user5844: Considering that Plutus Smart Contracts have two parts (on chain and off chain) is there a way to make Queries to the Cardano Chain in the onchain part of the contract considering that the SC is actually already on the chain?
I want to be able to look up the transaction history of an address and check its balance.
I know I can do this via the Cardano Node, but considering that the contract must run on the node this should be possible how do I do it?

user5565: The way I understood things from last Q&A session with Lars, no, you can't. You can only see the current transaction, not the history of an address.

5844: <p>Considering that Plutus Smart Contracts have two parts (on chain and off chain) is there a way to make Queries to the Cardano Chain in the onchain part of the contract considering that the SC is actually already on the chain?</p>
<p>I want to be able to look up the transaction history of an address and check its balance.</p>
<p>I know I can do this via the Cardano Node, but considering that the contract must run on the node this should be possible how do I do it?</p>
 5565: <p>The way I understood things from last Q&amp;A session with Lars, no, you can't. You can only see the current transaction, not the history of an address.</p>
