Introduction

Still on achievement 5 but now on task 2 steemscan.com review. Steemcan.com is a blockchain explorer build on steemit through which we can get information about the steemit blockchain assets and market; through it we can convert other cryptocurrencies to steem for free forexample Bitcoin and Tronx.

Steemit Price as at day of this post

On the home page of Steemscan.com, the current price of Steem, its height and supply volumes are displayed. The current steem price as at the day of this post is USD 0.15.

Latest transactions and latest block

Latest transactions shows us the latest transactions on the steemit website and keeps changing almost every second as there are transactions going on, on the site. The different types of transactions are; transfer, comment, delete comment, account update, account update2, account claim, account create, custom JSON, claim reward, curation reward, delegate, witness vote, power down, transfer to savings, power up, order create, order cancel and all(meaning to display all the different transactions I just mentioned). It details the transactions by; block ID, ID, timestamp, sender, receiver/permlink/ID, type and payload.

Latest block shows the latest transactions by blocks; their IDs and block transactions by number/ quantity.

Witness section

To check the witness section;

1. Click on menu and chose witness in the list of dropdown commands. The page displayed will show the last block height(the last of the various blocks connected on the blockchain), and current witness on that last block which changes almost every second and below will be the other witnesses by rank, their names/ titles and their approval(million vesting shares or steem power).

How to vote a witness

To vote for a witness:
Click on the menu command and select witnesses in the drop down list that appears and a list of all witnesses on the platform will appear, in the list click on any witness you chose, it will lead you to his/her witness voting link post, in the post click on the link and it will take you to the witness voting site on the site you can vote up to 30 witnesses, after your first click you will be required to put in your username and password, and the you are good to vote up to 30 witneses

What is DApps?

DApps stands for Decentralised Applications, these are Applications built on the steemit blockchain, to see them, we click on the menu icon and chose DApps in the drop down list that will appear, and a list of integrated DApps will appear as shown below when we click on the DApps icon. Going through them I realize I have used; steemworld, steemit and steemscan applications and I hope to explore more, if not all as need will be. Other examples of DApps include; Drugwars, SteemCoinPan, Fundition and Steemyy just to name a few.

How to use quick convert?

Quick convert is used transfer our steem tokens to other crypto wallets. Steemscan makes it easy to navigate it. Below are the steps used to convert steem to other cryptocurrencies

1. Click on menu and chose quick convert in the drop down
2. A dialogue box will open
3. Fill in the amount of steem you want to convert
4. Chose the currency you will like to convert your steem to; USDT, BTC, TRX
5. Enter the withdrawal address for the currency(wallet address to which it will be transferred)
6. Click on create order

The “Search” feature

The search tool provides details we will want to know on a particular transaction at a given point. What we need to do is; select the transaction head; by account or block, input the ID, the transaction type, the amount and the date.