Abstract
This proposal defines a unified search experience across every chain indexed by OpenScan.AI: one search box that resolves addresses, transaction hashes, blocks, tokens, and ENS-style names regardless of which network they live on.
Motivation
As OpenScan.AI expands beyond XDC through white-label and multi-chain deployments, users increasingly hold assets and interact with contracts across several networks. Forcing them to first pick the right explorer before searching is friction that a modern explorer should eliminate. Unified search also creates a natural entry point for the AI intelligence layer.
Specification
- A global search index spans all supported chains, keyed by address, transaction hash, block number/hash, token name/symbol, and known labels.
- Results are ranked with chain context: exact hash matches jump directly to the result; ambiguous addresses (same address on multiple chains) show a chain-disambiguation result list.
- The search API is exposed publicly so wallets and partner front-ends can embed unified resolution.
- AI-assisted query understanding handles natural-language queries (e.g. “latest large USDT transfers”) once the Phase 3 intelligence layer is live.
Out of scope
- Cross-chain transaction tracing (following a bridge transfer end-to-end) — a later proposal.
Milestones
- Cross-chain index and resolver service.
- Chain-disambiguation UX in the explorer search UI.
- Public search API endpoint.