Blockchain Explorer is a powerful tool that provides users with transparency and visual access to blockchain networks, allowing people to gain a deeper understanding of how blockchains work. Whether you are a blockchain beginner or an experienced enthusiast, it is crucial to understand the functions and usage of blockchain browsers. This article will delve into the functions of the blockchain browser and provide you with a detailed introduction to its uses and operation guidelines, allowing you to easily navigate the mysteries of the blockchain world.

**What is a blockchain explorer?**

Every day, whether on mobile phones or computers, we will definitely use web browsers such as Google Chrome.
UC Browser, etc. are used to browse various messages on different websites. Blockchain Browser also has a similar function. It is a practical tool that helps us browse transaction messages on the blockchain chain.

In addition to Bitcoin, there are also blockchain browsers for other currencies. For example, the Ethereum blockchain browser is a very commonly used one. However, we will focus on the Bitcoin browser today.

**How to start using Blockchain Explorer?**

This time we take btc.com as an example and walk you through the actual interface step by step. In fact, you only need to search on the homepage and enter the wallet address (Adress) and transaction ID (Tx
ID), block height number (Height) or block hash value (Hash), you can query it directly.

The two most common use cases encountered by users are as follows:

To check a specific transaction, the transaction ID will be entered.

Check the asset balance of a single address

**What information can be found in the blockchain browser?**

Based on the above two situations, we randomly query the transactions on btc.com and further explain the information inside:

To check a specific transaction, enter the ID of the transaction. We randomly checked the transaction ID as

The transaction for "9b9a91d56b1edc742b67809358b4c8faef4bc9a0fab3c7850287ce004e3286e7".

Let’s take a look at some basic information that everyone often sees:

Block height (Height): The blockchain is like building blocks, which are stacked continuously upwards, so the order of blocks is expressed by height. This height #599185 is the latest block produced at that moment.

Transaction confirmation (Comfirmation): After the transaction is packaged into a block and uploaded to the chain for the first time, a confirmation is completed, a new block is generated on top of the block, and a second confirmation is completed...and so on. Generally speaking, Said, after completing more than 6 confirmations, a transaction can be considered almost irreversible.

Timestamp: The time when the transaction was packaged and added to the blockchain by miners

Input (Input) & Output (Output): The principle is equivalent to the accounting T-ledger, Input is the debit (asset), and Output is the credit

Fees: The service fee for miners to package transactions and record them on the chain. The difference between Input and Output is the fee.

**Check address balance**

When querying the address, we mainly check the balance (Balance) and Tx Count
is the number of transactions that occurred in this address. Below is a list of messages for each transaction. The string on the left of the gray grid is the transaction ID. The amount input and output messages for the transaction are displayed below.