{"title": "Blockscout prior info", "logoImg": "bafkreiamkeivqatsinylojalkta5ccodrau5fvqhyw32365hnx4eavwh5e", "website": "https://www.blockscout.com", "bannerImg": "bafybeicqpem6vp2i7apaxt4qjydmv5xoneipk72z6n6okpdrk7zvmpzozu", "createdAt": 1673902700326, "userGithub": "", "credentials": {}, "description": "\n<Prior Grant Info - please see https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/projects/0x9aba986e5a1628f7cad35a182c7b0e51011dd92219abbf990dba0e75773fb47d for up to date info>\n\nCore Ethereum values run counter to a closed-source, single-solution ideology for a decentralized blockchain network. Open-source alternatives are absolutely required to augment, improve, and democratize the block explorer experience. \n\nEthereum-based blockchains and L2s need better open-source explorer options to support: \n-Checks and balances (is the data accurate?)\n-Redundancy and resiliency (what if Etherscan is down?)\n-Community-driven features and innovation (I want to improve and customize that explorer!)\n-Transparency (How does it work?)\n-Quick, cost-effective implementation ( I need to spin up an explorer for my testnet instance yesterday!)\n-Small chain support (I don't have the funds for a centralized explorer, but my users need to see the data!)\n-Trustlessness (I trust the code, not any single entity in charge of all data presentation.)\n\nSOLUTION\n\nBlockscout has been in production for nearly 5 years. We provide an open-source explorer used by more than 100 chains in the space, including public goods support for an Ethereum mainnet instance. \n\nBlockscout has been used by small chains, big chains, private chains, test chains, L2 chains and many others to quickly spin up an instance and provide transactional transparency right away for their users...AND we know that Blockscout needs to be improved to compete with and provide a viable alternative to closed-source explorers.\n\nHOW FUNDING WILL BE USED\n\nWe\u2019re continuing work on a major overhaul of Blockscout. It aims to provide all the views, functionality and UX you expect from a premium block explorer. In addition, new features including Rollup support, an optimized API layer, DApp marketplace, and a new microservices infrastructure written in Rust are all in active development. More on the 2.0 roadmap -> https://docs.blockscout.com/about/roadmap/blockscout-2.0\n\nThe latest version of Blockscout is currently being built, and with your help we can bring it to the community much faster, with many more features, and with much greater impact. We are particularly excited about the new React UI for users and Rust microservices for developers. With this new architecture in place, our team as well as the greater developer community will be able to easily customize functionality without compromising performance.\n\nWe will also devote grant funding resources to improving rollup support. Rollup usage is growing every day, and we need to provide comprehensive views to support this ever-expanding world of layer 2 data. \n\nAs we continue to decentralize the future, the tools and infrastructure supporting decentralization must also follow this pattern. We appreciate your funding to support a transparent, open-source, premium block explorer! \n\nA sneak peek of the new version is available now for Goerli at https://eth-goerli.blockscout.com/", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "", "projectTwitter": "blockscoutcom"}
Blockscout prior info

<Prior Grant Info - please see https://explorer.gitcoin.co/#/projects/0x9aba986e5a1628f7cad35a182c7b0e51011dd92219abbf990dba0e75773fb47d for up to date info>

Core Ethereum values run counter to a closed-source, single-solution ideology for a decentralized blockchain network. Open-source alternatives are absolutely required to augment, improve, and democratize the block explorer experience. 

Ethereum-based blockchains and L2s need better open-source explorer options to support: 
-Checks and balances (is the data accurate?)
-Redundancy and resiliency (what if Etherscan is down?)
-Community-driven features and innovation (I want to improve and customize that explorer!)
-Transparency (How does it work?)
-Quick, cost-effective implementation ( I need to spin up an explorer for my testnet instance yesterday!)
-Small chain support (I don't have the funds for a centralized explorer, but my users need to see the data!)
-Trustlessness (I trust the code, not any single entity in charge of all data presentation.)

SOLUTION

Blockscout has been in production for nearly 5 years. We provide an open-source explorer used by more than 100 chains in the space, including public goods support for an Ethereum mainnet instance. 

Blockscout has been used by small chains, big chains, private chains, test chains, L2 chains and many others to quickly spin up an instance and provide transactional transparency right away for their users...AND we know that Blockscout needs to be improved to compete with and provide a viable alternative to closed-source explorers.

HOW FUNDING WILL BE USED

We’re continuing work on a major overhaul of Blockscout. It aims to provide all the views, functionality and UX you expect from a premium block explorer. In addition, new features including Rollup support, an optimized API layer, DApp marketplace, and a new microservices infrastructure written in Rust are all in active development. More on the 2.0 roadmap -> https://docs.blockscout.com/about/roadmap/blockscout-2.0

The latest version of Blockscout is currently being built, and with your help we can bring it to the community much faster, with many more features, and with much greater impact. We are particularly excited about the new React UI for users and Rust microservices for developers. With this new architecture in place, our team as well as the greater developer community will be able to easily customize functionality without compromising performance.

We will also devote grant funding resources to improving rollup support. Rollup usage is growing every day, and we need to provide comprehensive views to support this ever-expanding world of layer 2 data. 

As we continue to decentralize the future, the tools and infrastructure supporting decentralization must also follow this pattern. We appreciate your funding to support a transparent, open-source, premium block explorer! 

A sneak peek of the new version is available now for Goerli at https://eth-goerli.blockscout.com/
Blockscout 2.0 - Decentralized Open-Source Block Explorer