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# Token data

And to simply finish with this section, you can use the blockchain to gather information about a specific token. NFT projects are often creating their tokens and being able to track info and transactions about it is a good skill. \
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First of all, we need a token to work with. \
Let's take **$**<mark style="color:orange;">**DUST**</mark> as an example.&#x20;

{% hint style="danger" %}
**$**<mark style="color:orange;">**DUST**</mark> is just the name of the token, *it's not enough*, we need the **Address**.
{% endhint %}

Here I'm using the famous **BirdEye** website, but there are a lot of sites where you can get the address of the token you want.&#x20;

{% embed url="<https://birdeye.so/>" %}

![](https://2472405929-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FvQDq78z3JU3VUNq9DIbn%2Fuploads%2FcAb5nv5gxZ26bzKyjszz%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=03136646-24e6-4196-b426-3e562b7f764e)

In the search bar, let's get our DUST token. \
Almost done, now we just need to take the token address. \
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You can either get it simply by copy-pasting the end of the URL,

![](https://2472405929-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FvQDq78z3JU3VUNq9DIbn%2Fuploads%2FGy4mWrOZe0B5i5QLyzhu%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=d486878c-bfd5-419f-be1d-91207f75ad04)

Or using the copy function.

![](https://2472405929-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FvQDq78z3JU3VUNq9DIbn%2Fuploads%2F3TOF8aB6qpzL0IoVfoQ5%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=25842a56-0540-4b3b-a30b-44c60e242659)

## We're almost there!

For the ones in front of the class, you may already know what we are going to do with the token address.

{% hint style="success" %}
**We are going on Solscan once again!** :tada: <https://solscan.io/>
{% endhint %}

Simply paste the token address in the main search bar and you should have something like this;\
<https://solscan.io/token/DUSTawucrTsGU8hcqRdHDCbuYhCPADMLM2VcCb8VnFnQ>

![](https://2472405929-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FvQDq78z3JU3VUNq9DIbn%2Fuploads%2FW8yEHMyV24U7AbVqMd3l%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=a55b1b0b-75dd-4256-8406-c61c56abdd9a)

{% hint style="warning" %}
*I'll let you have fun by yourself here, simply note that the button under the red arrow is used to export all transfers in a **.csv** file. While it looks like we could have a hard time using it, this feature is actually super good if you need to make deeper research about transfers and work with the data.*
{% endhint %}

Other than that which is cool for more advanced users, **Analysis**, **Holders,** and **Markets sections** are super useful as well and much more beginner <mark style="color:green;">friendly</mark>.
