Kavascan.io — the Kava Chain Explorer
Kava Chain leverages the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) environment as its execution layer, facilitated by the adaptable architecture of the Cosmos-SDK. Approximately 83% of Kava’s on-chain activities occur within its EVM layer, a statistic unsurprising given the presence of over 100 EVM-based decentralized applications (dApps) deployed on Kava Chain.
This rich ecosystem has prompted collaborative efforts between the Kava Labs and Mintscan teams to develop a comprehensive explorer for the Kava Chain network. The release of Kavascan provides a suite of features essential for exploring EVM networks like navigating transactions, blocks, and contracts, as well as advanced capabilities like contract verification, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), future blocks, contract internal transactions, and contract authoring.
Let’s dive into some of Kavascan.io’s features:
NFT Support
NFTs are becoming more than just collectibles, and are being used in diverse protocols to serve different purposes. Kava Chain DeFi protocols now use NFTs to represent a liquidity provider’s position, for example, Kinetix Finance and Wagmi mint ERC-721 tokens when a LP position is added on their exchange.
With Kavascan.io, users can now find their LP position NFT holdings under the token holdings drop-down menu on their account details page. The transaction details page displays transfers of ERC-721 tokens (NFTs) and includes both minting and transferring.
Future Blocks
Can you guess when Kava Chain is going to reach the 10 millionth block?
If you guessed Tuesday, May 28th, 2024, 01:05:08 UTC according to the new Kavascan, you’re right! Why is this important? Occasionally, Kava Chain temporarily halts the blockchain to deploy software upgrades at a specific block height. Users can now avoid making important transactions around the time of Kava Chain infrastructure upgrades by using Kavascan to identify precise upgrade times by block height in advance.
Contract Internal Transactions
Contract internal transactions occur within a smart contract, triggered by its code execution rather than direct user actions. While these transactions aren’t recorded individually on the blockchain, they stem from the execution of a smart contract included in a recorded transaction. These transactions are essential for operations like token transfers and interactions with other contracts.
Kavascan.io users can now view internal transactions by selecting the ‘Internal Txns’ button at the top of any transaction details page.
Contracts
Kavascan.io also displays a list of verified top ERC-20 contract tokens, available under the ‘Tokens’ dropdown menu the top right corner. This list only includes ERC-20 contract tokens, and omits Cosmos native coins like $KAVA and other IBC tokens.
Users can click on a token to access details including transfer transactions involving the token, a list of token holders, and contract information.
Holders are sorted by the amount of their holdings, serving as a useful indicator of a token contract’s decentralization level.
The ‘Contract’ tab, next to the ‘Holders’ tab, contains contract verification information, source code, and read & write functions. For instance, the above image shows the $WKAVA contract verification details, indicating that Kava Labs, LLC composed it as a wrapped ERC20 version of $KAVA.
