Lesson 05 · Unit 4 · Solana
Reading an explorer
A block explorer (Solscan, Solana Explorer, SolanaFM) is a window onto the raw spreadsheet. Paste any address and read the row: a wallet shows balances and history, a mint shows supply and authorities, a transaction shows exactly what moved. No account needed, nothing to sign — reading is free and anonymous.
1Supply and decimals — the token's issued amount
2Mint & freeze authority — 'none' is what you want to see
3Holders tab — who owns it, and how concentrated
4Transactions — every trade and transfer, live
A mint account, as the explorer shows it
Supply: 92,626,224,632,833
Decimals: 5
Mint authority: None (revoked)
Freeze authority: None (revoked)
Read a real row
This is BONK's report. Every number on it was read from accounts like the one above — scan it, then find the same facts under the signals.
Open BONK's report
You can now read the ledger with your own eyes. The scanner just reads it faster — and twenty rows at a time.
Where this goes next
The explorer is where every later claim gets checked: the token's own account first, then the wallets around it.