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Short explanations of the things this explorer shows, written for people who use Chia rather than build it. Each article links to the page where you can watch the concept live.

  1. 01What is Chia?A blockchain secured by disk space instead of electricity or stake, with coins that are tiny programs.4 min read
  2. 02Proof of space and timeHow plots, challenges and verifiable delay functions decide who farms the next block.5 min read
  3. 03Farming and plottingWhat a plot is, what a farmer does at every signage point (about every nine seconds), and where pools fit in.4 min read
  4. 04What is the mempool?Where spend bundles wait, how the node picks them for a block, and what this site shows you about it.5 min read
  5. 05Offers and tradingPeer-to-peer swaps of XCH, CATs and NFTs without an exchange, and how they look on chain.4 min read
  6. 06Common questionsShort answers to the things people ask most: fees, confirmations, coins, addresses and reorgs.5 min read

Also worth a look: the prefarm tracker, the help page about this site, and the status page for the services it depends on.