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What is the best explorer for Bitcoin BTC?
I usually use blockchair.com.
It is the most convenient for me.

Are there any decent alternatives ?

Mempool.space is also a good one. But then it depends on what "features" you're looking for. If it's just to see the amount, transaction hash, and the addresses involved in a transaction then I really don't see what difference would changing the explorer make.

Here is a list of bitcoin block explorers by @GazetaBitcoin, you can chose from the list one that fit best to what you're looking for (features) in the explorers.

List of useful Bitcoin block explorers (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5197909.0)


Some times people get tired of using one service all the time. Maybe OP just needs to toy around with other block explorers because personally I don't see much difference as long as I can see the TX hash and other important things.

Thanks, that means I'm using the most popular one)
But I'll try to use Mempool.space.

Mempool.space is kind of better than many other explorers. On mempool.space, you can easily know if a transaction has parents and the average fee used. It can be used to know if a transaction is broadcasted by full node that support full RBF. It can easily be used to know the fee rate for each priority. Mempool.space is just not an explorer.

blockchair is for general information.

mempool.space is for technical information.

wallet.explorer is for tracking coins.

I don't see any other explorers are good, most of them fall to "general information" which blockchair is better since they have Tor version.

Thanks for the detailed answers.
It's a pity that we can't give likes on this forum.

above recommendations are useful, remember to visit these services using Tor.

Please do not recommend wallet.explorer. They record users' IP addresses and provide them to third parties and blockchain analysis companies. The data they provide is inaccurate, so this service is bad for privacy and should not be relied upon.

By what criteria do you evaluate "the best explorer for Bitcoin BTC"?
What features should an explorer have to receive the “best” status?

I used to use blockchain.com, but now for some reason this site doesn’t open for me, so I also use https://blockchair.com/bitcoin more often.

It seems to me that these explorers are fundamentally not much different from each other (except in design).

Here is one of the alternatives https://blockstream.info/, but it seems to me that there are more than a dozen similar ones on the Internet.

I evaluate the explorer based on ease of use and the presence of address markings (so that exchange addresses are visible).
Also, by the way, Oklink is an interesting tool.

Mempool.space is best explorer for me, and I tried most of the other alternatives.
There is a lot of options to choose with nice graphical interface, and estimates for confirmations are mostly correct.
Good thing about mempool.space is open source code and you can even start it yourself if you are running bitcoin node.

Blockchair is also the one I use for any random lookups and I have not found any difficulty using it. Any reasons why you are looking for an alternative?

Depending on your own preferences, there might be some specifics that you are looking for and have to look for it elsewhere. But most of the data can be googled and found easily.

There is also the privacy issue that many users raise about putting your public address on these sites. But that address is public so people already know it, why bother?

I agree that ease of use should be top tier requirements that an explorer must meet in order to be considered a good one. Even if you are not a beginner per se, I still think that platforms with not too much complications even after much development are the best.

That's why I think blockchain.com is the best explorer out there. It offers an array of services without complicating things. It has a very user friendly interface so it is easy to use. Ofcourse there are more factors to consider but this is just one of them.

We must consider the top explorers that are easy to evaluate and provide good service. Blockchain Explorer serves the same purpose by providing a practical and simple interface through which data stored in a public ledger can be retrieved. It also increases transaction transparency. Researchers like blockchain.info also provide users with the opportunity to examine the largest transactions of the day.

Mempool.space is the way to go if you're also looking for some low-level information that are not usually present on other explorers.


Also to add, it's pretty helpful to use if you're looking to do a transaction on the spot since you will be given an idea on how much the fees are at the current time. With that information, you can avoid overpaying for the fees while also getting your transaction confirmed a lot faster and making it more efficient. It's what I use mempool.space mainly, but it's also good for tracking the trails of transactions (at least for me).

Best is for you, not for other people so you have to check this list, find a best explorer for you, OP.

I like mempool.space because it gives you mempool observer for transaction fee information too.

I like blockchair.com years ago but after that explorer changed its UI, I did not like it like before. The list still gives highest point to blockchair.com explorer but you must check all explorers in the list and find a best for yourself.

I think you mean change address, right?
Well, I doubt there is any block explorer which has such feature. Most of them will just list the inputs and outputsof the transaction as there is no way to tell with total certainty if an output is a change address.
Regarding your main question, when it comes to ease of use then, in my opinion, mempool.space is the best block explorer.

Then please recommend me the alternatives that people can see a connection between an address and another just like the quoted post below.


I disagree if they provide inaccurate data, many people use this explorer to caught cheaters. However, you can show me where's the inaccurate data they provided and compare it with the accurate data.

It's true this explorer is bad for privacy, but as long as you didn't use it to track your address, I don't think it will raise a problem.

In that case, you might like these as they also mark known exchange adresses -- some may say, they're more of an analysis tool but imo they could also count as block explorer.

1. oxt.me
2. breadcrumbs.app
3. bitinfocharts.com

But in terms of ease of use, oklink is still the best among them IMO however breadcrumbs offers more tools which is something to ponder .Whenever I have to see if an address belongs to an exchange, tho I try them all because they could have different data sets when it comes to that.