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Overview

Etherscan Metadata provides structured access to address-level context, helping developers, compliance teams, and analytics platforms understand the entities behind onchain activity. By enriching raw addresses with nametags, labels, categories, and descriptive
attributes, Etherscan Metadata makes blockchain data easier to interpret and use in real-world applications. With multichain coverage across the EVM ecosystem, organizations can analyze and
monitor labeled entities across multiple networks through a unified dataset.

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Key Capabilities

  • Multichain coverage across Ethereum, Base, BSC, Polygon and 60+ supported
    chains.
  • Address metadata including entity nametags, labels, categories, and descriptive attributes.
  • Structured, machine-readable data designed for analytics, monitoring, and compliance workflows.
  • Built for integration into applications, internal tools, and enterprise data pipelines.

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Metadata Access Options

Etherscan Metadata is available in two formats, depending on your use case.

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Address Metadata API

  • Real-time metadata lookup for specific addresses.
  • Returns structured metadata such as nametags, labels, and categories.
  • Designed for real-time applications and UI enrichment.

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Metadata CSV (Enterprise)

  • Full multichain dataset delivered via API-triggered export.
  • Bulk access to labeled addresses across supported chains.
  • Available as downloadable CSV or ZIP files.
  • Designed for large-scale analytics and compliance workflows.

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Use Cases

  • Compliance and risk monitoring: Address screening and AML workflows.
  • Blockchain analytics: Entity tracking and ecosystem insights.
  • Applications and wallets: Display human-readable entity labels and address context.
  • Trading and research: Monitor activity from exchanges, protocols, and key entities.

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Why Etherscan Metadata

  • This is the same dataset that powers address tags across Etherscan-supported explorers, providing useful context to millions of users daily.
  • Large, continuously updated dataset of labeled addresses.
  • Multichain coverage across the EVM ecosystem.
  • Designed for integration into enterprise workflows.