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What is a block explorer, and how can I view a wallet's history?

A basic overview of how to use block explorers

Written by Bruno

What is a block explorer?

A block explorer lets you view public blockchain data, including wallet addresses and their transaction history, transactions, token transfers, and contract activity. Block explorers are useful for diagnosing transaction or balance issues. The information shown is public, although some explorers may offer additional labels or analytics.

You can find the block explorer for each 1inch-supported network here. Availability can vary by product and network.

All 1inch protocols may not be available on every network. Currently, Ethereum Mainnet is the only network that supports all 1inch protocols.

Depending on the network and explorer, you can search for transaction hashes, wallet addresses, tokens, ENS names or other domains, labels, and contract activity.

Note: On EVM-compatible networks, addresses and transaction hashes start with “0x”. Solana addresses and transaction signatures use a different format. An EVM transaction hash is typically 66 characters long: “0x” followed by 64 hexadecimal characters.

How to view/read a transaction (basic)

To look up a specific transaction on a block explorer, copy and paste the transaction hash or ID from your wallet app or the 1inch dApp into the explorer’s search bar.

To find the transaction hash or ID, open the transaction history in your wallet app or the 1inch dApp. The exact location may vary by product and version.

In this example, we will use the following transaction: 0x310e289e9fa47affd73f1224e8686df0fb04c763617c7bccf5a3bc3a71baa66d

In this transaction, a user successfully swapped 3,000 USDT for approximately 0.9571 ETH (shown under “Transaction Action”). Etherscan identifies Sushiswap as the DEX used and the 1inch Aggregation Router V4 as the contract called by the transaction. The transaction fee was approximately 0.011295 ETH. The transaction receives ETH after the router handles the WETH-to-ETH conversion:

The wallet that initiated the swap is shown under the "From" category:


How to view a wallet address (basic)

To look up a specific wallet address on a block explorer, copy and paste the address from your wallet app or the 1inch dApp into the explorer’s search bar. (We will use the address from the transaction example above.)

Here, you will be able to view all of the existing assets within the wallet, along with a complete history of all transactions.

Depending on the network and explorer, you may be able to view internal transactions, ERC-20 token transfers, ERC-721 and ERC-1155 NFT transfers, analytics, and public comments.

For the most accurate details, use the explorer for the relevant network.

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