GIP-54: Should GnosisDAO support hosting and feature updates for Blockscout Explorer?

Blockscout

Blockscout is an invaluable open-source tool for exploring, confirming, and inspecting transactions on the Gnosis Chain. It supports multiple token standards, provides a full-featured API, and offers real-time transaction tracking.

Blockscout has been the primary explorer for Gnosis Chain since network inception. With the completed Gnosis/xDai merger, the responsibility to pay for hosting, maintenance, and updates for Blockscout should shift to the GnosisDAO.

Project Details

Goal

The goal of this proposal is to provide continued hosting and maintenance for both the Gnosis Chain and Optimism on Gnosis Chain Blockscout instances.

Project Deliverables

Maintain Blockscout instances for Gnosis Chain and Optimism on Gnosis Chain Network on Blockscout’s premises Hosting services for the Gnosis Chain and Optimism on Gnosis Chain (for a period of 1 year with an option to extend) Hosting at blockscout.com (for a period of 1 year with an option to extend) Premium feature set that includes Advanced smart contract verification, Watchlist, Private address and transaction tags, Public tags, API key managements, custom ABI, and future upcoming enhancements. Update Blockscout urls to remove xdai, add gnosischain Priority support and updates Support for end-users of the explorer managed via Discord

Execution Timeline

Start time

Blockscout hosting will no longer be subsidized as of July 17, 2022. If this proposal passes, hosting and maintenance services will continue uninterrupted beginning on July 18, 2022 for Gnosis Chain and Optimism on Gnosis Chain instances. If not renewed, the hosting for the Gnosis Chain and Optimism on Gnosis Chain instances will expire on July 18, 2022.

The length of the contract is for 1 year and can be renewed annually. A new proposal will be initiated to renew the instance in June 2023.

Funding & Disbursement

Hosting costs cover high-capacity bandwidth, infrastructure upgrades, and data storage (1900GiB and growing) for the networks. Feature enhancements and priority support are also included as a part of the package.

Amount is paid up front for the year and can be renewed annually. Payment can be made to BlockScout’s Gitcoin 0xAddress (0x242ba6d68FfEb4a098B591B32d370F973FF882B7) with xDai, USDC, or USDT.

Gnosis Chain: $100,000 annually ($8,333 per month). Optimism on Gnosis Chain: $50,000 annually ($4,166 per month). Total cost: $150,000.00 due July 17, 2022

Future Plans​

The following features are actively in progress.

UI design refresh New modules: NFT explorer, dApp Marketplace, Blockscout RPC Transaction actions, protocols-specific customizations ENS support Analytics dashboard More developer tools Search enhancements Data sorting/filtering Data storage optimization Data indexing performance enhancements Deployment improvements