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image::images/mbc2_0201.png["Bitcoin Overview"]
Each example in this chapter is based on an actual transaction made on the bitcoin network, simulating the interactions between the users (Joe, Alice, Bob, and Gopesh) by sending funds from one wallet to another. While tracking a transaction through the bitcoin network to the blockchain, we will use a _blockchain explorer_ site to visualize each step. A blockchain explorer is a web application that operates as a bitcoin search engine, in that it allows you to search for addresses, transactions, and blocks and see the relationships and flows between them.
((("blockchain explorer sites")))Each example in this chapter is based on an actual transaction made on the bitcoin network, simulating the interactions between the users (Joe, Alice, Bob, and Gopesh) by sending funds from one wallet to another. While tracking a transaction through the bitcoin network to the blockchain, we will use a _blockchain explorer_ site to visualize each step. A blockchain explorer is a web application that operates as a bitcoin search engine, in that it allows you to search for addresses, transactions, and blocks and see the relationships and flows between them.
Popular blockchain explorers include:
((("Bitcoin Block Explorer")))((("BlockCypher Explorer")))((("blockchain.info")))((("BitPay Insight")))Popular blockchain explorers include:
* https://blockexplorer.com[Bitcoin Block Explorer]
* https://live.blockcypher.com[BlockCypher Explorer]