Everything you need to know about finding information on a block explorer!

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A block explorer is like a search engine for a specific blockchain. It allows anyone to explore current and historical data related to transactions, addresses, blocks, and more.

Blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum are public ledgers for cryptocurrency transactions. As public records, the transactions on them are transparent and open to all.

Block explorers are essential to this transparency as they allow you to find information on the blockchain.

A block explorer is commonly used to track the status of both incoming and outgoing transactions. For instance, if you send funds but they don’t appear in the destination wallet, you can use a block explorer to check the status of the transaction and confirm the recipient's address.

Block explorers also let you see your transaction history, current balance, and other address details. They also offer other technical real-time information such as block difficulty, block height, hash rate, transaction fees, and transaction volume.

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Understanding how to read transaction details on a block explorer can help you track your crypto.

Every block explorer has a search field where you can look up a transaction by its transaction ID or a wallet address. The results page will show key details for completed and pending transactions, as well as information about wallet addresses with a transaction history.

To check a specific transaction, enter the transaction ID into the search field. To find your transaction ID in Exodus, visit: How do I find a transaction ID?

The results will show the following for Bitcoin and Ethereum transactions:

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You can check an address's balance by looking it up on its corresponding block explorer.

Every block explorer has a search field that lets you look up transactions using a transaction ID (hash) or a wallet address. Searching for your address will display your balance, transaction history, and any associated token balances.

To find the address of a specific asset, visit: How do I receive Bitcoin and other crypto in Exodus?

In the examples below, we'll look up a Bitcoin and an Ethereum address.

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For assets that support multiple addresses in Exodus, looking up a single address on a block explorer will only show the balance for that specific address.

You would have to check all your addresses individually to see your total balance.

However, UTXO-based assets, also use an extended public key (xpub or zpub) to display all associated addresses and the total balance on a supported block explorer. For more information, visit: How do I export my xpub or zpub?

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Please note that not all block explorers support looking up xpub or zpub keys.
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For Bitcoin, you can use explorers like Blockonomics, Blockpath, and Trezor Bitcoin Explorer to look up your extended public key.

If the funds you sent haven’t arrived at the destination wallet, you can use a block explorer to investigate. While we use a Bitcoin transaction as an example below, these steps also apply to missing deposits on other networks.

To verify that the destination address is correct, you'll need to compare the intended address with the actual address shown in the transaction details.

Here's how you can find your transaction ID in Exodus: How do I find a transaction ID?

We'll use the popular Bitcoin block explorer, Mempool.space, and this transaction as an example:

You may have to scroll down until you see Inputs & Outputs.

Next, it is important to check how many confirmations the transaction has. To do this, open up a transaction. We will use this one as an example:

When a transaction is confirmed on the blockchain, the number of confirmations will appear in green. This means the transaction is included in a block and verified by the network. The funds should be in the destination wallet.

If the transaction has not been confirmed, it will display as Unconfirmed in red. The network has not yet processed an unconfirmed transaction.

If your Bitcoin transaction remains unconfirmed, you can accelerate it by paying a higher fee to the network. This increases its priority, allowing it to be processed ahead of transactions with a lower fee.

If your transaction is confirmed on the blockchain and the destination address is correct, but the funds are still not appearing in the wallet, the best step is to contact the support team for the receiving wallet.

When you do this, please include the transaction ID in your message, as this will also help them troubleshoot the issue.

Most block explorers provide data for a single blockchain. Here are links to common block explorers for the assets currently supported by Exodus.