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# How To Read A Bitcoin Block Explorer

How to read the transaction, address and block pages of a Bitcoin block explorer, and how to open one from Leather.

A Bitcoin block explorer is a website that shows the public data of the Bitcoin blockchain. You can check any transaction yourself instead of trusting a wallet, app or exchange.

## Read a transaction page

* **TXID:** the transaction's unique identifier.
* **Status:** unconfirmed (in the mempool) or confirmed, with the number of confirmations and the block it is in.
* **Inputs:** the earlier outputs being spent, with their addresses and amounts.
* **Outputs:** the addresses that receive bitcoin and how much each gets. One output is often change back to the sender.
* **Fee and fee rate:** the total fee in BTC or sats, and the fee rate in sat/vB.
* **Size and weight:** how much block space the transaction uses.

## Read an address page

* The balance, the total received and the total sent.
* Every transaction that involves the address.

## Read a block page

* The block height, hash and time.
* The number of transactions, the total fees and the block reward.

## Open an explorer from Leather

1. On the Home screen, open the "Activity" tab.
2. Click a transaction. Leather opens it in a block explorer.

To look up your whole address, copy it from "Receive" and paste it into the explorer's search. Everything an explorer shows is public. See [Account Privacy](/wallet-and-security/account-privacy.md).

See [What is a Blockchain Explorer?](/learn/what-is-a-blockchain-explorer.md).