Can I see the amount of a Monero transaction on a block explorer?

No. A public Monero block explorer does not show the amount sent in a normal Monero transaction. You can look up the transaction and check whether it was included in the blockchain, but you need your wallet—or a payment proof shared by the sender—to verify the payment amount.

What a block explorer actually shows you

A block explorer is a website that lets you inspect the blockchain, the shared record of confirmed transactions. For Monero, that record lets you check that a transaction exists without making its payment details public.

If you enter a transaction ID, the unique reference for a transaction, you can usually see:

• Whether it has been included in a block.
• Its block height, meaning that block’s position in the chain.
• Its confirmation count, showing how many blocks have secured it so far.
• Its transaction fee and some technical details.

The fee is public, but the fee is not the amount paid to you. An explorer might also show “outputs,” which are pieces of a transaction that hold funds. Their presence does not reveal how much you received.

Why the amount stays hidden

Monero uses Ring Confidential Transactions, usually shortened to RingCT, to hide payment amounts while still allowing the network to check that a transaction follows the rules.

You do not need to understand the math to use it. The important distinction is that the network can verify that funds balance correctly without displaying the amounts to everyone.

Monero also protects sender and recipient information. Searching your public wallet address therefore does not produce a public list of your payments and balance.

Very old transactions from before confidential amounts became mandatory can have visible amounts. That historical exception does not mean you can inspect the value of an ordinary payment made today.

How to check your own payment amount

If you are checking a mining payout, open the wallet that controls the receiving address. Let it finish syncing—catching up with the blockchain—then find the incoming payment.

Your wallet uses private viewing information to recognize payments meant for you and read their amounts. Compare that entry with the payout record from your mining service.

Keep these checks separate:

• The explorer helps confirm that the reported transaction exists.
• Your wallet confirms how much that transaction paid you.
• The service’s payout history helps you match the payment to your account.

A normal received payment generally needs 10 confirmations before you can spend it. Coins received directly as a mining block reward have a 60-block lock; an ordinary service payout is not automatically a block reward transaction.

What if someone gives you only a transaction ID?

A transaction ID alone does not prove that someone paid you, or that they paid the promised amount. It could belong to an unrelated transaction.

If there is a dispute, the sender can provide a Monero payment proof. Depending on the wallet, verification uses a signed proof or transaction-specific key information, together with the transaction ID and recipient address.

Never enter your seed phrase or private spend key into an explorer. These secrets let someone control your funds. You should not need them to verify a payment proof.

The bottom line

Use a Monero explorer to check transaction status, not the payment amount. For a payout you expect to receive, your synced wallet is the best place to confirm the amount; a valid sender-provided payment proof can help resolve a disagreement.