The new feature eliminates the need for users to visit Etherscan by returning balances directly in search results.
Google’s search engine now includes information on Ethereum addresses. When you enter an Etheruem address into the search bar, the world’s largest website now tells you how much ETH some wallets hold.
The new feature operates through Etherscan, a website that provides data on the Ethereum blockchain.
After itcoin">Bitcoin, Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Its blockchain is used to create popular decentralized apps (known as dapps). It hosts DeFi and NFT trading activity worth billions of dollars.
With the right tools, anyone can find out how much ETH a wallet holds, what transactions it has made, and what applications its owner has interacted with on the network. This is the type of data that traders and analysts can find extremely useful, and companies like Nansen have built businesses around making such data more accessible.
Google is becoming more crypto-focused: as CNBC first reported, the internet giant will begin accepting itcoin">Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin as payment for cloud services through oinbase">Coinbase early next year.
