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Who it is for

Thandi Mokoena moderates a builders community in Johannesburg on a chain so new that its explorer shows little more than raw hex, and members ask her what a contract is forty times a day. Story Scan turns each transaction into one plain sentence and lets her members label addresses, but a label only shows as confirmed once it has a source link and a second member confirms it.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$100

Yours in 3 to 5 days

The user app: transaction search with one sentence explanations on Base, Monad and MegaETH, address pages, community labels with required source links and a second confirmer, disputes, a chain dashboard of new contracts and top apps, history with receipts, plans and checkout.

You choose: accent color
You choose: chains at launch
You choose: label categories

Customfrom $2,500

Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

Everything in Base
Custom features and design
Priority build

Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

Transaction explanations exist (Etherscan summaries, Blockscout interpretation, Noves and Tenderly decoders) and label sets exist (Etherscan labels, Arkham, the Open Labels Initiative). What is new is a community owned explorer for a new chain where labels require a source link and a second confirmer before they show as confirmed, accusatory labels need more, and the owner gets a dashboard of new contracts and top apps for their own community.

Closest things out there

Blockscout with transaction interpretation and MetaSuites labels; Etherscan labels and summaries; SocialScan community contributed labels; the Open Labels Initiative data model. None found that combine one sentence decoding with sourced, two person confirmed community labels for a new chain's own community.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

New chains are where people get lost and drained first; a community that labels together, with sources, makes the chain readable for everyone who arrives next.

The Regatta Board

Races Story Scan can enter

One live race fits this app. Each one says why, with its prize and countdown. The rule on existing code is on the race page.

Grant roundBaseBase Builder GrantsFundingNot announcedRolling, apply any timeWhy it fits. Explorer and readability tools for Base users may fit; check current terms.56 other apps can enter tooSee the race

See every race on the board

What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

A block explorer you own for your community's new chain: every transaction in one sentence, address labels that need a source and a second confirmer, and a front page of new contracts and top apps; your console runs pricing, label rules, growth and the indexer agent.

Base price · $100

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Illustrated home with the next action and first-run onboardingHome

Three step welcome, then today's explained transactions and labels waiting for a confirmer.

Search by transaction hash or addressExplain

Hashes validated locally, decoded on Base, Monad and MegaETH.

One sentence explanationsExplain

Who did what with how much, a drawn flow and the raw call one tap away.

Three sample transactions with different outcomesExplain

A labeled swap, an unlimited approval to an unlabeled contract and a bridge deposit waiting for a confirmer.

Propose a label with a required sourceLabels

Name, category and an https source; social only sources blocked by default.

Second confirmer and disputesLabels

Labels stay pending until another member confirms; disputes need a counter source.

Chain dashboardChain

New contracts today, top apps by activity and labeled coverage over time.

History with receiptsHistory

Every explanation and label action with a deterministic receipt.

Plans, labeler profile, share card, permissions and visionMe

Reader, Scout and Guild tiers with simulated checkout, labeler reputation and the hard limits.

Open the full app demo

Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue dashboard and payoutsRevenue

MRR, plan mix, monthly chart and USDC payments.

Live paywall editorRevenue

Rename tiers, set prices and choose what is locked; the user app updates instantly.

Payment method togglesRevenue

USDC on Base, other chains and card on-ramp.

Label rulesRules

Confirmers needed, risk label threshold, social source policy and minimum account age.

Agent log with failures and adaptationsAgent

Proxy misreads and sybil confirmers caught and handled, plus monthly running costs.

Roadmap with build requestsRoadmap

v1 included, v2 and v3 add-ons you can request.

Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Sentence share loop and sourcesGrowth

Shared sentences, Guild badges and labeler cohorts.

The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Reading and labeling are free for the community. Scout is a monthly plan for people who watch addresses, and Guild is a monthly plan for projects that want a verified badge on their own contracts and an explainer widget.

ReaderFreeSearch, one sentence explanations, address pages, propose and confirm labels.

Scout$6 per monthWatchlists, alerts when a watched address acts or gets labeled, label history export.

Guild$39 per monthVerified badge on your own contracts, embeddable explainer widget, API access.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

Every explained transaction has a sentence link people paste into chats
Labelers build visible reputation from confirmed, sourced labels
Projects on the chain ask for the Guild badge so their contracts read clearly
Confirmed labels exported as open attestations other explorers can read

Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included

The community explorer

Index Base, Monad and MegaETH
One sentence explanations
Sourced labels with a second confirmer
Chain dashboard
Plans, paywall editor and payouts

Included

Open labels and alerts

Export confirmed labels as EAS attestations
Telegram bot that explains a pasted hash
Wallet warning API for unlabeled approvals

Add-on from $700

More chains and project tools

Two more new chains
Project dashboards with their own contract activity
Label bounties funded by projects

Add-on from $1,500

The pitch, ready for investors and grant reviewers

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Your 2 minute demo script

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

Make it entirely yours

Your brand, the chains indexed at launch, label categories, source rules and integrations such as a Discord bot or wallet API are scoped and priced together.

Custom from $2,500

BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The recipe (how it is built, the data, costs, risks, build order, the pitch and the demo script) is unlocked when your app is paid in full.

The need

On a new chain, the explorer is thin: raw hex, unverified contracts and no names. Community members cannot tell what a transaction did or who an address belongs to, so moderators answer the same questions all day and people sign things they do not understand. Rumors fill the gap, including false accusations against addresses.

What exists and what is new

Decoders and labels exist: Etherscan and Blockscout explain some transactions, Noves and Tenderly decode calls, Etherscan, Arkham and the Open Labels Initiative maintain labels. Story Scan is a community owned explorer focused on a new chain: one sentence explanations for every transaction, and labels that only show as confirmed with a source link and a second member's confirmation, with stricter rules for accusatory labels. Research verdict: partly exists, medium novelty.

The data it runs on

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

1.The mission

Make a new chain readable on day one, with names the community can prove.

2.Why people can't resist it

One sentence per transaction Who did what with how much, in plain words, with the raw details one tap away.

Labels with receipts Every label carries a source link, a proposer and a confirmer. Nothing shows as confirmed on one person's word.

Your chain's front page New contracts today, top apps by activity and how much of the chain your community has labeled.

3.How it works for real

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

4.Pricing

Cost per use: unlocked when your app is paid in full.

Reader Free

Search, one sentence explanations, address pages, propose and confirm labels.

Scout $6 per month

Watchlists, alerts when a watched address acts or gets labeled, label history export.

Guild $39 per month

For projects on the chain: a verified badge on their own contracts, an embeddable explainer widget and API access.

5.Growth loop

Every explained transaction has a share link that reads like a sentence, so people paste them into chats instead of raw hashes. Labelers earn visible reputation, and projects ask for the Guild badge so their contracts read clearly.

6.Risks and guardrails

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

7.Build order

Unlocked when your app is paid in full

8.Where this is going

Now
One community makes one new chain readable, with names it can prove.
Next
Projects verify their own contracts, and labels flow to wallets as attestations.
Later
Communities on many chains share one open label graph with sources.
The world it builds
Nobody signs a transaction they cannot read, on any chain, from its first day.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Story Scan

Every new chain has the same first year: a thin explorer, raw hex, and a community asking what is this contract all day. Owning Story Scan means your community gets the readable explorer first, with every transaction in one sentence and names it can prove with a source. You become the place people on that chain go to understand it, and projects pay to be read clearly there.

What’s stopping you?

“Running an explorer sounds like serious infrastructure.”

It ships with indexers configured for Base, Monad and MegaETH and a guide for the hosting. Your daily work is community work: reviewing labels and disputes, not running nodes. Expect real hosting costs, shown plainly in the console.

“What if someone labels an address wrongly and I get blamed?”

No label shows as confirmed without a source link and a second member. Risk labels such as drainer need three confirmers and an incident source and describe behavior, not people. Disputes are visible and every change is versioned.

“Big explorers will add this.”

Maybe, for big chains. New chains move first and fastest, and your edge is the community that labels together. Confirmed labels can be exported as open attestations, so your work keeps value either way.

“Who pays for a free explorer?”

Projects on the chain pay for a verified badge and an explainer widget, and power users pay for watchlists and alerts. Reading and labeling stay free so the community grows.

A revenue ladder, step by step

Guild plans for projects on the chain, Scout plans for power users, and later paid API access for wallets. These figures are illustrations, not promises.

$870

$5,940

$19,800

$60,000

One community

10 Guild + 80 Scout

$39 and $6

The chain's explorer

60 Guild + 600 Scout

$39 and $6

Three chains

200 Guild + 2,000 Scout