General
Thorough and digestible articles useful for new and casual users of Etherscan that cover our general functions and terms.
Event Logs
FeaturedA brief introduction to Event Logs on Ethereum.
What is Etherscan?
FeaturedEtherscan is the leading BlockExplorer (search engine) for the Ethereum Blockchain that allows users to easily lookup, confirm and validate transactions.
Discontinuation of a Block Explorer
User preparations and reasons for the discontinuation of a block explorer service by Etherscan.
Proxy Contracts
An introduction to proxy contracts on Ethereum.
Featured Listing
Featured Listing is a feature specifically designed to enhance the visibility of certain tokens on Ethereum.
Domain Names on Etherscan
This article explains Domain Names and how Etherscan supports them.
Zero-Value Token Transfer Attack
A brief explanation on zero-value token transfer attack
Exploring Token Ownership: Understanding Inconsistencies in Total Token Supply
Discover how some tokens may have inconsistencies between displayed and actual token counts due to non-standard _totalSupply functions or burn addresses such as the Null Address.
Understanding Tuples in Solidity Contracts
This article provides a concise overview of tuples in Solidity contracts and their relevance to Etherscan.
Exploring the World of MEV: What It is and How It Works
An article that explains what is MEV and how it works.
A Beginner's Guide to Hard and Soft Forks in Blockchain
An introduction to blockchain hard fork and soft fork.
Truffle Suite: A Comprehensive Ethereum Development Framework
A brief explanation on Truffle Suite and its components.
Maximizing Rewards with Liquid Staking
A brief explanation on liquid staking.
The Role of Blockchain Bridges in Enhancing Interoperability and Scalability
A brief explanation on how blockchain bridges play a role in enhancing interoperability and scalability.
Comparing DAGs to Traditional Blockchain Structures
A general explanation on Directed Acyclic Graph in comparison to the traditional blockchain structures
Scaling Issues in Blockchain Networks and How Data Availability Sampling Can Help
A brief information to illustrate how Data Availability Sampling works and how it helps in blockchain scaling issue.
Re-entrancy Attack
A brief information on how re-entrancy attack happened that leads to Ethereum hard fork
What is a Fallback Function?
A brief explanation on Fallback Function
Erasure Coding In A Blockchain Ecosystem
A simple explanation behind erasure coding
Epoch in Ethereum
A brief explanation on Epoch
An Introduction to Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
A brief explanation on DAO
Understanding Stablecoin
Understanding what lies under Stablecoin
Decentralized Applications (DApps): An Overview
An overview on decentralized applications and why should we use or not use them
Explanation on DeFi Liquidation
A brief explanation on DeFi Liquidation.
Exploring the Possibilities of Decentralized Finance
Exploring the possibilities of decentralized finance by its definition and what can be considered DeFi.
Understanding Flash Loan
A brief explanation on Flash Loan with infographic.
Check Previous Balance Tool
The Check Previous Balance tool can be used to find how much token balance an address has at a specific time or block.
EthValidate
EthValidate is a feature to validate any transactions, addresses' balances, and token balances on the Etherscan’s node with other nodes.
Verified Signatures Tool
Our Verified Signatures Tool just got revamped! Let's see what are the changes and additions.
Exploring the Block Page
A block is a core concept that can be thought of as a page in a ledger. A block contains transaction data and the hash of the previous block that ensures immutability and security in the blockchain network.
Exploring the Block Details
A block is a core concept that can be thought of as a page in a ledger. A block contains transaction data and the hash of the previous block that ensures immutability and security in the blockchain network.
ENS Name Tags on Etherscan
ENS turns the complicated addresses in Ethereum into human-readable domain names.
Token Approvals
A look at our Token Approvals feature with which users can review and revoke approvals given to contracts to spend their money on their behalf.
Understanding an Ethereum Transaction
An article explaining the types of transactions in the Ethereum blockchain, where to look for them on Etherscan and the life cycle of a transaction.
Announcing feature: Private Token Ignore List
The Ignore list feature will essentially allow a user to hide a token and exclude the token’s value from the calculation of the total token holdings’ value on Etherscan.
How to import a Wallet Address on MyEtherWallet
A quick guide on how to import your wallet address to another wallet service platform.
Etherscan Sponsored Link and Advertising
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Address Name Tag & Private Note
Private Name Tags on Etherscan allows users to tag any addresses and these addresses will appears as your tagged name instead of the full address hash on Etherscan.