Sui Blockchain Explorer Overview

Sui, as an L1 public chain built on a brand new design concept, has all its blocks and transaction information publicly transparent, allowing anyone to freely view it. Through the Sui chain browser, users can quickly understand the on-chain transaction situation, such as real-time TPS and Gas prices, and can also use the transaction summary to query the detailed content of specific transactions.

Main Features of Sui Browser

The Sui browser primarily provides the following functions:

• View the latest information on Sui network activities and various metrics in real time
• Search, verify, and track the latest developments of assets and contracts
• Provide fast, reliable, and transparent debugging and auditing data to assist in problem identification and resolution.
• Provides direct definition support for all smart contracts ( referred to as Package ) in Sui.
• Display the geographical location distribution of currently active full nodes
• View detailed information about current validator nodes, including performance and staking rewards, etc.

Introduction to the Browser Main Page

The Sui browser homepage displays core information about the Sui network, including current Gas prices, Epoch and Checkpoint data, transaction activities, popular Packages, and a list of some validation nodes.

1. Network TPS

The upper left corner shows the current network TPS status, including real-time TPS and the TPS peak value in the past 30 days.

2. Current Epoch

TPS displays the Epoch related information below the Block, including the current Epoch number, countdown to the end, and start time. Click on the Block for more details, such as Checkpoint, participating validation nodes, rewards, and storage fund balances.

3. Sui related information

Display the current price, market cap, and total supply of Sui, data sourced from a certain cryptocurrency data platform.

4. Reference Gas Price

Epoch shows the reference Gas price information next to the Block, including the current transaction Gas fee, as well as the average Gas fees for the previous 7 or 30 Epochs. You can choose to display it in MIST or SUI.

5. Network-related data

The top right of the page displays the cumulative number of Packages since the network went live, the total number of Objects, and the number of transaction Blocks.

6. Verification Node Distribution

The right side of the page displays the geographical distribution map of Sui network validation nodes, covering the mainnet, testnet, and developer network. The size of the blue dots represents the number of nodes in that area, and hovering the mouse can show the specific number.

7. Transaction Information

The bottom left of the homepage updates network transaction information in real-time, including:

• Transaction Block: Displays the latest transactions, clickable for details
• Epochs: Displays the list of completed Epochs and detailed information
• Checkpoint: List the current Epoch's Checkpoint and its details.

8. Validator Node List

The bottom right corner of the homepage displays randomly sorted verification node information, and you can click to see more details.

9. Popular Package

The package most frequently accessed on the Sui network is displayed in the lower right corner, and you can choose to show data for the past 3 days, 7 days, or 30 days.

User Guide

Switch Network

The main network data is displayed by default, and you can switch to the developer network or test network through the dropdown menu in the upper right corner.

Initiate Staking

You can initiate a staking request directly from the validator node details page. Click the "Stake SUI" button next to the validator node name to open the wallet for staking operations.

Find specific transaction

You can search for a specific transaction using the address, Object ID, or transaction ID. You can also search for a wallet address to view the transaction history and details of approved transactions.

Advanced Features

For contract addresses, the Sui browser provides the ability to directly view the contract bytecode. For entry functions, it is even possible to directly link the wallet to call the contract, greatly facilitating users' contract interaction needs.