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Every 400ms, a validator on Solana produces a new block that contains thousands of transactions, touching dozens of programs and executing millions of compute units. Whether you’re a validator operator wanting to analyze block rewards and transaction details or a researcher exploring on-chain data, Orb’s block pages provide comprehensive visibility. Let’s look at an example block (378,183,037) that was executed by the Bitwise Onchain Slutions validator, powered by Helius.

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Block Info

At the top of the Blocks page are details about the block leader, timestamp, epoch, total transactions (successful and failed), CUs, and block rewards.
Details of the Solana block produced in slot 378,183,037

Details of the Solana block produced in slot 378,183,037.

Details about block rewards can also be found in the Rewards tab.

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Block Transactions

To inspect each transaction included in a block, select the Transactions tab. Here, you can see a list of transaction types, the programs invoked, and a link to the transaction signature.
List view of Solana transactions included in slot 378,183,037

List view of Solana transactions included in slot 378,183,037.

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Block Programs

To view the program statistics in a given block, click the Programs tab. Here, you can see all the programs executed in the block, along with their total number of transactions, instruction percentage, and success rate.
List of all programs, transaction counts, and success rates in a Solana block

List of all programs, transaction counts, and success rates in a Solana block.

The above screenshot shows that of the total 1,086 transactions in this block, 864 (74.93%) were vote transactions, leaving 222 non-vote transactions. Click the chart icon in the top right corner to view the information in graph format.
Graph Of Solana Programs Executed In A Block On The Orb Explorer Jp

Chart of Solana programs executed during slot 378,183,037 filtered by transaction count.

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Conclusion

Inspecting a block on Solana is one of the most fundamental use cases for a blockchain explorer like Orb. To get started, look up a block on Orb, or view a stream of the most recent blocks on Orb’s Solana statistics page.