<p>I'd like to view the blockchain on my Windows 7 machine. Right now I'm looking under roaming/Bitcoin/blocks, and trying to open blk00000.dat . I can't read any of it though, it seems the text is garbled. How can I change the format/open it in a program that makes it look more like the raw block data from blockexplorer or something similar?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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you can try [bitcoin database viewer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin-database-viewer/)
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How can I view the Blockchain locally on my machine?
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# How can I view the Blockchain locally on my machine?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-26)

I'd like to view the blockchain on my Windows 7 machine. Right now I'm looking under roaming/Bitcoin/blocks, and trying to open blk00000.dat . I can't read any of it though, it seems the text is garbled. How can I change the format/open it in a program that makes it look more like the raw block data from blockexplorer or something similar?

Thanks.

**Tags:** blockchain, block, windows, local, raw

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: you can try [bitcoin database viewer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin-database-viewer/)  

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