Topic: Difference between myetherwallet.com en etherscan.io - page 2. (Read 180 times)

Hi Friends,
Try to add your coin in your wallet.. you can doin it in the bottom right tab. there are showing the coloumn. you must put the contract address, decimal and syombol from your coin.

It’s simple, Etherscan can read all ERC20 coins and also the muetherwallet. But on MEW you need to custom the token and fill up the contact address, decimal etc and then save manually. This is it.

you should add custom token first on myetherwallet, so, you can see your token in your MEW list
https://coinsutra.com/add-custom-token-myetherwallet
etherscan.io is an explorer that will show you everything wich mean ethereum and ethereum tokens in your ethereum address

This question confuse many newbie alot and i want to take a little time to throw more light on this topic. As understanding the difference between these two may help you secure your wallet and enable you know when to use one against another.

What Is Myetherwallet ?
This is a user friendly interface that allows you store, receive, and send ethereum token and all standard ERC20 token on the ethereum blockchain.

You need the Un-disclosable private key to get access to Myetherwallet to be able to carry out any of the features(transaction) above. And for all ERC20 token it requires you to manually add those token using the token Contract address, ticker and decimal.

What Is Etherscan ?
Etherscan is like a mirror to ethereum blockchain. It mirrors all the stores token on an ether wallet, it shows transaction history of sent and received token, and available token(Standard ERC20 Token) on your wallet.

It is used to look up your wallet for transaction history. You can say its more like an ethereum search engine (Google search the web), (Etherscan for Ethereum blockchain). To be able to view your transaction history all you need is to input your wallet Public Key. Viola! you can view all your assets and transaction history.

The Difference
Myetherwallet is used to carry out transaction(send and receive) while etherscan is used to search and view all transaction on the ethereum blockchain using your Public key.

You can check out my other thread on How To Stay Safer With Your Private Key and Secure Your Crypto Assets https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.40647747

Myetherwallet is, as it's said in the name, is the wallet where you can have all your tokens, not only the existing cryptocurrency but also all the coins which support the ERC20 format, basically, every coin of Initial Coin Offering projects can be held there. Etherscan is used to track all your transactions

Thank you all for your help! May Satoshi bless you!

Etherscan can see every ERC20 token inside that address and the transaction made even the balance.

while in MYETHERWALLET

you need to add first the token address and other stuff to see it. though
this one has an address a wallet where you can store and send tokens.

Etherscan is useful for see transaction history, token tickers and token price but myetherwallet is useful for add token and sending token and receive token. You need to add token by contract address and symbol.

Those are two different things. One works as a wallet and the other helps you look and track wallet addresses, tokens, prices, transactions and other casual stuffs.
In myetherwallet, you will have to custom add your coin. Have you tried adding it manually?

Myetherwallet is your wallet and Etherscan.io is the site which is able to scan your Myetherwallet(MEW) to determine the entire storage of your wallet. All you need to do is click "add Custom token" right side and then fill up the "Token Contract Address, Token Symbol, Decimals of token" and then save manually. That's it, you may now view the token in your wallet, or much better just watch the tutorial video on youtube.

actually nothing is missing, etherscan has the ability to read all ERC20 based coin as well as myetherwallet, but on MEW you have to add new altcoin description like contract addres, decimal etc. the difference is that MEW can do anything like sending coins, while etherscan can only see, such as transaction results and a list of other activities from your wallet, thank you

Yes, this can be happened. By default most of the tokens are not showing in MEW and need to manually add. To show tokens in your MyEtherWallet, you need to load the particular token in to the MyEtherWallet by providing contract address and Decimal number of the token.

Hi,

I have got a question. On Etherscan I can see my altcoins ODEM & NOBS, but I can't see them on Myetherwallet. Does anyone know why there is a difference, or am i missing something?

Thanks for your help already!