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Block Explorer

Score 16.1 / 100 7 providers +8 via APIs 15 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (7)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Blockchain.comCryptocurrencyBitcoinBlockchainExchange11 APIs53.1Gunzilla GamesCompanyGamingBlockchainWeb32 APIs43.2BscScanBlockchainBNB Smart ChainBSC1 API41.3
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
ChainlensAnalyticsBlockchainCryptocurrencies1 API29.7LitecoinCryptocurrencyBlockchainLitecoinLTC3 APIs28.9
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
BlockstreamCompanyBitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrency7 APIs20.6
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
CymbalCompanyConsumerBlockchainEthereum5.0

APIs with this tag (15)

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Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
AnkrScan Block ExplorerAnkrScan is Ankr's multi-chain block explorer covering EVM and non-EVM networks. It is a hosted UI consumin...62.8
Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Blockchain Data APIFree JSON API over the Blockchain.com Explorer data set — single blocks, transactions, addresses, unspent o...53.1Blockchain.com Simple Query APIPlain-text query API returning single values for blockchain statistics such as block count, difficulty, has...53.1Optimism BlockscoutOpen-source Blockscout block explorer for OP Mainnet with REST and GraphQL APIs.45.6Optimism EtherscanEtherscan-family block explorer for OP Mainnet and OP Sepolia with REST API access for contracts, transacti...45.6zkSync Era Block Explorer APIOfficial Blockscout-based block explorer for zkSync Era with REST API exposing blocks, batches, transaction...43.4GUNZScan Explorer APIGUNZScan is the GUNZ chain block explorer, referenced from Gunzilla's own chain documentation as the offici...43.2
Thin 7 Limited public surface area
Arbiscan Block ExplorerEtherscan-family block explorer for Arbitrum One, Nova, and Sepolia with a public REST API for contracts, t...38.6Starkscan Block ExplorerBlock explorer for Starknet Mainnet, Sepolia, and Sepolia Integration with a public REST API for blocks, tr...35.5Voyager Block ExplorerNethermind-built block explorer for Starknet Mainnet and Sepolia with a public REST API for blocks, transac...35.5Base Blockscout Block ExplorerBlockscout-powered open-source block explorer for Base with REST and GraphQL APIs.30.0BaseScan Block ExplorerEtherscan-family block explorer for Base Mainnet and Sepolia with a public contract / transaction / address...30.0Litecoin Space WebSocket APIA real-time WebSocket API provided by Litecoin Space (litecoinspace.org) for subscribing to live Litecoin n...28.9Iron Fish Public REST APIHosted public REST API (the block-explorer and faucet backend) exposing blocks, transactions, and network d...27.4
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Dash Insight REST APIOpen-source REST and WebSocket API for querying the Dash Core (layer 1) blockchain. Provides endpoints for ...21.0

Companies reaching this through an API (8)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Block Explorer” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Ankr Arbitrum Base Dash Iron Fish Optimism Starknet zkSync

Score breakdown

Frequency
35.5
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.2
spread across providers
Quality lift
35.9
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
0.0
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Canonical 5 co-occurrences Layer 2 5 co-occurrences Bridge 5 co-occurrences JSON-RPC 8 co-occurrences EVM 5 co-occurrences

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