what onchain analytics tools can provide free basic analysis like the percentage of retained addresses, unique addresses interacting with contract, and growth of interactions over time? CAN ANY PROVIDE THIS DATA FREE?
ChatGPT said:
There are several on-chain analytics tools that can provide free basic analysis, such as the percentage of retained addresses, unique addresses interacting with contracts, and the growth of interactions over time. While most advanced features are often behind paywalls, many platforms offer basic insights for free. Here's a list of tools that can help with your requirements:
1. Dune Analytics
- Data Available: Dune allows users to create custom SQL queries and dashboards to track on-chain metrics like unique addresses, contract interactions, and the growth of these over time.
- Free Features: Dune provides free access to a wide range of blockchain data, including Ethereum, Optimism, and other L2 networks. You can build your own queries and dashboards without needing a premium subscription.
- Capabilities:
- Retained addresses (can be calculated by tracking repeat interactions over time).
- Unique addresses interacting with a specific contract.
- Growth of interactions and trends over time.
- Limitations: While it's free for most use cases, creating advanced dashboards might require learning SQL.
2. Nansen (Lite)
- Data Available: Nansen offers analytics on unique addresses, contract activity, and transaction histories.
- Free Features: Nansen Lite provides access to basic insights like wallet labels, contract interactions, and historical trends. It's limited compared to the paid version but still useful for high-level analytics.
- Capabilities:
- Basic analytics on wallet activity and unique address growth.
- Some insights into contract interactions over time.
- Limitations: Nansen Lite provides only a fraction of what’s available in the full version. For deeper retention analysis, the paid version would be necessary.
3. Etherscan
- Data Available: Etherscan is a popular blockchain explorer that can provide basic analytics such as the number of unique addresses interacting with a contract and the volume of transactions over time.
- Free Features: Etherscan offers a range of free metrics, including transaction tracking and contract interactions. The "Token Tracker" and "Contract Analytics" sections provide simple statistics on user interactions.
- Capabilities:
- View unique addresses interacting with contracts.
- Transaction volume over time.
- Basic growth metrics.
- Limitations: Etherscan doesn’t offer advanced retention metrics or the ability to track engagement trends beyond simple transaction data.
4. Glassnode (Studio)
- Data Available: Glassnode offers on-chain analytics for various blockchains, tracking unique addresses, transaction counts, and retention metrics.
- Free Features: Glassnode Studio provides limited free access to on-chain metrics, such as active addresses, new addresses, and transaction growth.
- Capabilities:
- Tracking growth of unique addresses.
- Insights into transaction and interaction growth.
- Limitations: More advanced features like address retention analysis are gated behind a premium subscription.
5. Covalent
- Data Available: Covalent is an API-driven tool that allows you to query blockchain data for insights on contract interactions and wallet activity.
- Free Features: Covalent provides a free API that can be used to extract various blockchain metrics, including unique addresses and interaction growth.
- Capabilities:
- You can pull data to calculate retained addresses and unique contract interactions.
- Time-series data for transaction growth can also be retrieved via their API.
- Limitations: Covalent requires API integration and programming knowledge to use efficiently.
6. Footprint Analytics
- Data Available: Footprint Analytics provides an easy-to-use interface for tracking blockchain metrics, including address growth, contract interactions, and retention.
- Free Features: Footprint offers basic access to their dashboard, which can track unique wallet interactions and other blockchain analytics.
- Capabilities:
- Unique addresses and contract interactions.
- Growth of interactions over time.
- Limitations: Like many platforms, advanced insights require a premium plan.
Free but Limited Tools:
- Zapper: Zapper provides basic information on user wallets and DeFi contract interactions but doesn’t offer full retention analysis.
- DeBank: Focuses on DeFi user activity and portfolio tracking, providing some data on wallet interactions and unique addresses.
For free access to the specific metrics you're looking for, Dune Analytics is your best option, especially if you’re comfortable creating custom queries or using pre-built community dashboards. Etherscan and Glassnode also offer useful insights for free but with limitations on advanced data.
You said:
what is the easiest and best to use that has these functionalities? any where I can just type in the address and see these 3 stats?
ChatGPT said:
The easiest and best tool for getting basic on-chain analytics, like unique addresses interacting with a contract, growth of interactions over time, and potentially retention rates, without needing to write custom queries is Etherscan.
Here’s why Etherscan stands out in terms of ease of use for the specific metrics you’re interested in:
1. Etherscan
- How It Works:
- You simply input a contract address into the search bar, and it automatically generates key stats such as:
- Unique addresses: You can see how many unique wallets have interacted with the contract.
- Growth over time: Etherscan provides transaction history charts, which allow you to see the growth of interactions with the contract.
- It doesn’t explicitly show "retained addresses," but you can manually review transactions to get a sense of recurring wallets by looking at wallet interaction frequency.
- Ease of Use: Etherscan is straightforward and requires no setup, coding, or advanced knowledge. It’s as simple as typing in the contract address and navigating to the analytics tab.
- Free Features: Almost everything you’d need for basic insights is available for free, including transaction history, unique address counts, and contract interactions over time.
Steps to Use Etherscan for Your Metrics:
- Go to Etherscan.
- Input the contract address you’re interested in into the search bar.
- Navigate to the "Analytics" tab (it’s on the contract’s page).
- Here you will find charts and data on:
- Unique addresses interacting with the contract.
- Transaction growth over time.
- Basic interaction metrics (number of transactions per time period, etc.).
For simplicity, Etherscan is the best tool that allows you to instantly retrieve data without the need for custom queries or programming.
Alternatives (with some setup required):
- Dune Analytics: If you're looking for deeper insights, such as retention data, Dune can provide it, but it requires more setup. You would need to either find an existing dashboard or create a custom query to track repeated interactions with the same addresses over time.
- Footprint Analytics: Another user-friendly option where you can visualize similar stats without coding, but it might require a bit more navigation than Etherscan.
For simple use cases, Etherscan is unbeatable in terms of accessibility and ease of use while offering the key metrics you need.
You said:
I need to see accounts who interacted with the contracts, not just the contract transactions. does etherscan or other solution work for this?
ChatGPT said:
For viewing specific accounts that have interacted with a contract, Etherscan can partially fulfill this requirement, but it may not give you a detailed, filtered list of accounts interacting with the contract without some manual effort.
If you're looking for tools that show all accounts that have interacted with a contract, here's a breakdown of what Etherscan can and cannot do and alternative tools that might better suit your needs:
1. Etherscan
- What Etherscan Offers:
- You can see all transactions related to a contract, including the sending and receiving addresses.
- By going to the contract’s transaction list, you can manually view which addresses have interacted with it.
- Limitations: Etherscan doesn’t give you a clean, downloadable list or a specific "interacting addresses" report. You can filter through transactions, but it requires more manual filtering or exporting the data.
- To get a list of addresses, you'd have to export transaction data (possible through their API) and parse it yourself.
2. Dune Analytics (Best for Full Address Lists)
- What Dune Offers:
- Dune allows you to create or access pre-built dashboards that can show all unique addresses interacting with a contract.
- How it works: You can either write a custom SQL query to get a list of interacting addresses or find an existing community dashboard for that contract.
- There are many dashboards that track contracts and the accounts interacting with them over time, often showing them in clear charts or tables.
- Ease of Use: You might need to learn a little SQL or find a relevant dashboard, but it gives you the exact data you're looking for (list of interacting addresses and even their frequency of interaction).
3. Nansen (Lite)
- What Nansen Offers:
- Nansen tracks wallet interactions with contracts and provides analytics on top wallet addresses and their activity.
- Free version (Nansen Lite): Offers some level of insight, including a list of the most active walletsinteracting with a contract. However, to get more comprehensive data (all wallets interacting with the contract), you’ll likely need the paid version.
- Limitations: The free version provides more limited access compared to Dune or Etherscan, but it’s very user-friendly.
4. Covalent (API-driven)
- What Covalent Offers:
- Covalent’s API allows you to pull data that includes all addresses that have interacted with a specific contract.
- How it works: You can make API calls to retrieve detailed information, including wallet addresses that have transacted with the contract, frequency of interaction, and time-based trends.
- Limitations: Requires some technical skills to interact with the API and extract the data.
5. Footprint Analytics
- What Footprint Analytics Offers:
- Footprint provides dashboards with contract analytics, including wallet addresses interacting with the contract.
- It’s user-friendly and offers a straightforward way to analyze wallet activity and contract interactions.
- Limitations: Free access is somewhat limited, but for basic stats on interacting addresses, it can be sufficient.
Best Solution for Address Interactions:
- Etherscan is easy to use for simple transaction tracking but might require exporting data and manually filtering to get a list of accounts that have interacted with a contract.
- Dune Analytics is the most powerful free option to get a list of all interacting addresses in a more structured and automated way, provided you are comfortable using or finding existing dashboards.
If you prefer no coding and just want a direct interface, tools like Nansen (Lite) and Footprint Analytics can also help, though some advanced features may require payment.
For a more comprehensive and automated experience without manual effort, Dune Analytics is your best choice.
You said:
How does bello.lol compare? I dont need all the addresses, just trends of how much the addresses are interacting with contract. What is best solution with this in mind?
ChatGPT said:
Bello.lol is a specialized on-chain analytics tool designed to provide insights into NFT-related wallet interactions and trends, particularly around community engagement and wallet behaviors. Here’s how it compares for your specific needs, especially when you are looking for interaction trends rather than all individual addresses.
What Bello.lol Offers:
- Trends and Interaction Insights: Bello is specifically built to track wallet activity trends around smart contracts (especially NFT contracts), including how often wallets interact with a particular contract.
- No Coding Required: Bello provides a very user-friendly interface that doesn’t require any coding knowledge or SQL queries, making it easier to quickly analyze trends.
- Focus on Wallet Engagement: It can show metrics like the number of wallets interacting with a contract, how frequently they are interacting, and trends over time.
- NFT Focus: Bello is optimized for NFT contracts and communities, so if your use case is related to NFTs, it is one of the better choices.
Key Features of Bello.lol:
- Frequency of Interactions: Bello will give you clear trends on how often wallets are interacting with your contract over time.
- High-Level Wallet Trends: Instead of providing an overwhelming list of all individual addresses, Bello highlights interaction trends and wallet behaviors, which matches your need for identifying the engagement dynamics rather than exhaustive address lists.
- Easy to Use: Bello’s strength lies in its ease of use—there’s no need to write custom queries or handle raw blockchain data. You can simply input the contract, and Bello will show you engagement trends in an accessible format.
Comparison to Other Tools:
- Bello vs. Etherscan: Etherscan gives detailed transaction data, but you’d need to manually analyze or export the data to understand trends of address interaction over time. Bello is much more focused on delivering these insights in a pre-built, visual format without the need for manual data wrangling.
- Bello vs. Dune Analytics: Dune Analytics is powerful and customizable, allowing you to create dashboards to track interaction trends. However, it requires SQL knowledge and manual setup. Bello, on the other hand, offers similar trend insights in a pre-configured, no-code environment, which makes it easier if you don’t want to build custom queries.
- Bello vs. Nansen: Nansen is another great tool for wallet activity, offering rich insights into wallet behavior and contract interactions. However, Nansen Lite’s free version provides only limited insights, and the full version is premium. Bello offers these types of trend insights without a paywall for basic use cases and is specifically tailored for NFTs.
Best Solution Based on Your Need:
Since you’re looking for trends of how much addresses are interacting with a contract and don’t need a full list of addresses, Bello.lol is one of the best solutions for the following reasons:
- Ease of use: No technical setup or coding required.
- Trends-focused: It gives you exactly what you need—interaction frequency and trends over time for addresses interacting with a contract.
- Tailored for NFTs: If your contract is NFT-related, Bello is purpose-built for that ecosystem.
If your primary focus is on analyzing wallet interaction trends in a simple, pre-configured way, Bello.lol is likely the best fit, especially if you are working within the NFT space. If you need a broader blockchain analysis outside NFTs, Nansen or Dune Analytics would be good alternatives, though with a steeper learning curve or cost.
You said:
does bello show retention of contract addresses? can it show reputation of contract addresses?
ChatGPT said:
Bello.lol's Retention and Reputation Features:
1. Retention of Contract Addresses:
- Retention Tracking: Bello.lol focuses on NFT wallet activity, and while it provides insights into interaction trends, it does not specifically label retention in a traditional sense (like repeat visits over time for contracts). However, it can give you a view of how often wallets are interacting with your contract over time, which can be interpreted as retention data.
- Example: If you notice that certain wallets are interacting with a contract repeatedly across different time periods, you could infer retention behavior from this.
- Limitations: Bello does not have a direct "retained addresses" feature (e.g., tracking addresses that continuously interact with the contract at intervals) like you might find in more advanced tools that support custom retention analysis.
2. Reputation of Contract Addresses:
- Reputation Insights: Bello.lol is designed to give you information on wallet behaviors, but it does not explicitly provide a "reputation score" or detailed history on the quality or credibility of wallets interacting with your contract. Some analytics tools, like Nansen, specialize in this area by tagging wallets with reputation labels (e.g., identifying whales, top traders, etc.), but Bello focuses more on trends.
- Wallet Activity: While it doesn’t measure "reputation" per se, it does give insights into how active certain wallets are within the context of your contract. This can give you a sense of engaged wallets or repeat users but not a direct reputation score.
Best Tools for Retention and Reputation:
If you're specifically looking for wallet retention tracking or reputation insights, here are alternatives that are better suited for those needs:
Retention of Contract Addresses:
- Dune Analytics: With a custom SQL query, you can track retention by monitoring repeat interactions by the same wallet over time.
- Nansen: Nansen can track wallet activity across multiple contracts and provides repeat interaction metrics, making it easier to assess retention.
Reputation of Contract Addresses:
- Nansen: This is a top tool for understanding the reputation of wallet addresses. It labels wallets with categories like "smart money", "whales", and more, giving you a sense of how credible or influential a wallet interacting with your contract might be.
Conclusion:
- Bello.lol excels at showing trends in wallet interaction over time but does not explicitly focus on retention or reputation.
- If you need detailed retention analysis or reputation scoring, tools like Nansen (for reputation) and Dune Analytics (for retention) might be better suited to those tasks.
Bello is a solid choice if your primary goal is tracking interaction trends over time without needing a deep dive into wallet retention or reputation metrics.