Guide · updated 2026-10-24
Gnoma Explorer and explorer.anoma.net compared
explorer.anoma.net is Anoma's official explorer, and its footer names the Anoma Foundation. Gnoma Explorer is independent and not affiliated with it. Both follow the Protocol Adapter contracts and use the same transaction ids. Here is what each site showed on 2026-10-24, including what the official one does better.
Who runs each site, and what it covers
explorer.anoma.net is Anoma's official explorer. Its footer names the Anoma Foundation, and Anoma's documentation sends readers there to view protocol activity and the deployed Protocol Adapter contracts. A Protocol Adapter is a contract that brings the Anoma Resource Machine to an existing chain, such as Ethereum, without changes to that chain, and settles Anoma transactions there. Gnoma Explorer is run independently and is not affiliated with the Anoma Foundation or Heliax. Gnoma calls one Anoma transaction completed on-chain a settlement; the official site calls it a transaction. Both identify it the same way, {chainId}_{txHash}_{logIndex}, so an id copied from one site opens the same settlement on the other, on any network both sites index. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
On 2026-10-24 the official Networks and Contracts pages listed the same Protocol Adapter deployments as this site's registry, and the Contracts page gave the same addresses: the mainnets in the table below and two testnets, Base Sepolia and Ethereum Sepolia. The official site marked two of those mainnets "Not indexed here": Optimism, which this site calls OP Mainnet, and Stable. Anoma's blog announced the Protocol Adapter on Optimism in February 2026 and AnomaPay on Stable in June 2026. Gnoma indexes every mainnet in the table, those two included. Neither site indexes the testnets. Live status and totals per network are on Networks. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Network | Chain id | Protocol Adapter | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum | 1 | 0x0ea3b55b68a3f307c8fe3fe66e443247c95f0cff | v1.1.0 |
| BNB Chain | 56 | 0xfc44b66a39fe6923ad8d3c93bfec369728862b68 | v1.1.0 |
| Base | 8453 | 0x094fcc095323080e71a037b2b1e3519c07dd84f8 | v1.1.0 |
| Arbitrum One | 42161 | 0x094fcc095323080e71a037b2b1e3519c07dd84f8 | v1.1.0 |
| OP Mainnet | 10 | 0x094fcc095323080e71a037b2b1e3519c07dd84f8 | v1.1.0 |
| Aurora | 1313161554 | 0x2D2Fa19aFdbb20DC73737ca5f075cfAE00Cd90C2 | v1.1.0 |
| MegaETH | 4326 | 0x2D2Fa19aFdbb20DC73737ca5f075cfAE00Cd90C2 | v1.1.0 |
| Monad | 143 | 0x2D2Fa19aFdbb20DC73737ca5f075cfAE00Cd90C2 | v1.1.0 |
| Stable | 988 | 0x2D2Fa19aFdbb20DC73737ca5f075cfAE00Cd90C2 | v1.1.0 |
Side by side, as seen on 2026-10-24
Both sites show the same building blocks. A resource is the basic unit of state in the Anoma Resource Machine: it is created once and consumed once. A transaction names each resource by a tag: its nullifier when the resource is consumed, its commitment when it is created. The official site lists these under Tags; this site lists them under Resources. Resources are grouped into actions, and each action is split into compliance units. An external call is how a transaction acts on an ordinary contract, through a forwarder contract. One example is a shield (putting tokens into the shielded pool), which Anoma's AnomaPay docs call a mint: a deposit of ERC-20 tokens from a wallet into the shielded pool. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Topic | explorer.anoma.net, seen 2026-10-24 | Gnoma Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Run by | Its footer names the Anoma Foundation | An independent operator, not affiliated with the Anoma Foundation or Heliax |
| Mainnets indexed | Every mainnet it lists except Optimism and Stable, marked "Not indexed here" | Every mainnet on Networks, OP Mainnet and Stable included |
| Testnets | Base Sepolia and Ethereum Sepolia listed, not indexed | The same two listed, not indexed |
| Transaction link | /transactions/{id} | /tx/{id}, and /transactions/{id} redirects there |
| Transaction page | Hash, sender, contract, log index, network, block and time; each tag with its type, logic and payload counts; each action's tree root and tag count | The same core fields, plus receipt status, Protocol Adapter version, commitment tree root, resources paired as consumed and created, decoded external calls and the raw JSON |
| External calls | Forwarder and tag in the list; raw input and expected output, each on its own payload page | Decoded as a shield, unshield or DeFi call with token and amount on External calls; the wallet, each DeFi step and the raw input and output on the transaction page |
| Search and filters | Search by hash across transactions, tags, logics and external calls; transaction filters for hash, network, contract address and block range | Search by transaction hash, tag, logic, address or ENS name, or a plain question; transaction filters for network and resource logic, and each submitter's settlements on its address page |
| Checks against the chain | Links each transaction, block, address and contract to the network's block explorer | Proof compares counts, pool balances and XAN supply with the contracts on a schedule |
| Data access | A GraphQL Playground, per Anoma's docs; not linked from the site menu | REST JSON API with an OpenAPI document, CSV exports, open data files, an Atom feed, badges, widgets and Discord or Slack alerts |
| XAN | A price box on every page, market data credited to CoinGecko | A price box, plus supply, holders and transfers on XAN, and proposals and votes on Governance |
| Shielded pool | No pool page in the menu | Shielded pool: value inside, daily flows and what the public boundary reveals |
Verification, data access and XAN
The official explorer links each transaction, block, address and contract to that network's own block explorer, so a reader can check a single item there. On 2026-10-24 its menu had no page that compares its totals with the contracts. Gnoma's Proof page does this on a schedule and in public: each Protocol Adapter's own counters against the indexed settlements, the tokens each forwarder contract holds against every shield minus every unshield, and XAN supply against the token contract. For data, Anoma's docs say the official explorer includes a GraphQL Playground for queries against the Envio HyperIndexer, though its menu did not link one that day. Gnoma offers a free REST API with no key, described in an OpenAPI document, plus CSV exports, open data files with checksums, an Atom feed and live badges, all listed on Developers. [1] [2] [3]
XAN is Anoma's native token, which can be used for payments, transaction fees and governance, with a fixed supply of 10,000,000,000 according to the Anoma Foundation's tokenomics page. Since Governance V2, holders propose, vote and delegate through a governance contract built on OpenZeppelin's Governor framework. The official explorer shows a XAN price box on every page, with price, market cap and volume credited to CoinGecko. This site shows a similar price box, and its XAN page adds supply, holders and daily transfers counted from every transfer the token contracts have recorded. Governance reads the rules, proposals and votes from the contracts. [1] [2] [3]
What the official explorer does better
- Standing. Its footer names the Anoma Foundation, and Anoma's documentation points readers to it.
- Source links. Its Contracts page links the Protocol Adapter's source code, anoma/pa-evm, and names the release,
contracts/v1.1.0. - Finer transaction search. Its filters take a transaction hash, a contract address and a block range; this site's transaction filters are network and resource logic.
- A page per payload. Each payload, such as one external call, has its own id and page that can be linked; this site shows payloads inside the resource and transaction pages.
- Pinning. Rows can be pinned for reference while browsing.
- Links to the specification. Help icons beside its Transactions and External Calls headings link into the Anoma specification on specs.anoma.net.
- GraphQL queries. Anoma's docs describe a GraphQL Playground for queries against the explorer's index; this site's API answers fixed REST routes.
Questions
- Is Gnoma Explorer the official Anoma explorer?
- No. Anoma's official explorer is explorer.anoma.net, whose footer names the Anoma Foundation. Gnoma Explorer is run independently and is not affiliated with the Anoma Foundation or Heliax.
- Can a transaction link be moved between explorer.anoma.net and Gnoma?
- Yes. Both sites use the id
{chainId}_{txHash}_{logIndex}: keep the id and swap the address betweenexplorer.anoma.net/transactions/<id>andexploreanoma.com/tx/<id>, and this site also accepts the official/transactions/<id>form and redirects it. A settlement on a network the official site does not index opens only here. - Why is a transaction on Gnoma missing from explorer.anoma.net?
- On 2026-10-24 the official Networks page marked Optimism and Stable as not indexed, and this site indexes both. Each site also runs its own indexer, so a settlement from the last few minutes can show on one before the other.
- Does explorer.anoma.net have an API?
- Anoma's explorer docs say it includes a GraphQL Playground for queries against the Envio HyperIndexer; on 2026-10-24 the site menu did not link one. This site's API is free REST JSON with no key, described at /api/v2/openapi.json and on Developers.
- How can I check Gnoma's figures myself?
- The Proof page compares the index with the contracts on a schedule: each Protocol Adapter's own counters, the token balances each forwarder contract holds, and XAN supply. A disagreement must persist through three checks before it is reported, and the same results are at /api/v2/proof.
- Which explorer shows XAN holders and supply?
- This site's XAN page shows supply, holders and daily transfers counted from the token contracts, and Proof checks that ledger against the contract. On 2026-10-24 the official explorer showed XAN as a price box with market data credited to CoinGecko.
Sources
- Dashboard · Anoma Explorer
- Networks · Anoma Explorer
- Contracts · Anoma Explorer
- Transactions · Anoma Explorer
- Anoma Explorer
- The Anoma Protocol Adapter
- Transfers
- Generic Calls
- Index - Anoma specs
- Action - Anoma specs
- Anoma is Now Live on Optimism
- AnomaPay is now LIVE on Stable
- Anoma Tokenomics
- Anoma Governance V2 is Live: XAN Holders Take Control
- GitHub - anoma/pa-evm: A protocol adapter contract enabling Anoma Resource Machine transaction settlement on EVM-compatible chains.
Gnoma Explorer is independent and not affiliated with the Anoma Foundation or Heliax. Statements about Anoma are Anoma's own, from the sources above; figures are this explorer's, from the pages linked in the text.
Read next: How to look up and verify an Anoma transaction · Where Anoma is deployed: networks and contracts · Anoma data without a key: the free API · Proof · Developers