Ask HN: What for do you use Bitcoin block explorers ?

Posted by etiennebch on Saturday April 18, 2020 @07:36AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am considering building a bitcoin block explorer as a side project and I would like the opinion from HN, as there are already many explorers out there.

1- What for do you use them generally if at all ?

2- How often ?

3- What is your background when you use it (developer, trader, layman ?)

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Re:Ask HN: What for do you use Bitcoin block explorers ? by ruialmeida on Saturday April 18, 2020 @09:04AM (#22907423)

As a layman I sometimes use a block explorer to check how many confirmations a transaction I made has. I also check the median confirmation time and mean transaction fees out of curiosity if confirmations are taking too long but I let the BTC client choose the fee so I rarely have problems with confirmations on the network.

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