Money Games | Apr 22, 2026

Exploring Blocks

Basically, how to read the blockchain.

The most interesting thing about crypto isn't really the money. It's how you can tell what's true or what's not. When things happen onchain, they leave a trail. Anyone can follow this trail to verify and validate what happened, which means events, transactions, and facts are provable. [Block explorers](https://moneygamela.substack.com/i/155645750/level-basics) let people do this without needing to know how to code, but now with AI like ChatGPT you can dig pretty deep even without programming skills. This post will show you how.

[The content below was written in March 2025. Since then, Farcaster has been sold to another company. The surface tools are now different, but the underlying principles are the same, and the smart contracts are still onchain for all to see.]