# XRPL Explorers

The XRP Ledger is transparent by design, and explorers give you access to that data. Explorers are browser-based tools that let *anyone* view the real-time, on-chain data for the XRP Ledger Mainnet and the test networks, without special permission or an account.

Explorers provide information about consensus and transactions.

* **Account monitoring**: Real-time query of any XRP Ledger address's balance and transaction history, including balance changes, sender and receiver addresses, and timestamps.
* **Transaction verification**: Details of a single transaction, including the sender and receiver addresses, amount, fee, status, and the `ledger_index` value of the ledger version that contains it.
* **Network analysis**: Real-time status of the entire network, such as transaction throughput, the number of active addresses, ledger close times, and other macro indicators.
* **Asset traceability**: Tracking for the flow paths of XRP and other tokens issued on the XRP Ledger, such as stablecoins.


## Available XRPL Explorers

The following table lists the explorers available for the XRP Ledger, along with the operator of each one.

| Operator | Explorer |
|  --- | --- |
| Ripple | [XRPL Explorer](https://livenet.xrpl.org/) |
| Bithomp | [Bithomp Explorer](https://bithomp.com/) |
| XRPScan | [XRPScan](https://xrpscan.com/) |
| XRPLWin | [XRPLWin](https://xrplwin.com) |