GM Optimism!
On behalf of the Walnut team, I am excited to announce that we have reached Milestone 2 of the OP Scan project, which received an OP grant in Season 5, cycle 19.
In this post, we detail what has been delivered and what’s next. We encourage you to try out the tool (instructions below) and share your feedback.
TL;DR: What is OP Scan?
OP Scan is a new, lightweight, local, and open-source explorer for the OP Stack. It runs on a laptop, enabling anyone building OP Stack chains to connect and explore transactions locally. It’s production-ready and scalable for Rollup-as-a-Service providers to use for their chains. The code is well-crafted and structured, making it easy for anyone to customize.
Milestones Overview: where we are
- Milestone 1: Build the MVP
(link to announcement) - Milestone 2: Expanded tx Detail Page ← this announcement
- Milestone 3: Expanded contract detail page with contract verification ← up next
- Milestone 4: UX improvements, Documentation, Superchain
What we delivered in Milestone 2
The second Milestone addressed primarily the transaction details page which has been augmented to display gas prices and fees, from/to addresses, ERC20 token transfers, preliminary work on input data decoding as well as transaction status and confirmations.
Here’s an example transaction details page of a basic ERC20 transfer:
You can test a live version of the explorer configured for optimism mainnet here.
We met first users
Here is a quick selfie from Optimistic Gathering in Brussels last week. On the picture with Nikolas, the CTO from superseed.xyz, a rollup on the OP Stack. Nikolas was very interested in the explorer, and we discussed the key values that a great explorer needs to offer — especially performance and good UX.
What’s next
You can review all of the upcoming milestones and deliverables on CharmVerse.
Notably, in the next milestone, we will focus on the contract page and contract verification.
We also plan to encourage more users to test the product and share their feedback.
CTA: Looking for Rollup Builders!
If you know rollup teams building on the OP Stack, chances are they will be interested in this explorer. Here is why they could want it:
- Open source (= free)
- Etherscan-like UX
- Lightweight & fast
Please make an intro!
Contact details:
- GitHub: walnuthq/op-scan
- Telegram: Join Group Chat
- Email: hi[at]walnut[dot]dev
- X: @walnut_dev
Stay optimistic! 