What is this guide about?

How to read Etherscan to audit the Open DAO Treasury.

Why is etherscan important?

  1. Etherscan is a blockchain explorer that allows you to see transactions that occur on the Ethereum blockchain.
  2. This tool allows you to see what an externally owned wallet or smart contract has transacted as well as see the code of different smart contracts or even interact with them (this is for more advanced users).

Steps

  1. Let’s take a look at the Open DAO treasury because if you’re a hodler and have placed trust in our multisig holders, it’s important to be able to track the treasury. Furthermore we can see all of the hodlers of SOS as well as the contracts that interact with it.
  2. First head over to Etherscan.io - note:

<aside> 💡 Always type web addresses in the browser yourself for safety!

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Next we will search for the SOS token contract using the Ethereum Blockchain Explorer. The SOS token contract is 0x3b484b82567a09e2588a13d54d032153f0c0aee0.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/HMv3Z22chocjFGX6IN_4XhC6c6vy55URg8H0LTIVFVINau7qjxWdSpVut5IhgU1kWWIG2IjXnPl-KIZjtDRFiyz7idw2_h61S07MlaG6jGUPvn-fU8biettn02dvoVwbJztrxgpG

<aside> 💡 It is important to always search etherscan by using the contract address because there are impersonators out there!

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  1. The page we come to will show all the transactions that have occurred using the SOS token on the Ethereum blockchain.
  2. (Optional) You can read and audit the token contract if you want! Click on the Contract and click Code.

<aside> 💡 On a side note, don’t ever interact with a smart contract that the Code is not publicly viewable.

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  1. For now we will instead click on the token name so that we can navigate to the token tracker page and see who holds this token.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/QQ4CQoDN29RMIWUossUjVWKskMCFrRh0bkE3HbxtnVAqPwOmCbZeYupjBmbIPe35vJanSmY_M7tWXUv04xc1mOeKhC5j6Km1h2gqr2hWL-Z_cewAvi1JoF6p76OirUjMBBS42xbL

  1. Next we will select ‘Holders’ to see who holds this token.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mNRsMR_V56KPRtfkrtAh7rWS5VZZ-ZP9ZO40S0NuuS2fmU-_d5pNYh-l2gQmGMkkK-TTIn1yhql-qYZulBiSaS44GEoVS26UTb7uNSiiTt_NwDSd8hg3U9eZGG-5oNGYYJTZYy_E