Zcash Block Explorer Grant

Community Grants Applications
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:tada: Zcash Block Explorer is off beta and live at https://zcashblockexplorer.com & http://zcashfgzdzxwiy7yq74uejvo2ykppu4pzgioplcvdnpmc6gcu5k6vwyd.onion/

Based on the feature specs discussed in this thread, we were able to deliver the following -

Core features:

  • Broadcast raw transaction
  • Payment Disclosure option for Sapling Shielded transactions.
  • No logging/analytics
  • Only necessary cookies

Add-on features:

  • Get transactions by Viewing Key.
  • Price & Mempool info.

Hosting features:

  • v3 onion support.
  • No Google, no Cloudflare, no hCaptcha.

Source code is available at:

  1. Elixir client library to interact with the JSON-RPC endpoint provided by a Zcash full node - GitHub - nighthawk-apps/zcashex: An elixir client library to interact with the JSON-RPC endpoint provided by a Zcash full node.
  2. Zcash Explorer - GitHub - nighthawk-apps/zcash-explorer: Zcash Block Explorer

Thanks to @ZcashGrants for funding the building of an expandable, privacy preserving, open source Block Explorer for Zcash.
This initiative completes the base vision of Nighthawk Suite with user facing wallets @NighthawkApps + Backend Infra https://lightwalletd.com + Zcash Block Explorer, all code being forkable.

Next steps:

  • We will review the changes in NU5 testnet release in the next few weeks and plan on supporting the Orchard transactions.
  • Get in touch with the parties who contacted us with interest in hosting Zcash Explorer.
  • Maintain the hosting of the explorer on AWS for 12 months per the grant.
  • Maintain a combined Warranty Canary for ZcashBlockExplorer at lightwalletd.com
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