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This PR updates the “Verifying Your Contract” section in the Foundry deployment guide. Previously, the documentation referenced Etherscan verification using --etherscan-api-key while targeting the Ink Sepolia network, which uses Blockscout instead. #609

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@HarleyQeen

This PR updates the “Verifying Your Contract” section in the Foundry deployment guide. Previously, the documentation referenced Etherscan verification using --etherscan-api-key while targeting the Ink Sepolia network, which uses Blockscout instead.

This caused confusion and verification failures when developers attempted to verify contracts on Ink.

Changes:

Replaced all mentions of Etherscan with Blockscout.

Updated the example forge verify-contract command to use the proper Blockscout verifier flags: forge verify-contract <DEPLOYED_CONTRACT_ADDRESS> src/InkContract.sol:InkContract
--chain-id 763373
--verifier blockscout
--verifier-url https://explorer-sepolia.inkonchain.com/api
--verifier-api-key $BLOCKSCOUT_API_KEY

Clarified that the Ink Sepolia network is verified through Blockscout, not Etherscan.

Aligned environment variable names (INKSEPOLIA_RPC_URL instead of RPC_URL) for consistency with Foundry profiles.

Why:

Etherscan and Blockscout use different APIs and are not interchangeable. Ink’s Sepolia network is powered by Blockscout, so verification must target its API endpoint (https://explorer-sepolia.inkonchain.com/api). Without this fix, forge verify-contract fails with an “unsupported chain” error.

Originally posted by @HarleyQeen in #572

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