Blockscout Block Explorer - Decentralized, Open-Source, Transparent Block Explorer for All Chains
Etherscan downtime highlighted the importance of alternative block explorers like Blockscout, emphasizing the need for multiple, open-source tools for ecosystem resilience and transparency.Application
Applied on: 15 Oct 2024 11:24 PM
Approved
User Review
R1
Reviewed on 18 Oct 2024 06:35 PM
Demonstrate how tools, libraries, or frameworks significantly reduce development barriers, improve efficiency, or enhance the security of Web3 projects.
Show support and usage within the developer community.
Meet the general eligibility criteria for Gitcoin Grants, including open-source principles and ethical standards.
Blockscout reduces barriers by making the code base open and accessible. Blockscout provides a free API (both JSON RPC and REST) for developers, contract verification & interaction tools, and support for Ethereum standards such as blob (EIP-4844) and user operations (EIP-4337). Blockscout provides a much needed tool for chains throughout the ecosystem.
Support and usage by the development community demonstrated by having 500k monthly pageviews for instances host by Blockscout (no access to any metrics for self-hosted instances).
2.4k GitHub forks and 3.6k GitHub stars. Blockscout is used as an explorer on over 1000 chains. Testimonials from DappNode, Celo, RSK, TEnderly, Astar, Optimism, and Gnosis.
It matches GG22 ethics. It has an open-source license and meets all the activity metrics criteria.
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 16 Oct 2024 12:01 AM
Demonstrate how tools, libraries, or frameworks significantly reduce development barriers, improve efficiency, or enhance the security of Web3 projects.
Blockscout provides open-source code that can be freely used and customized, reducing barriers for blockchain projects that need a block explorer. It improves efficiency with features like fast indexing and broad chain support. The inclusion of security-enhancing features such as malicious contract labeling and security scoring further helps ensure project safety.
Show support and usage within the developer community.
Blockscout is widely supported and used across 600+ chains, with a strong community backing as indicated by their GitHub repository activity and metrics such as 3.6K stars and 2.4K forks. The project also reports over 500K monthly pageviews for hosted instances, highlighting its significant usage.
Meet the general eligibility criteria for Gitcoin Grants, including open-source principles and ethical standards.
Blockscout is open-source and adheres to the principles of transparency and community-driven development. Their repository and contributions are public, and they maintain high ethical standards by providing tools for transparency and security in the blockchain space.