Product Designer · Remote · January 2025 – now
Blockscout is an open blockchain explorer for Ethereum-compatible networks. It allows users to view transactions, addresses, smart contracts, tokens, and NFTs, as well as directly interact with verified contracts. The product is designed as a transparent and accessible tool for both users and developers, supporting hundreds of networks — from Ethereum and Layer-2 solutions to testnets and private blockchains.
I designed and implemented new UI features for the website, such as notifications, SDK components, balance and top-up pages, API keys and logs pages, as well as various types of tables for displaying transactions and other data. I designed a table-based layout for listing the product's applications and worked on design for graceful service degradation on the home page with statistics and data. I developed a responsive mobile version of a new product, focusing on user behavior across different devices. I also contributed to updating and evolving the product’s design system to maintain consistency and improve the user experience. I worked on creating templates for blog posts, email newsletters, and social media, ensuring a consistent visual style.
The current page displays services in a card-based layout.
The goal is to design an alternative table view that preserves the product’s visual style while keeping the data easy to read and navigate.
Some users have noted that the card approach becomes inconvenient when working with a large number of networks: fewer elements fit on the screen, requiring more scrolling and making it harder to get an overview at once. For workflows where it is important to quickly scan data, identify key information, or select multiple items, a table format provides a more familiar and efficient solution.
In the first version, the network description and navigation buttons were hidden behind an arrow in the table row. This approach could be unclear, as the arrow looked like a secondary element and was not associated with access to key information. In addition, obtaining basic data and following a link required extra clicks, which made the flow more complicated and slower. As a result, this solution was abandoned in favor of a more direct and transparent display.