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@ -513,7 +513,9 @@ You can also use it to look at individual transactions:
```
https://live.blockcypher.com/btc-testnet/tx/88e5d5f3077517d76f5a61491fa52e6aaae078c52bc62d849f09507ef0cfada2/
```
This doesn't provide any more information, but it does a good job of highlighting the important information, so that you know what you're seeing.
One thing that you'll see in this block explorer view of your transaction that wasn't obvious in the command line lookup is a fee (.00000226 BTC). It costs money to use the Bitcoin network; the money goes to miners who creates the blocks. However, the amount of the fee wasn't obvious from a casual perusual of the rawtransaction because it's just the different between the input and the output. This will have _notable_ implications when you begin writing raw transactions; not understanding it can lead to the worse problems in Bitcoin programming: _loss of funds!_
However, a block explorer doesn't generally provide any more information than a command line look at a raw transaction; it just does a good job of highlighting the important information and putting together the puzzle pieces, so that you know what you're seeing.
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