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Block explorer

Meaning in blockchain & crypto, with examples

nounCommon term

In blockchain & crypto, block explorer means: A website that lets anyone search a blockchain and see blocks, transactions, addresses and smart contracts in readable form.

In Turkish: blok gezgini, blok tarayıcısı

How it is used

Often shortened to explorer. Users check a transaction on an explorer, developers verify contract code on it, and journalists and analysts use explorers to follow funds after a hack. Each network usually has its own explorer.

Example sentences

  1. You can see on the block explorer that the transaction failed because it ran out of gas.

  2. We verified the contract source code on the block explorer so users can read it.

Common collocations

  • check on a block explorer
  • verify on the explorer
  • explorer link
  • search the block explorer
  • transaction hashA unique code that identifies one transaction on a blockchain. You can paste it into a block explorer to see the sender, receiver, amount, fee and status.
  • blockA batch of confirmed transactions that is added to a blockchain at one time. Each block contains the hash of the previous block, which links the blocks together into a chain.
  • wallet addressA string of letters and numbers that shows where crypto can be sent, similar to an account number. On Ethereum, for example, addresses start with 0x.
  • on-chainRecorded directly on the blockchain itself, so that anyone can check it with a block explorer. It describes transactions, data, activity and even voting.

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