Block explorer
A website or tool that indexes a blockchain and presents its blocks, transactions and address balances in readable form. It allows independent verification of on-chain facts but provides no attribution beyond any labels added by its operator.
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Essays
- A Powerful Tool Will Not Save You
“My very first case was solved with nothing but a block explorer and a pencil.”
- What a USDT Recovery Actually Looks Like
“For this specific step, cross-check on a block explorer (or USDTBanList) that reads the contract state directly, or you will think the money is still sitting there when it is already gone.”
- Guess Who? (On-chain)
“Then I took each one to OpenSea (EVMs) or Magic Eden (Solana) to read its collections, and to open block explorers to see every NFT it had ever touched, even the ones held for a single day, even inside a narrow window.”