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+# Blockscout
+
+BlockScout is an open-source blockchain explorer designed to provide users with a comprehensive interface for interacting with Ethereum-compatible networks, enhancing transparency and accessibility in blockchain ecosystems. It allows users to view and analyze blockchain data, including transactions, blocks, smart contracts, and token information, while providing real-time monitoring of transactions and block confirmations through a user-friendly interface and an API that enable both technical and non-technical users to easily interact with smart contracts and track various tokens and their transactions.
+
+- Documentation: https://docs.blockscout.com/
+- Repository: https://github.com/blockscout/blockscout/tree/master
+
+## Requirements
+Local node repository needed
+```bash
+git clone git@github.com:hiero-ledger/hiero-local-node.git
+```
+
+## Step 1: Set Up the Relay with Localnode
+
+1. In the `.env` file of the local node set the following variable to true:
+
+   ```env
+   BATCH_REQUESTS_ENABLED=true
+   ```
+2. In the `docker-compose.yml` file in the local node:
+- add `BATCH_REQUESTS_ENABLED` to the envorment of the relay:
+    ```
+    BATCH_REQUESTS_ENABLED: "${BATCH_REQUESTS_ENABLED}"
+    ```
+
+- adjust the port of **hedera-explorer** in order to free up the default port on which blockscout is running:
+    ```
+    ports:
+      - "9080:8080"
+    ```
+
+3. Run the project:
+    ```bash
+    npm run start
+    ```
+## Step 2: Set Up Blockscout
+1. Clone Blockscout repo
+    ```git
+    git clone git@github.com:blockscout/blockscout.git
+    ```
+2. Set these variables in `common-blockscout.env`:
+    ```env
+    ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_HTTP_URL=http://host.docker.internal:7546/
+    ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_TRACE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:7546/
+    NETWORK=Hedera
+    COIN_NAME=HBAR
+    COIN=HBAR
+    NFT_MEDIA_HANDLER_ENABLED=false
+    ```
+3. Make these changes in `docker-compose.yml` --> in `services` find `backend` and for the `environment` set the following:
+    ```
+    environment:
+        ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_HTTP_URL: http://host.docker.internal:7546/
+        ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_TRACE_URL: http://host.docker.internal:7546/
+        ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_WS_URL: ws://host.docker.internal:8546/
+        CHAIN_ID: '298'
+    ```
+4. Build the project:
+    ```bash
+    cd ./docker-compose
+    docker-compose up --build
+    ```
+5. Open [http://localhost](http://localhost)
+
+## API request example
+[Blockscout JSON RPC & ETH Compatible RPC Endpoints](https://docs.blockscout.com/devs/apis/rpc)
+
+**curl example** for getting the balance of an address:
+   - blockscout doc: https://docs.blockscout.com/devs/apis/rpc/account#get-the-native-token-balance-for-an-address
+   - make sure to replace `instance_base_url` with `localhost`
+   - when testing different modules make sure to give the correct value for `module`
+   - choose an `accountAddress` from one of the accounts that the local node generates upon starting
+   - curl request:
+   ```bash
+   curl --location 'http://localhost/api?module=account&action=balance&address={accountAddress}'
+   ```