Etherscan.io, the most widely available service for tracking Ethereum activity, has been blocked by the Chinese internet firewall since December 1. This is the second ban in the past three months, as access was once blocked at the end of October.
The ban follows a series of crackdowns against small exchanges, but there is still no rationale for the blocking. China has offered a mix of cases where blockchain technology is both encouraged with large-scale state support, or censored.
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Etherscan offers functionalities beyond merely reporting token balances and transactions, and offers a censorship-free comments section.
Blocking Etherscan is, for now, one ...