Wallet Clustering
Wallet clustering uses blockchain patterns and other evidence to group addresses that may be controlled by the same entity or wallet infrastructure.
✦ Key Insight
Clustering can make complex blockchain activity easier to trace and can support investigations, compliance monitoring, and entity attribution.
✕ Common Misconceptions
Clustering is probabilistic and chain-specific. Incorrect assumptions can combine addresses belonging to unrelated users.
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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.
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.
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.