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edited description of what a block explorer is, as it's not necessarily a visualization tool but rather a database of transactions. also Solana got hit by a stray bullet on the block explorer features, felt a little unnecessary
(Linked to existing pages for a few mentioned and added some additional explorers I had from my compendium)
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A block explorer is a tool that users can visualise a blockchain's history with. Each blockchain can be visualised using many different types of block explorer. Block explorers are usually visual representations of the data collected on an archive node of a blockchain.
A block explorer is a tool that allows users to view real-time information about a blockchain. There are usually multiple block explorers for each blockchain. As each block is processed in a given blockchain, block explorers allow users to view transaction data, addresses, fees, and much more.


=== Different block explorers ===
=== Different block explorers ===
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=== Block explorer features ===
=== Block explorer features ===
Some block explorers possess more functionality than others. Indeed, given that Solana currently does not have any public archive nodes, it is impossible to say that it even possesses a block explorer if users cannot a transaction that happened a year ago. Some features present on etherscan:  
Some block explorers possess more functionality than others.
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|Address
Features present on Etherscan:  
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|balance
* [[Contract address|contract]] address
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* balance
|Source value
* source value
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* token list
|token list
* complete archive of every transaction
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* internal transactions
|complete archive of every transactions
* erc-20 (or equivalent) token transactions
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* erc-721 (or equivalent) token txns
|internal txns
* labels
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* contract source code
|erc-20 (or equivalent) token transactionns
* interaction analytics
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* transaction action section
|erc-721 (or equivalent) token txns
* DEX Trades for Tokens
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* Holder distribution lists
|labels
* Token approval list
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|contract source code
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|interaction analytics
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|transaction action section
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|DEX Trades for Tokens
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|Holder distribution lists
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|Token approval list
|}
In addition, other features like diffcheckers are possible.
In addition, other features like diffcheckers are possible.
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