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What is a block explorer?

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A website that lets you look up any transaction, address, or block on Bitcoin's public record, like mempool.space. Paste in a transaction ID to see if it has confirmed.

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Explorers show confirmations, the fee paid, and where the coins came from and went. Looking up your own address on someone else's site tells that site you're interested in it. For privacy, some people run their own explorer on their own node.

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