An introduction to Function X Explorer
Blockchain ledgers contain hundreds of gigabytes of unreadable raw information. To make it easy to understand and browse, we’ve come up with blockchain explorers.
Similar to how a web explorer is used to browse through internet pages, a blockchain explorer is a website where you can search for details about a blockchain in real-time.
A block explorer is needed for understanding a network’s performance. It presents the detail information about the blocks, types of transactions in given blocks, current and historical balance, the age and height of a specific block and other useful data.
Function X Explorer is our blockchain explorer on which we’ll dive deeper below.
What is Function X Explorer?
We have tried our best to simplify your interaction with the explorer so that you will waste no time when looking for something. Our explorer has four main sections, as follows:
Dashboard is the place where you can see the most recent blockchain activity such as released blocks or transactions.
At the top of the page, you can find a search bar that can help you check a specific transaction or wallet details.
Simply paste the Transaction ID (64 characters alphanumeric code) to see details about a transaction or paste the wallet address (starts with fx and has 41 alphanumeric characters) if you’re looking to find the account details.
As explained in our April Hash Out, validators are full nodes used to validate transactions on the chain.
The Validators page is used to help the tracking of “active” and “inactive” full nodes. As a delegator, you can use this page to help yourself pick the most convenient node based on a validator’s commission and its uptime.
On the “Blocks” page, you can have an overview of the block info, including which validator proposes the block, block height, block hash and the number of transaction in side the block. When the network is busy, you will see one block possibly contain more than 2 transactions.
The “Transaction” page gives you a full list of transactions made on Function X Blockchain. On this page, you can see all the transactions in details. A analyst can easily categorize and find out which type of transaction activity is popular on the Function X Blockchain.
We’ll now look at a few frequently asked questions.
How can I check how many FX coins I have?
Head over to the Dashboard page, enter your FX address in the search bar, click enter. You’ll see something like this; the area within the red rectangle is your wallet balance.
What are the transaction fees?
As in any other blockchain, any transaction must be added to the public ledger of all completed transactions. This is done with the help of validators by spending computing resources to earn a reward. The transaction fee is shared with validators to pay for their service.
Currently, in test-net, the fees are 0.8 FX for sending transactions. We expect the fees to be lower in the main-net.
How many transactions can there be in a block?
Currently, the test-net is new and we expect the transactions to grow over time. In each block we have inserted two test transactions for testing purposes; hence anything beyond two transactions are real transactions taking place.
What is the block generation time?
On average, it takes between 1 to 5 seconds to generate a new block.
Still have more questions? Let’s have a discussion at https://www.reddit.com/r/FunctionX/.
