To know how to use Etherscan you’ve got to first be familiar with it.
Over the next few months I’ll be releasing deeper details but first…
You’ve got to be familiar with Etherscan, if not, you’re doomed.
Let’s go straight to the homepage: 👇
1: Search bar
Once you load up etherscan the first thing you’ll see is the search bar, here you can:
- Search specific wallets
- Search smart contracts
- Search specific tokens
- Search for transactions
- Search for NFTs
2: Latest blocks
The second thing you’ll see on the homepage is the latest blocks, they are updated in real time, here you can see:
- The transactions in that block
- The block validator
- The reward for the block
- The gas spent to add it
3: Tracking transactions
Here you’re able to look into what some of the latest transactions are, here you can see:
- The sender and recipient addresses
- The token transacted
- The transaction value
- The transaction gas fee
4: Tracking specific wallets
Here you can click on any wallet you want to investigate further, here you can see:
- The current wallet balance
- The wallets past transactions
- The analytics tab to see the wallets balance over time.
6: Making use of Etherscan
Now you have the basic rundown on Etherscan you can now begin to find alpha on chain.
I’m going to make threads on different ways you can use Etherscan to make use of the above.
Make sure you stay tuned.
Summary:
There you have it, a beginners guide to Etherscan.
If you found it a bit alien before I hope that now you can begin to familiarise yourself with some of its key features.
That be that ye scaly wags!