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follow-the-crypto
Trace cryptocurrency addresses and transactions on public blockchains using block explorers including Etherscan, Blockchair, mempool.space and Blockscout. Covers common-input clustering, ENS resolution, exchange deposit addresses, mixers, CoinJoin, Tornado-style pools, cross-chain bridges, and OFAC sanctions screening. Use when following a Bitcoin or Ethereum wallet, investigating where a ransom or scam payment went, or checking an address against sanctions listings. Applies to ransomware incident response, AML and sanctions compliance, fraud recovery and asset tracing, and financial-crime investigation. Reference at useosint.com/skills/follow-the-crypto.
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# Follow the Crypto
Public chains are pseudonymous, not anonymous. Every transfer is permanently
visible to anyone; what's missing is the mapping from address to human. So the
whole game is attribution, and attribution almost always happens at an
off-ramp — the point where value converts to fiat through a service that
collected identity documents. Everything between the crime and the off-ramp is
just plumbing you have to follow.
The beginner error is treating a clustering heuristic's output as fact. "These
addresses belong to the same entity" is a probabilistic inference with known
failure modes, and commercial attribution labels are proprietary guesses you
cannot audit. Trace confidently; attribute carefully.
