Hope you like it! Let me know if i can improve or change some things. Didn’t put the cities name to keep it somewhat private.
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This is great! Also helps us see where we need to build more presence to be truly worldwide
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Love the collaboration! Looks great! Looks like we need moar nodes down under and in Africa 
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happy to see a node map by having as little info about specific nodes as possible 
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1. Branding Refresh
New logo. Simpler, more recognizable. Subtle nod to Zcash with a warmer yellow. Unified color system across the app. Light mode reworked.
Less visual noise on the homepage. Cleaner layouts, calmer feel.
Thanks to everyone who shared feedback, it helped!
2. Privacy Risks Redesign
Two-column layout, horizontal flow cards. Each card now shows a dynamic conclusion based on the actual time delta and amount.
Easier to understand at a glance what patterns were detected and why.
→ Zcash Privacy Risk Scanner - Detect Deshielding & Batch Patterns | CipherScan
3. Developer Tools
New tools page with three tools:
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Decode TX — paste a raw transaction hex, see it decoded visually
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Broadcast TX — broadcast a signed transaction to the network
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Unit Converter — ZEC / zatoshis / USD
→ Developer Tools | CipherScan
4. Mempool Visualization
Redesigned the mempool page with a bubble pool visualization. Pending transactions shown visually in real-time.
→ Zcash Mempool Viewer - Pending Transactions in Real-Time | CipherScan
5. New API Endpoints
Added supply, circulating supply, blockchain info, and broadcast endpoints.
6. About Page
→ https://cipherscan.app/about
As always, feedback welcome. More cooking.
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Congrats on the launch
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CipherScan Update March/April 2026
1. Crosslink Explorer
Deployed a full Crosslink testnet explorer at crosslink.cipherscan.app.
Interactive chain graph showing PoW blocks and BFT votes landing in real time. Individual finalizer pages with voting participation stats. Known validators are labeled.
CipherScan also runs its own Crosslink validator.
Chain sync health monitoring, if there’s a finality gap, the explorer shows it.
2. Buy ZEC, Cross-Chain Swaps
You can now buy ZEC directly on CipherScan from ETH, BTC, SOL, TRON, and 15+ other chains. Powered by NEAR Intents.
Direct wallet connection for EVM, Solana, Tron, and Bitcoin. Quote expiry countdown, swap progress tracker, and privacy recommendations before you even send, the swap page tells you which amounts blend well in the shielded pool.
3. Cross-Chain Dashboard Revamp
Redesigned the cross-chain page with tabbed layout. DB-backed stats, swap latency by direction, explorer links to source chain transactions.
4. Blend Check
Renamed from Privacy Checker. Enter any ZEC amount and see how well it blends with recent shielded transactions. Shows shield/deshield breakdown and suggests split strategies for better privacy.
6. Zcash Name Service (ZNS)
Integrated ZNS via a PR from the @ZcashMe team. Search any name in the search bar, see resolved address, registration history, and marketplace status. Available names show pricing and a link to claim.
API: GET /api/name/{name}
→ cipherscan.app/name/sacrebleu
7. CipherScan Weekly Newsletter
Five editions published. Weekly Zcash recap, ecosystem news, privacy metrics from CipherScan data, grant updates, developer activity.
RSS feed available for subscribers.
8. Real-Time Updates
Switched to Zebra gRPC streaming for mempool and new blocks. WebSocket-powered, blocks appear on the homepage the moment they’re mined.
9. Tor Node Detection
Network page now identifies Tor relay nodes and tracks historical node snapshots.
10. Page Redesigns
Transaction and address pages got unified hero cards. Mobile-friendly. Tabbed address page with cross-chain swap history. Pagination across blocks, transactions, and shielded transactions.
As always, feedback welcome. More cooking.
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Hey love the explorer had a quick question because I was trying to fork it and run the indexer myself for some analytics. The indexing schema refers to a non existent repo in the docs as a heads up… I used the schema described in the md file though to get it set up…
Btw how long does the indexing process take? Right now it’s running pretty slowly on my end started at 5 blocks/s but now is running around 1 b/s so painfully slow… haha
Hey, thanks for using CipherScan! And good catch on the doc reference, i’ll fix that.
On indexing speed, that’s expected. The Zcash blockchain gets much denser after Sapling/Orchard activations so it slows down as you go. My first full mainnet backfill took over 10 days. SSD and PostgreSQL tuning (shared_buffers, work_mem) help a lot. Once the initial sync is done, live indexing keeps up instantly.
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Ironwood activates tomorrow. Here’s what CipherScan is tracking from block 3,428,143.
Supply Verification
Every pool balance reconciled against Zebra’s authoritative state, every block.
Ironwood is verified by math. Orchard stays tagged “unverified”, the turnstile bounds the risk, but no retroactive proof exists for what happened inside.
No inflation = no counterfeit ZEC in circulation.
Orchard → Ironwood Migration, Live
The old pool is sealed. No new deposits. No internal transactions. The only exit is the turnstile into Ironwood.
Track daily how much moved, how much remains, how fast the ecosystem transitions.
Where Ironwood ZEC Comes From
Not just Orchard migrations. Fresh deposits flow in from Sapling, Transparent, and Coinbase rewards. Outflows tracked too.
Full flow accounting: what enters, what leaves, net balance, matched against the chain.
Migration Activity by Anonymity Cohort
Every ~256-block window (~5.3h) forms one cohort, migrations in the same window blend together. Bigger cohort = better privacy.
Time your migration with the crowd, not alone.
Migration Privacy Score
Gold = standard denomination (blends in). Red = distinctive amount (weakens privacy).
Migrating 247.38 ZEC? That’s you. Migrating 10 ZEC? That’s everyone.
Check before you migrate.
Other stuff shipped recently:
- Privacy Score v2, redesigned algorithm, weights depth and shielded-pool interaction more heavily
- Redesigned privacy dashboard
- New pools overview with interactive supply map and timeline scrubber
- Flow badges on all transactions
Preview now (testnet): Zcash Ironwood Upgrade & Migration Tracker | CipherScan
Live tomorrow: Zcash Ironwood Upgrade & Migration Tracker | CipherScan
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What I find most valuable is that CipherScan is going beyond displaying blockchain data and helping users understand the privacy implications of their behavior
For the privacy risk detection feature it could be useful to show a confidence level and a short explanation of which signals triggered each warning so users do not interpret a heuristic result as definitive proof
This could make the feature both more educational and more transparent
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