Summertime Search
It's officially summer, and at Blockscout we're gearing up for some summertime search! This means more chains to explore, more search features, interop and multichain, and some exciting campaigns coming your way.
This week we shine a light ☀️ on the Ink chain and share updates from our partners at Soneium and Gelato, along with a new epoch announcement from Octant.
- 1️⃣ Ink chain gains traction (and transactions)
- 2️⃣ Blockscout SDK, links, widgets, and smart contract optimizations
- 3️⃣ News and how-tos from Soneium and Gelato
- 4️⃣ Octant epoch 8 participants announced
- 5️⃣ Let's talk interop at ETHCC in Cannes
Dip the week in Ink with our latest Merits campaign. Earn Merits by swapping, tapping GM, and rating dapps to earn at least 500 Merits. Bonus rewards for Ink badge holders: Join now
1️⃣ Ink gains traction
It's only been 6 months since the Ink chain launch, and it's already accumulated 60M+ transactions! Recent traction has increased with the announcement of their upcoming token. The $INK token is designed to "power a robust DeFi ecosystem governed by its users and aligned with their success."
At Blockscout we've seen a lot of interest in Ink exploration as more people learn about the chain in anticipation of a future airdrop. Thanks to ZNS Connect, .ink domains are now searchable directly on Blockscout, providing additional accessibility and usability.
Our latest Blockscout Ink campaign gives you some tangible actions to complete on Ink, including bridging, swapping, and using onchain GM. The campaign rewards users with Merits for their Ink Blockscout usage and wraps up at the end of the month.
2️⃣ Blockscout feature updates
- We unveiled our SDK MVP at the hackathon in Prague, and now we're inviting apps and projects to give it a spin. Enhance your UI easily with real-time transaction status and interpretation notifications.
✅ Checkout the NPM package here. - Blockscout links are popping up everywhere! We wrote an article on submitting PRs, and Ethereum keeps moving more and more towards OSS explorers.
- Our latest blog article offers simple tips on ways optimize smart contracts while maintaining security.
Revealer
- We're cooking up an exciting new feature which will ship with our next major release. Blockscout Widgets give users contextual information from 3rd party apps on address and contract pages. Here's a sneak peak 😉
3️⃣ Partner highlights
💿 Soneium is offering a fast-track incubator for onchain apps which includes grant funding, marketing, and infra partner perks. The deadline to apply is June 30! If you are a builder and want to be included in this amazing opportunity, learn more here.
🍦With so many rollup options it can be difficult to choose a stack when deploying a new chain. Our RaaS partner Gelato published a great guide on how to pick the best platform for your network.
4️⃣ Octant Public Goods Epoch
We're overjoyed to be included in the next funding round from Octant! Octant epoch 8 features some amazing OSS infra projects working to help strengthen Ethereum's core. The allocation window opens 11 July.
If you're a GLM holder please consider an allocation to Blockscout, it goes a long way towards supporting transparent exploration!
5️⃣ EthCC Update
🇫🇷 We'll be speaking at EthCC on EVM Evolution in the Superchain Era. This talk will explore how infrastructure like Blockscout is adapting to support standardization, observability, and developer experience across the Superchain ecosystem. Hope you can join us in person or on the stream 🗓️ July 2. More info on EthCC.
The Blockscout 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.
