# Etherscan > The Ethereum Blockchain Explorer Etherscan is a blockchain explorer and analytics platform that lets users search transactions, wallet balances, tokens, and on-chain activity on Ethereum. The platform indexes and makes searchable all Ethereum blockchain activity, giving users access to transaction details, wallet information, token data, and smart contract code. Developers can access on-chain data through the Etherscan API, which covers multiple EVM-compatible chains under a single key. Etherscan also provides a white-label block explorer service used by many other blockchain networks. - Type: Company - Sector: Data & Analytics - Status: Active - Founded: 2015-08-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/etherscan ## Products - [Etherscan](https://thegrid.id/profiles/etherscan): Etherscan indexes Ethereum blockchain data through a block explorer architecture, enabling transaction search, address analysis, and smart contract interaction across the Ethereum mainnet and testnets. The platform supports ERC-20 and NFT token tracking, smart contract source code verification, gas price monitoring, DEX activity analysis, cross-chain transaction tracing, and node tracking. Additional tooling includes address labeling, token approval management, advanced transaction filtering, a bytecode code reader, and AI-generated transaction summaries. (Block Explorer, Live, Main Product) - [Etherscan API](https://thegrid.id/profiles/etherscan): Etherscan API V2 provides indexed on-chain data across multiple EVM-compatible networks through unified REST endpoints accessible via a single API key and chain ID parameter. The service exposes account balances, transaction history, smart contract ABIs and source code, token transfer events, gas oracle data, event logs, and address name tags. Tiered subscription plans offer varying rate limits and access to Pro endpoints covering address metadata, token holder analytics, and cross-chain portfolio data. (OnChain Data API, Live) - [Blockscan](https://thegrid.id/profiles/etherscan): Blockscan is a multichain block explorer providing a unified search interface for transactions, addresses, and tokens across multiple blockchain networks. The platform surfaces cross-chain bridge activity on address pages, supports grouped address portfolio monitoring through the Blockscan Group feature, and includes a multichain transaction search that redirects queries to the correct chain explorer when a transaction hash belongs to a different network. (Block Explorer, Live) - [Etherscan MCP](https://thegrid.id/profiles/etherscan): Etherscan MCP exposes Etherscan's blockchain data and analytics capabilities to large language models and AI agents through Model Context Protocol endpoints. The server provides machine-readable interfaces enabling AI tools to programmatically query Ethereum and EVM-compatible chain data, contract information, transaction history, and blockchain analytics without custom integration code. 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