Case Study: Shielded Live – Namada Blockchain Explorer

Introduction

The Shielded Live explorer is an exemplary showcase of HackBG‘s expertise in full-stack blockchain application development. This project provides reliable blockchain data, enriched and visualized in lively and responsive user interfaces for the Namada ecosystem.

Project Specifications

• Functionality: This explorer allows users to access, search and explore various blockchain metrics, transaction details, block information, and validator states, governance proposals and voting activity among other features.
• Development Aspects: HackBG’s role spanned across several domains including the UI/UX design of the solution, architecture design and the full development of the software product.

• Technological Stack: The project was built using a range of technologies such as Nodejs, Typescript, Nextjs, Docker.

Development Process

• The first version of the project was  developed by a team of three developers over a four-week period, reflecting HackBG‘s efficiency and skill in blockchain infrastructure development.
• HackBG‘s collaboration with the client continues, focusing on extending the project’s functionality further to deliver even better experience for the user and valuable information at the user’s fingertips.

Unique Features and User Experience

• Blockchain Overview & Status: Retrieve information about the current state of the blockchain, including the total number of blocks, transactions, validators, and proposals.
• Blocks & Transactions: Access comprehensive data about individual blocks, such as their height, hash, and the transactions they contain.
• Search: The explorer supports searching for transactions by their hash and provides, blocks and governance proposals by their respective number.
• Validators: Retrieve detailed information about the blockchain’s validator set, including their public keys, voting power, status, and commission rates.
• Governance & Proposals: Access governance-related data, including lists of proposals, their statuses, and voting results.
• Staking & Epoch Information: Obtain current epoch details and staking parameters, such as the total amount staked and various parameters related to the Proof of Stake mechanism.
• Transfers: Fetch details on token transfers, with options to filter by sender or receiver, and search for specific transactions.

Technological Innovation and Impact

This project is a testament to our skills and ability at HackBG to develop fully fledged blockchain application and infrastructure projects. It showcases our agility, user-centric approach in crunching complex information to easily digestible interfaces and systems.

 

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