<p>The easiest way to look at the transactions in any arbitrary block would be with a block explorer. </p>

<p>As of the instant I'm answering this question, the newest block is block #456238, so you can peek at any block by creating an address for a web block explorer as follows (Blockchain.info for illustrative purposes):</p>

<p><a href="https://blockchain.info/block-height/0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blockchain.info/block-height/0</a></p>

<p><a href="https://blockchain.info/block-height/456238" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blockchain.info/block-height/456238</a></p>

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2017-03-08T01:36:26.563Z
2017-03-08T01:36:26.563Z
mootinator
<p>I'm trying to wrap my head around bitcoin/blockchain and from what I understand, every transaction that has taken place in bitcoin is placed into a block and after this block is validated it is added to the block chain in chronological order.  </p>

<p>Is there some place that I could go to look at the first block of transactions for bitcoin?  Or any random block of transactions?  </p>

<p>If anything I have said above indicates that I have misunderstood some part of the process - please don't hesitate to correct me.</p>

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Nate Eldredge
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How would I go about exploring Bitcoin's entire block chain?
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# How would I go about exploring Bitcoin's entire block chain?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-07)

I'm trying to wrap my head around bitcoin/blockchain and from what I understand, every transaction that has taken place in bitcoin is placed into a block and after this block is validated it is added to the block chain in chronological order.

Is there some place that I could go to look at the first block of transactions for bitcoin? Or any random block of transactions?

If anything I have said above indicates that I have misunderstood some part of the process - please don't hesitate to correct me.

**Tags:** blockchain, block

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: https://blockchain.info/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-03-08. Score: 1

The easiest way to look at the transactions in any arbitrary block would be with a block explorer.

As of the instant I'm answering this question, the newest block is block #456238, so you can peek at any block by creating an address for a web block explorer as follows (Blockchain.info for illustrative purposes):

<https://blockchain.info/block-height/0>

<https://blockchain.info/block-height/456238>


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