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	* [https://blockexplorer.com/ Bitcoin Block Explorer]		* [https://blockexplorer.com/ Bitcoin Block Explorer]
	* [https://blockexplorer.com/q Realtime stats and queries]		* [https://blockexplorer.com/q Realtime stats and queries]

			== References ==
			<references />

			[[Category:Services]]
			[[Category:Block chain browsers]]

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	'''Bitcoin Block Explorer''' is an online [[block explorer]] which displays the contents of individual [[Bitcoin]] [[blocks]] and [[transactions]] and the transaction histories and balances of [[Address\|addresses]]. It was originally written by theymos~~, but it~~ is ~~now~~ operated by Liraz Siri.		'''Bitcoin Block Explorer''' (blockexplorer.com) is an online [[block explorer]] which displays the contents of individual [[Bitcoin]] [[blocks]] and [[transactions]] and the transaction histories and balances of [[Address\|addresses]]. It was originally written by theymos and is operated by Liraz Siri.<ref name="site">[https://blockexplorer.com/ blockexplorer.com]</ref>

	Each object is displayed in human-readable form, as a web page~~, and is given~~ a URL. ~~By using hyperlinks, it allows users to switch from seeing one piece of data to a~~ related ~~one, with a single click. Clicking on the hash of an object, will move to the page that displays its data. This way~~ for ~~instance, you can switch~~ from ~~looking at~~ a transaction, to ~~looking at the~~ previous transaction ~~which gave this transaction~~ its inputs. ~~All block data is visible, in human-readable or machine-readable forms, and even some information that is not actually part of blocks.~~		Each object is displayed in human-readable form as a web page with a URL. Hyperlinks move between related objects (for example from a transaction to a previous transaction that supplied its inputs). Tool-tips provide additional help. The main page has historically listed “strange,” latest, and largest transactions. Testnet information has also been offered.

	~~It is mainly aimed at advanced users who already know what blocks are and what kind of information they contain, but a lot of helpful information is provided in tool~~-tips.

	~~A listing of "strange transactions" is displayed in the~~ main page, ~~along with listings of the~~ latest and largest transactions.

	~~Bitcoin Block Explorer can~~ also ~~display information from the [[Testnet]]~~.

	== History ==		== History ==

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	Bitcoin Block Explorer can also display information from the [[Testnet]].		Bitcoin Block Explorer can also display information from the [[Testnet]].

	==History==		== History ==
			Many of the real-time stats pages existed before Bitcoin Block Explorer at http://theymos.ath.cx:64150/q. ''getdifficulty'' and ''getblockcount'' were created around July 2010, with further query pages soon after, in response to block and difficulty values being hard-coded into text on the old wiki.

	Many of the real-time stats pages existed before Bitcoin Block Explorer at http://theymos.ath.cx:64150/q. ''getdifficulty'' and ''getblockcount'' were created around July 2010, with ''decimaltarget'', ''probability'', ''hashestowin'', ''nextretarget'', ''totalbc'', and ''bcperblock'' coming soon after. These pages were made in response to block and difficulty values being "hard-coded" into text on the old wiki, which quickly made the information obsolete.		Bitcoin Block Explorer was first made available around November 2010 at http://theymos.ath.cx:64150/bbe. After it became more popular than the real-time stats pages, BBE moved to http://blockexplorer.com/, and real-time stats moved to http://blockexplorer.com/q.

	Bitcoin Block Explorer was first made available around November 2010 at http://theymos.ath.cx:64150/bbe~~. It was initially meant to be the Bitcoin equivalent of [http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/ TorStatus], dumping all important data about the network~~. After it became ~~much~~ more popular than the real-time stats pages, BBE ~~was~~ moved to http://blockexplorer.com/, and real-time-stats ~~were~~ moved to http://blockexplorer.com/q.

	== Interfacing ==		== Interfacing ==

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 Bitcoin Block Explorer was first made available around November 2010 at http://theymos.ath.cx:64150/bbe. It was initially meant to be the Bitcoin equivalent of [http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/ TorStatus], dumping all important data about the network. After it became much more popular than the real-time stats pages, BBE was moved to http://blockexplorer.com/, and real-time-stats were moved to http://blockexplorer.com/q.
-==Interfacing with BBE==
+== Interfacing ==
+Historical operator guidance preferred the [http://blockexplorer.com/q query pages] such as ''getreceivedbyaddress''. Those pages do not send a trailing newline. Errors begin with “ERROR:”. The site supported search and rawblock/rawtx URL patterns.
 == See also ==

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	Unfortunately, the JSON raw block/tx pages omit a lot of important information, and there is no similar page for addresses. A full XML interface is planned. Scraping the HTML pages is not recommended, as the layout can change at any time.		Unfortunately, the JSON raw block/tx pages omit a lot of important information, and there is no similar page for addresses. A full XML interface is planned. Scraping the HTML pages is not recommended, as the layout can change at any time.

	==See ~~Also~~==		== See also ==
			* [[:Category:Block chain browsers\|Block chain browsers]]
	* [[:Category:Block chain browsers\|Block chain browsers]] ~~directory~~		* [[Insight]]
			* [[mempool.space]]
			* [[Esplora]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* [https://blockexplorer.com/ Bitcoin Block Explorer]		* [https://blockexplorer.com/ Bitcoin Block Explorer]
	* [https://blockexplorer.com/q Realtime stats and queries]		* [https://blockexplorer.com/q Realtime stats and queries]

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	* [[:Category:Block chain browsers\|Block chain browsers]] directory		* [[:Category:Block chain browsers\|Block chain browsers]] directory

	== External ~~Links~~ ==		== External links ==
			* [https://blockexplorer.com/ Bitcoin Block Explorer]
	* [~~http~~://blockexplorer.com/ Bitcoin Block Explorer ~~main website~~]		* [https://blockexplorer.com/q Realtime stats and queries]
	* [~~http://blockexplorer.com/testnet Version for testnet]~~
	* [http://blockexplorer.com/q Realtime stats and ~~other~~ queries~~] (RESTful)~~

	~~[[Category:Services]]~~
	~~[[Category:Block chain browsers]~~]

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	'''Bitcoin Block Explorer''' is an online [[block ~~chain browser~~]] which displays the contents of individual [[Bitcoin]] [[blocks]] and [[transactions]] and the transaction histories and balances of [[Address\|addresses]]. It was originally written by theymos, but it is now operated by Liraz Siri.		'''Bitcoin Block Explorer''' is an online [[block explorer]] which displays the contents of individual [[Bitcoin]] [[blocks]] and [[transactions]] and the transaction histories and balances of [[Address\|addresses]]. It was originally written by theymos, but it is now operated by Liraz Siri.

	Each object is displayed in human-readable form, as a web page, and is given a URL. By using hyperlinks, it allows users to switch from seeing one piece of data to a related one, with a single click. Clicking on the hash of an object, will move to the page that displays its data. This way for instance, you can switch from looking at a transaction, to looking at the previous transaction which gave this transaction its inputs. All block data is visible, in human-readable or machine-readable forms, and even some information that is not actually part of blocks.		Each object is displayed in human-readable form, as a web page, and is given a URL. By using hyperlinks, it allows users to switch from seeing one piece of data to a related one, with a single click. Clicking on the hash of an object, will move to the page that displays its data. This way for instance, you can switch from looking at a transaction, to looking at the previous transaction which gave this transaction its inputs. All block data is visible, in human-readable or machine-readable forms, and even some information that is not actually part of blocks.

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	~~[http://www.blockexplorer.com Blockexplorer.com]~~ is an online [[block chain browser]] which displays the contents of individual [[Bitcoin]] [[blocks]] and [[transactions]] and the transaction histories and balances of [[Address\|addresses]]. It was originally written by theymos, but it is now operated by Liraz Siri.		'''Bitcoin Block Explorer''' is an online [[block chain browser]] which displays the contents of individual [[Bitcoin]] [[blocks]] and [[transactions]] and the transaction histories and balances of [[Address\|addresses]]. It was originally written by theymos, but it is now operated by Liraz Siri.

	Each object is displayed in human-readable form, as a web page, and is given a URL. By using hyperlinks, it allows users to switch from seeing one piece of data to a related one, with a single click. Clicking on the hash of an object, will move to the page that displays its data. This way for instance, you can switch from looking at a transaction, to looking at the previous transaction which gave this transaction its inputs. All block data is visible, in human-readable or machine-readable forms, and even some information that is not actually part of blocks.		Each object is displayed in human-readable form, as a web page, and is given a URL. By using hyperlinks, it allows users to switch from seeing one piece of data to a related one, with a single click. Clicking on the hash of an object, will move to the page that displays its data. This way for instance, you can switch from looking at a transaction, to looking at the previous transaction which gave this transaction its inputs. All block data is visible, in human-readable or machine-readable forms, and even some information that is not actually part of blocks.

Theymos at 22:47, 6 April 2014

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	[http://www.blockexplorer.com Blockexplorer.com] is an online [[block chain browser]] which displays the contents of individual [[Bitcoin]] [[blocks]] and [[transactions]] and the transaction histories and balances of [[Address\|addresses]]. It is operated by ~~[[User:theymos\|theymos]]~~.		[http://www.blockexplorer.com Blockexplorer.com] is an online [[block chain browser]] which displays the contents of individual [[Bitcoin]] [[blocks]] and [[transactions]] and the transaction histories and balances of [[Address\|addresses]]. It was originally written by theymos, but it is now operated by Liraz Siri.

	Each object is displayed in human-readable form, as a web page, and is given a URL. By using hyperlinks, it allows users to switch from seeing one piece of data to a related one, with a single click. Clicking on the hash of an object, will move to the page that displays its data. This way for instance, you can switch from looking at a transaction, to looking at the previous transaction which gave this transaction its inputs. All block data is visible, in human-readable or machine-readable forms, and even some information that is not actually part of blocks.		Each object is displayed in human-readable form, as a web page, and is given a URL. By using hyperlinks, it allows users to switch from seeing one piece of data to a related one, with a single click. Clicking on the hash of an object, will move to the page that displays its data. This way for instance, you can switch from looking at a transaction, to looking at the previous transaction which gave this transaction its inputs. All block data is visible, in human-readable or machine-readable forms, and even some information that is not actually part of blocks.

Biteasy: Biteasy moved page Bitcoin Block Explorer to BlockExplorer.com: Current title is misleading as it implies that blockexplorer.com is the official Bitcoin Block Explorer, which is not the case.

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Biteasy moved page Bitcoin Block Explorer to BlockExplorer.com: Current title is misleading as it implies that blockexplorer.com is the official Bitcoin Block Explorer, which is not the case.

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