Crypto Expert (Beginner to Pro) #6 - Multi-chain Blockchain Explorer

Introduction

Multi-chain blockchain explorer is another blockchain tool you must be familiar with as you continue your journey in the crypto ecosystem. We will be exploring one amazing tool in this week's series.

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The series took a break for about 2 weeks due to personal engagements and we will swing straight back into action as it seems the coast is crystal clear now.

Multi-chain blockchain explorer

In the last series, we defined blockchain explorer as the gateway to different data on the blockchain either for traceability of transactions or other utilization such as knowing the age of a contract, transactions (recent or old ones), assets and so on.

We looked into different blockchain explorers native to the Ether and BNB chains, somehow these chains are limited as such we need a general tool to ease our analysis. That is where Multi-chain Blockchain Explorer comes in.

Multi-chain blockchain explorer simply means a blockchain tool that is compatible across chains for data extraction and analysis of wallets or contracts. As such, in one search of an address, a Multi-chain blockchain explorer is capable of extracting data associated with the address across several chains.

Multi-chain blockchain explorers reduce the time spent on checking native blockchain explorers one after the other, for the same address. If you are an active Web3 user, there are chains you have assets on or have deposits on which you likely may not remember, Multi-chain blockchain Explorer will save the day.

Often, you receive messages from users requesting a scan of their addresses with the hope that they have an asset on some of the Evm-chains but can't figure out what chain it is. With Multi-chain Blockchain Explorer, you can do it yourself.

Multi-chain blockchain explorer has some of these attributes:

• It's perfect for Web3 wallets (like Metamask) with several EVM-chains compatibility.
• Blockchain data across chains are revealed at a click.
• It saves time and is very expensive.
• They are free to use just like every other native blockchain explorer.
• It also works well with non-EVM chains.
• It does not require sign-up/login or wallet connection.

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Oklink Multi-chain blockchain explorer

Oklink is one of the top Multi-chain blockchain explorers which has simplified the search of data on addresses or contracts across EVM and non-EVM chains. It's super fast and efficient.

To lay our hands on how Oklink works, we will be utilizing the address we used in the last class, the one that belongs to Vitalik Buterin, 0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045. Let's take some quick steps on the utilization of this amazing Multi-chain blockchain explorer.

• Visit https://www.oklink.com/ to begin.

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• Use the search field to scan an address of choice, we are using 0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045 in this lecture.

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• From the overview of the search, we can see that the address is associated with 26 chains that span across Layer 1s and other Layer 2s, including an ENS (Ethereum name service) which is a domain name service.

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• The chains were arranged from Ethereum, BNB, and Polygon and you can expand to see the entire 26 chains collated. This is the stage where you can choose any of the chains (by clicking on it) to see its data.

• Let's start with the Ethereum address associated with our search. All the data of the address on the ETH chain are revealed; wallet worth in USD, tokens, NFTs, transfers, and other transactions. And there is also a representation of the distribution of assets across the chains.

_{https://www.oklink.com/eth/address/0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045}

_{https://www.oklink.com/eth/address/0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045}

• Let's take another step to explore the address on the Polygon chain.

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_{https://www.oklink.com/polygon/address/0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045}

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Users can do a lot more with Multi-chain Blockchain Explorer, it gives you an overview of where you have your assets and narrows your search to the main location to perform any transaction of choice.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the blockchain has given us a whole of tools to ease our navigation in the ecosystem, we must familiarise ourselves with a wide range of them on our journey to the PRO status. Multi-chain blockchain explorer will save your day, you can explore more on the topic later.

Our series is just getting interesting. I will see you in the next lesson.