Parsec Finance offers a freemium platform tailored for investigating EVM-compatible blockchains like Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche, and more.
Founded in 2020 by software engineer Will Sheehan, Parsec Finance aims to provide a premium analytical platform for in-depth blockchain exploration. This initiative has successfully drawn over $4 million in investments from entities like Uniswap Labs Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Polychain Capital, and Volt Capital.
The platform is accessible at no cost, with the option to enhance your experience through one of three subscription plans that remove standard account limitations. The basic plan is generally sufficient for the needs of most traders and analysts. Among the limitations are fewer analytical tools, a limited number of active research layouts, and only one tracking list.
User plans at Parsec. Source: Parsec Finance official website
Featuring a minimalist interface, Parsec allows unregistered users to conduct searches for transactions, wallets, and analyze blockchain statistics and data, providing more depth than similar platforms such as Etherscan. Full access to the platform's capabilities requires an account, which can be created with a crypto wallet or email.
A hallmark of Parsec is its ability to concurrently display data across all supported EVM blockchains, giving users the flexibility to focus on specific blockchains if needed. For example, analyzing a cryptocurrency wallet reveals the wallet's balance, recent transactions, tokens, and funding sources over a selected period, all depicted through engaging infographics.
Wallet analysis on Parsec. Source: Parsec Finance official website
Such pages are accessible when exploring a variety of smart contracts, including standard tokens, financial apps, and NFT collections. Users will find price charts, recent transactions, collector wallets, volumes of credit positions, interest rates, liquidity of Automated Market Makers (AMM), and much more on these pages.
Parsec’s other notable feature is the option to create personalized pages or layouts filled with information blocks. While the free version limits users to just two active layouts, there’s almost no restriction in terms of block selection. A special section allows activating one of six offered templates (such as a portfolio, NFT market, etc.) or crafting a unique layout from scratch. For instance, users can track protocol liquidity, token prices, and individual wallet transactions all at once.
Custom layout on Parsec. Source: Parsec Finance official website
Interestingly, after the project's successful debut, some users started spreading the word about a potential airdrop to garner more interest in the project. These rumors surfaced following another analytical service, Arkham, which awarded ARKM tokens to all its registered users. Nonetheless, the Parsec Finance team has yet to address these speculations regarding a possible token launch.
Parsec's developers are looking to incorporate more blockchains for monitoring and invite active users to report any bugs, errors, and suggestions for service enhancements.
