Entity Attribution
Entity attribution is the process of linking blockchain addresses or address clusters to a real-world service, organization, or actor using supporting evidence.
✦ Key Insight
Attribution makes blockchain data more useful for investigations, compliance, risk monitoring, and understanding fund flows.
✕ Common Misconceptions
A transaction with an attributed address does not automatically prove who controlled the sending wallet or why the transaction occurred.
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Block Explorer
A block explorer is a search interface for viewing transactions, addresses, blocks, tokens, and other data recorded on a blockchain.
On-Chain Analysis
On-chain analysis is the study of data recorded directly on blockchains to understand transactions, wallet behavior, asset flows, and network activity.
Blockchain Analytics
Blockchain analytics is the systematic examination of blockchain data to identify transactions, fund flows, behavioral patterns, and possible links between addresses and entities.
On-Chain Investigation
An on-chain investigation is a structured examination of blockchain transactions to reconstruct activity, trace funds, and develop evidence about an event or actor.
Wallet Clustering
Wallet clustering uses blockchain patterns and other evidence to group addresses that may be controlled by the same entity or wallet infrastructure.