Etherscan

For one transfer, start with its transaction hash. Paste it into Etherscan’s search bar and open the matching record. Compare the status, sender, recipient and value before treating a wallet notification as confirmation. Pending, failed and replaced transactions have different meanings from a successful transaction.

An address search answers a broader question: what has this account done? Token balances, collectible activity and contract interactions provide context beyond a simple ETH transfer. Search suggestions can be narrowed by address, token standard or label. Where a transaction carries a warning about incomplete token information, check the actual contract identity instead of relying on the displayed ticker.

Etherscan indexes blockchain records; it does not hold the wallet keys or control the transfer. It cannot reverse a payment, redirect it or recover lost funds. The gas tracker is useful network context, while the individual transaction page is the relevant receipt.

The core explorer remains free. Optional Premium costs $10.99 monthly or $99 annually. It removes advertisements and raises personal organization limits, including private address tags and transaction notes. Those features require an Etherscan account.

Developers can register, open the API dashboard and use Add to create a key for software queries. The Free API tier currently allows three calls per second and 100,000 daily calls on selected chains. Paid tiers expand access and capacity. The published overage policy takes effect November 3, 2026, so applications should account for that dated change rather than assuming unlimited requests.