Explorer integration: Blockscout and Atlas support for 0x76 transactions

[tac0turtle]

Summary

Integrate block explorer support for ev-reth chains, targeting both Blockscout (open-source, self-hosted) and Atlas (in-house explorer). Both need custom rendering for Evolve-specific transaction types (0x76 batch calls, fee sponsorship).

Motivation

Every production chain needs a block explorer. ev-reth's custom transaction type (0x76) with batch calls and fee sponsorship won't render correctly in stock explorers -- it will show as an unknown transaction type with opaque calldata. Both Blockscout (for self-hosted/community deployments) and Atlas (for first-party deployments) need to understand Evolve primitives.

Scope

1. RPC layer (shared by both explorers)

The RPC responses from ev-reth must expose 0x76 fields in a way explorers can consume:

• eth_getTransactionByHash must include feePayer (address), calls (array of {to, value, input}), and txType: "0x76"
• eth_getTransactionReceipt must indicate effective gas payer and per-call log attribution
• This is the foundation -- get the RPC right and both explorers benefit

2. Blockscout integration

• Document archive node configuration for ev-reth
• Docker compose setup for Blockscout + ev-reth
• Verify standard Ethereum transactions (types 0, 1, 2, 3) render correctly
• Verify RPC compatibility (Blockscout's required endpoints vs ev-reth's exposed endpoints)
• Custom 0x76 rendering via Blockscout's plugin/extension system:
  • Batch calls: Display individual calls within a 0x76 transaction instead of opaque calldata
  • Fee sponsorship: Show feePayer address, distinguish executor vs sponsor
  • Transaction type label: "EvNode Transaction" instead of "Unknown Type"

3. Atlas integration

• Ensure Atlas consumes the extended RPC fields for 0x76 transactions
• Native rendering of batch calls, sponsorship, and Evolve-specific metadata
• Atlas can go deeper than Blockscout since it's in-house: lane attribution, per-call gas breakdown, sponsor history, etc.

4. ev-node considerations

• Explorers need to handle ev-reth's block structure (no ommers, modified consensus fields)
• Block finality semantics: ev-node-derived finality vs explorer default assumptions
• If the chain uses ev-node for DA, explorers should ideally link to DA layer block references

Prior art

• Blockscout OP Stack Setup
• Blockscout GitHub -- production-optimism branch for OP Stack
• Blockscout Custom Extensions