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Reading an address page

How to make sense of an address page on Quantascan — balance, transactions, and the chain-specific details.

4 min readUpdated 2026-06-20

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The address page is where most explorer journeys end up — you searched a wallet, and now you want to understand what you're looking at. Here's how to read it.

The essentials

Near the top you'll find the headline facts:

  • Balance — the address's current holdings, shown in QRL or Quanta depending on the chain.
  • Transaction count — how many transactions the address has been involved in.
  • Chain — whether this is a QRL Legacy or QRL 2.0 address. You can also tell from the length: 79 characters is Legacy, 41 is QRL 2.0.
  • Label / classification — if Quantascan recognises the address (an exchange, mining pool, contract, validator, and so on), it's flagged here.

The transaction history

Below the summary is the address's transaction history — the incoming and outgoing transactions, newest first. Each row links to the full transaction and the counterpart address, so you can trace flows of value step by step.

A couple of QRL-specific things to expect:

  • QRL Legacy transfers can have multiple recipients in one transaction, so a single transaction hash may appear against several addresses.
  • QRL 2.0 addresses may show contract calls, token transfers and NFT activity, since the chain runs smart contracts.

Balance without transactions? That's normal

A common surprise: an address with a healthy balance but very few transactions. On QRL 2.0 this is expected and benign, for two reasons:

  • Validator withdrawals. A validator's balance grows through protocol withdrawals, which aren't ordinary transactions — so the balance climbs without matching transaction rows.
  • Genesis funding. An address funded in the chain's starting allocation holds a balance from block zero, before any transactions of its own.

So "big balance, little history" usually means a validator or a genesis-funded account, not an anomaly.

What the page doesn't tell you

An address page describes an address, not a person. As with the richlist, one person may control many addresses, and one address (an exchange) may hold funds for many people. The page shows what's on-chain; it can't reveal who's behind it unless the address is labelled.

Where to go next

FAQ about Reading an address page

Common questions about this page
What does an address page show?
An address page shows the address's current balance, its transaction history, how many transactions it has made, and any label or classification Quantascan has for it. For QRL 2.0 it may also show contract or token activity.
Why does an address have a balance but few transactions?
On QRL 2.0, a validator address can receive value through protocol withdrawals rather than ordinary transactions, so its balance can grow with few or no normal transactions. Genesis-funded addresses can also hold a balance from the chain's starting allocation.
How do I know which chain an address is on?
By its length: 79 characters is QRL Legacy, 41 characters is QRL 2.0. Both start with Q. The address page also makes the chain explicit.
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