Solscan Guide: How to Track Solana Wallets & Transactions

Solscan (solscan.io) is a Solana explorer: a free, read-only website that makes on-chain data easy to read. You can use it as a Solana scanner to look up wallets, transactions, tokens, NFTs and programs. Solscan launched in 2021, and Etherscan acquired it in January 2024.

At tax time, Solscan can provide a record of your Solana wallet activity to compare with your tax records. Let's take a closer look.

Solana users leverage Solscan to review contracts and transactions. Solscan labels tokens and addresses, making everything relatively easy to understand.

Because Solscan is read-only, many Solana users also rely on it daily to check activity without needing to connect their wallet.

Solscan can also help at tax time by providing a record of your Solana wallet activity to compare against your tax records.

• Rich transaction decoding with inner instructions.

• Clear wallet pages that double as a Solscan wallet tracker.

• Token and program pages with supply and holder data.

• Labels that help you spot official mints and look-alikes.

• Pro API for analytics, monitoring, and dashboards.

When viewing a transaction page, check the status, fee, and other details. Token balance changes show which assets moved and the amounts.

On a wallet page, you'll see an overview of SOL and token balances, plus tabs for transfers and recent activity. You can use this to review your own wallet or others'.

On a token page, check the mint address, supply, holders and the Holders and Analysis tabs before trusting a ticker. Anyone can copy a token's name and symbol, but not its mint address.

To start using Solscan is simple:

1. Open Solscan.io. Type https://solscan.io into your browser or use a saved bookmark rather than clicking a search ad; fake explorer ads have appeared in search results before. The search bar sits at the top of every page. You don't need an account or a wallet connection to look anything up.

2. Paste a wallet address, transaction signature or token address into search. Choose the matching result. Solscan also searches token names, labeled projects and exchanges, and .sol domain names, but a pasted address is the most precise. Copy and paste rather than typing, because a single wrong character points to a different account or nothing at all.

3. Review the page and follow the links. A wallet page shows the SOL balance and token holdings at the top, with tabs such as Transactions, Transfers, Activities, Balance Changes, Analytics and Portfolio. A transaction page shows the signature, block, timestamp, result, signer, fee and the main actions. Click any linked address, token or program to follow funds to the next step.

4. Export a CSV if you need a record. On an account or token page, open the Transfers, Activities or Balance Changes tab, set filters such as the date range or token, then click Export CSV and Download. Each export returns up to 1,000 records, so split a busy wallet's history into shorter date ranges. Keep the files with your other Solana wallet records for tax time.

Note: A comparable Ethereum blockchain explorer is Etherscan.

How do I look up a Solana wallet on Solscan?

Solscan works as a quick Sol wallet lookup:

• Copy the public address. In your wallet app (for example Phantom), copy your public receiving address. It's safe to share, unlike your seed phrase.

• Paste it into Solscan search. The account page opens with the SOL balance and token holdings at the top.

• Check the tabs. Use Transfers for incoming and outgoing tokens, Activities for swaps and other DeFi actions, and Portfolio for current holdings and NFTs.

• Filter and export if needed. Narrow by date or token, then use Export CSV (up to 1,000 records per export).

How do I track transactions on Solscan?

• Copy the transaction signature from your wallet's activity screen or an exchange's withdrawal details. A signature is the long string that identifies one Solana transaction; an exchange order ID won't work.

• Paste it into the Solscan search bar and press Enter. The transaction details page opens directly.

• Check the result, fee and timestamp. A success result means it went through. A failed transaction still appears on-chain and still pays its network fee, so don't assume a failed swap left no record.

• Expand the instruction details, including inner instructions, to see which programs the transaction called. This is how you tell a simple transfer from a swap that routed through several protocols.

• Review the balance changes to confirm exactly which tokens moved, in what amounts, and to which accounts. For tax records, note the timestamp, the amounts and the SOL fee.

• Click any account or token to follow the trail. Each link opens that address's own page, so you can trace funds across several steps.

Solscan is a record-keeping aid, not a tax form. It shows what happened on-chain: signatures, timestamps, amounts, fees and counterparties. You can use it to check your wallet history against your tax records, but it doesn't classify transactions or give you a tax-ready cost basis.

• No 1099-DA from your own wallet. Self-custody wallets like Phantom don't issue Form 1099-DA, and no form doesn't mean no tax. You still report every taxable disposal and all crypto income.

• Transfers between your own wallets aren't taxable, but the network fee paid in SOL is generally a small disposal of that SOL.

• Sales, swaps and spending are disposals. Report them on Form 8949 and Schedule D. Fees on a cash purchase add to your cost basis; fees on a sale or crypto-to-crypto swap reduce your proceeds.

• Staking rewards, airdrops and other crypto income are ordinary income at fair market value when you gain dominion and control. Report them on Schedule 1, line 8v (or Schedule C if it's a business), not on Form 8949. That value becomes your basis, and a later sale of those tokens goes on Form 8949.

• Exports have limits. Each Solscan CSV export returns up to 1,000 records, so check that your exports cover the full tax year.

For the full picture, see our Solana tax guide.

Here's how Solscan compares with other Solana explorers, as of October 2026.

• Quick confirmation that a swap, mint, or transfer landed.

• Readable decode for complex DeFi and NFT flows.

• A Solscan wallet view that works without connecting to a wallet.

• Watch out for fake Solscan sites and search ads. Type solscan.io yourself or use a bookmark. A real explorer never asks you to connect a wallet, sign a transaction or enter a seed phrase to look something up. The address for Solscan is Solscan.io.

• Short indexing delays can occur during network congestion.

• Labels can help flag known exchanges, programs and look-alike tokens, but they aren't proof. Confirm a token's mint address against the project's official source.

• Your wallet address is public: anyone who has it can see its balances and history on Solscan. Your seed phrase and private key are the secrets; never share them or type them into any website.

• Solana is a public ledger. Addresses aren't tied to names on-chain, but once someone links an address to you, they can see all of its activity.

• If a transaction doesn't show up, it may have expired before landing (a Solana transaction is valid for only about 60 to 90 seconds), the signature may be wrong, or you may be on the wrong network. Failed transactions do show up, marked as failed.

• Double-check wallet addresses and copy and paste. Never try to enter a long wallet or contract address manually.

• If amounts look off, check the balance changes and the token's decimals, and compare with Solana Explorer.

• If you're on the wrong network, switch between mainnet, testnet, or devnet as needed.

• It is fast, readable, and covers the details that matter.

• It works as a simple Solscan wallet tracker when you only need to view.

• Developers can use the Solscan Pro API, which is available on paid plans.

• You can view all information on Solscan without connecting your wallet.

• Never share your seed phrase or private key. Solscan will never ask for them, and neither will real support staff.

• Use labels and links as a starting point, and confirm anything important with a second source, such as Solana Explorer or the project's official site.