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· 3 min read
Dora Noda

In today's digital era, blockchain technology has become a crucial part of online transactions and data sharing. As the use of blockchain expands, so does the need for an efficient and transparent way to navigate its ecosystem. Enter Blockroma, an open-source, EVM-compatible blockchain explorer, fulfilling this necessity effectively and efficiently.

Introducing Blockroma - Your Open-source, EVM-Compatible Blockchain Explorer

What is Blockroma?

A blockchain explorer like Blockroma is a web tool that allows users to interact with the blockchain network, providing real-time data, transaction history, and network status. It aids users in understanding individual transactions - including sender, receiver, amount, and transaction time - and provides insights into the blockchain network's current state.

The Tech Stack

Blockroma utilizes a modern technology stack - TypeScript, React, and PostgreSQL - that ensures scalability and easy maintainability. It empowers you with its quick and straightforward deployment process, contributing to a seamless user experience.

Advanced Features

Blockroma steps beyond traditional blockchain explorers, offering advanced features such as searching for specific transactions or addresses, facilitating the creation and viewing of smart contracts, and exploring the history of particular blocks. These features allow users from all backgrounds - developers, traders, investors, or everyday users - to comprehend the blockchain network better and leverage its full potential.

Introducing Blockroma

Why Choose Blockroma?

  • Transparency: Blockroma simplifies the process of accessing blockchain data, enabling users to verify transactions, addresses, and other data effortlessly.
  • Real-time data: It provides real-time data on transaction confirmations, network status, and mining difficulty, which are essential for those needing to monitor the blockchain's health and performance.
  • Searchability: Blockroma's advanced search feature improves the tracking and analysis of blockchain activities by allowing users to search for specific transactions, addresses, or blocks.
  • Security: Enhancing security on the blockchain, Blockroma helps users verify the authenticity of transactions and the identities of the parties involved, providing an added layer of assurance for businesses.

Additional Benefits

Apart from these features, Blockroma also provides custom themes, premium support, and priority updates for managed hosting on Blockroma.com. Moreover, it allows a worry-free experience with zero operation costs.

Conclusion

In a nutshell, Blockroma makes blockchain navigation easier, efficient, and secure for individuals and businesses. With its advanced features and user-friendly interface, Blockroma stands as a robust solution for exploring and interacting with the blockchain. Embrace the future of blockchain interaction with Blockroma.

· 2 min read
Dora Noda

Etherscan stands as the leading Ethereum block explorer and has significantly grown since its inception in 2015, extending its services to include other chains such as Fantom, Polygon, BSC, Arbitrum, among others. While Etherscan has successfully secured funding twice - in 2016 and 2021, the specific amounts were never disclosed. Interestingly, the company didn't take advantage of favorable funding conditions to raise more capital, suggesting they're likely profitable.

Etherscan's main revenue streams come from Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings and advertising. Their range of SaaS solutions includes various on-chain tools like wallet-to-wallet messaging, staking, token approvals, and more.

As per LinkedIn data, Etherscan maintains a workforce of 29 employees. The estimated cost of this staffing level, also referred to as the headcount burn, is approximately $1.2 to $2.15 million each year.

Income Sources

  • (58.4%) SaaS / Total - Estimated Income: $2.91M - $12.55M / yr
  • (1.4%) Newsletter - Estimated Income: $0.12M - $0.3M / yr
  • (40.2%) Website Ads - Estimated Income: $2.4M - $8.64M / yr
  • Donations

Headcount and Burn

Here is the burn rate for headcounts, not including operational costs such as third-party vendors, office spaces, etc.

ItemHCPay rangeEstimated Expense%
Engineering12$100k - $200k$1.2M - $2.4M55.43%
Business
Development
8$80k - $120k$0.64M - $0.96M22.17%
Operations4$70k - $100k$0.28M - $0.4M9.24%
Community and
Social Services
3$60k - $90k$0.18M - $0.27M6.24%
Information
Technology
2$100k - $150k$0.2M - $0.3M6.93%

It would be relatively easy for Etherscan to expand to businesses like Dune’s dashboard or Nansen’s wallet tagging. However, they are not doing so, which indicates that they might be extremely profitable.