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title: Block Explorers for Polkadot and Kusama
description: Polkadot, Kusama and Substrate block explorers
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### **Block Explorers**

There are several block explorers that you can use to explore Polkadot, Kusama, and other Substrate chains and parachains. Here is a list of them, which will be updated as more are developed.

EXPLORER| RELAY CHAINS| PARACHAINS| OTHER
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[Subscan](https://www.subscan.io/)| Polkadot and Kusama| Yes| Testnets, XCM transfers
[Statescan](https://www.statescan.io/)| Polkadot and Kusama| Yes| NFT, testnet

!!! info

    These block explorers are not developed or maintained by Web3 Foundation. If you encounter an issue while using them, please contact their respective team.

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### **Other third-party Tools**

In addition to block explorers, there are other tools and resources. Some of them are listed below:

**TOOL**| **USE**
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[Subscan XCM Dashboard](https://polkadot.subscan.io/xcm_dashboard)| HRMP/XCM tool for [Polkadot](https://polkadot.subscan.io/xcm_dashboard) and [Kusama](https://kusama.subscan.io/xcm_dashboard)
[Polkawatch](https://polkawatch.app/)| Analytics app
[Polkadot Telemetry](https://telemetry.polkadot.io/)| Node data
[Polkadot Tech Stack](../../general/build-open-source.md)| List of projects supported by a Web3 Foundation grant

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