# Explorer Documentation

Welcome to the official documentation for the **IBVM Explorer** — the blockchain explorer and developer gateway for the International Bitcoin Virtual Machine (IBVM) ecosystem.

The IBVM Explorer offers a seamless way to interact with the IBVM Layer 2 chain, whether you're a developer building dApps, a researcher analyzing transactions, or a user tracking activity. This documentation provides everything you need to get started with our RESTful APIs, view smart contracts, and access network data in real time.

#### 🔍 What You Can Do With IBVM Explorer

* Explore and verify transactions, blocks, and contracts on the IBVM Layer 2 chain
* Use our developer APIs to build wallets, analytics dashboards, DeFi tools, and more
* Track token activity, logs, event history, and wallet statistics
* Monitor real-time gas usage and blockchain performance metrics
* Verify smart contracts and interact via integrated APIs
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