorer Routine with the Activity Pass

The best rewards are the ones you earn just by doing what you already do. That’s exactly what the new Blockscout Activity Pass is all about. If you regularly check transactions, explore addresses, interact with contracts, or use tools like Swapscout or Revokescout, you’re already doing the work.

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Product Updates

✅ The Ethereum Pectra upgrade went live on May 7, 2025, bringing user enhancements, additional scalability, and staking flexibility to Ethereum. Blockscout was ready for Pectra from day 1, specifically supporting EIP-7702 and a new transaction type (tx type 4) that enables wallets to use smart contract code during execution. In addition to supporting the new transaction type and delegated smart contract account info, we've added stats that show daily and cumulative EIP-7702 authorizations.

✅ We recently optimized our advanced filters to include faster display and CSV downloads. Learn what's new and how to easily filter transactions to retrieve the transaction data you need quickly👇🏻

How to use Advanced Filters on Blockscout

Blockscout has Released Advanced Filters, Providing more detailed and customizable options for data filtering.

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Chains & Partners

💿 Our Mainstream mode campaign with Soneium is halfway done, but there's still time to complete all tasks by May 30 if you start today! Explore the Soneium ecosystem, complete onchain tasks, and unlock exclusive Merits rewards + a collectible NFT badge.

Mainstream Mode: Loading Merits on Soneium

Join the Soneium Mainstream Mode campaign to complete onchain quests, earn Merits, and mint the exclusive “Selected First Player” NFT badge. Live May 1–30, 2025.

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🍵 Our ongoing collaboration with SpaceIDProtocol brings .mint domains to the Mint ecosystem. Check them out on the Mint explorer.

🌊 Swellchain is a Superchain L2 built for restaking. They announced their new site and a shiny Blockscout explorer.

Public Goods & Media

💚 Results are in for the Gitcoin GG23 Mature builders retro round, and Blockscout received a generous grant from Gitcoin badgeholders! Voting in GG23 was metric based, retroactively rewarding developer activity and donor activity from previous Gitcoin rounds.

📡 We joined Gateway.fm for an in-person chat about explorers, indexers, blockchain data optimization and more! Check it out if you'd like to learn more about how Blockscout operates as an open-source explorer and how we work with infrastructure partners to bring important tooling to every user.

Prague Preview

Blockscout is a sponsor at ETHGlobal Prague (May 30–June 1) and we're excited to join the crypto builder community for a weekend of focused building and fun! If you are in town, we hope to see you there - you will be treated like royalty!

The Blockscout monthly newsletter goes out to all 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.