How do you use a block explorer?
Learn more about a blockchain’s transparency with a block explorer. A blockchain, in its essence, provides a digital record of transactions. At present, this most often pertains to transaction records for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). The database of records, called blocks, is often touted for its transparency and immutability. But what do these features really mean? If you want to analyze a blockchain transaction, you first need to know how to use a block explorer.What is a block explorer?A block explorer is a crucial instrument in the toolbox of a cryptocurrency and blockchain....
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The block explorer has long been one of the most important applications in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The blockchain's ingenuity and the the massive computer power backing it make it the perfect financial ledger, but its sheer size and programming language make it unreadable to normal human beings. Blockchain.info fixed that in 2011 with the first real block explorer available to the public. All 70+ million transactions and every Bitcoin address published to the blockchain are indexed and easily-searchable, with a simple user interface that almost anyone with a home computer can understand.....
BitFlyer has released a new block explorer that it hopes will provide a more colorful and robust offering amidst the growing landscape for online bitcoin tools. Dubbed chainFlyer, the visualizer provides an illustrated environment in which users can examine individual bitcoin transactions, inspect completed blocks on the bitcoin ledger and search for information on the blockchain. Transactions are depicted as multicolored charms that descend from the top of the screen, chiming when they fall to the browser floor. In turn, blocks are pictured as boxes that can be opened and examined for....
Etherscan and OpenEthereum are stuck on one block shortly after Berlin hard fork. The OpenEthereum client for Ethereum, formerly known as the Parity client, is reportedly malfunctioning for a number of users on Thursday afternoon UTC, including the popular block explorer Etherscan.According to multiple user reports on GitHub, the OpenEthereum client has been stuck on block 12,244,294, or just 294 blocks after the Berlin hard fork was executed. The error message seems to indicate that the client is rejecting the new blocks, thinking that its state Merkle root is invalid.The issue seems to....
Unmarshal, a Multi-chain DeFi data indexing network, makes another grand move by releasing a multi-chain explorer with support for Ethereum, Polygon and Binance Smart Chain. The multi-chain modeled for investors, developers, or even exchanges functions as a decentralized data querying tool for interested parties as it indexes blockchains from genesis block to the latest block. […]
PRESS RELEASE. LibreScan, the First Decentralized Blockchain Explorer supported by QANplatform Estonia, Tallinn: The team behind QANplatform announces LibreScan, the first open-source self-hosted Decentralized Blockchain Explorer (DBE). Cryptocurrency holders will soon be able to self-host their blockchain explorer to ensure their private information can not be associated with their wallet addresses to avoid centralized tracking. The foundation of blockchain technology is decentralization. Unfortunately, the reality is that 95% of the crypto community relies on centralized services like....