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Investigation

There are two investigation modes: transaction graph and auto-tracing to help you accomplish your varying investigative goals with different approaches. 


 

About transaction graph

Graph visualization that shows the inflows and outflows of addresses. Expand nodes to clearly observe the flow of funds between addresses, pinpoint their links to real-world entities, identify market trends, and highlight criminal activities.

 

About auto-tracing

Trace the flow of the funds from addresses through many hops to destination addresses. The trace stops when the fund goes through any exchange, mixer, or bridge addresses.


 

How to start an investigation using a transaction graph?

Enter the address in the journey panel to get started. You can also access the transaction graph feature via the explorer page. 

 

You can…

  • Identify different ERC20 tokens, ERC721 tokens and ERC1155 tokens on the same exact transaction graph of the native token.* Low-risk Exchanges are green with an indication bubble (red or yellow) for that particular severe risk wallet address.





You can then explore further by…

  • Double-click on the address to expand a list of affiliated addresses.

  • Filter by time, tokens, entities, and addresses at each hop          

  • Click the address on the journey panel or the center address node in the graph to view the inflow and outflow details on the right side.

  • Click on the line to open the transaction detail moveable window and reveal the transactions by clicking the eye icon.

  • Left-click the address to view the address’s risk profile.

  • Click Tips for keyboard shortcuts.

 

Item

Description

Journey

Record the journey of how you expand the addresses through many hops. 

Filter 

Select the date range to expand for each hop.

Address 

A list shows expanded addresses, the number of transactions, transacted volume, and tokens associated with the selected address

 

 

How to start an investigation using auto-tracing?


 

Step 1: Set up your trace 

Enter the details of the wallets or transactions you want to investigate, and how thorough you want the trace to be. You can adjust the date range, number of hops, minimum transaction size, and more.

Step 2: Auto-tracing in progress 

The auto-tracing usually takes a few seconds but can take up to 1 minute depending on the time period and the volume of activity.

  

You can reload the page or check the small icon on the top right corner of your investigation to see if the auto-tracing is done. Transaction outputs from the initial hop of the traced addresses within the date range.


 

Step 3: View tracing results

Once the auto-tracing is done, you will see that the tracing result with a trace graph

Item Description
Traced address The address you initially provided when setting up tracing
Total traced fund Total transaction outputs from the initial hop of the traced addresses.
Time range  Auto-tracing within a specific date range 
Minimum received Minimum transaction output to trace through one or more hops during the auto-tracing
Depth and Breadth
  • Number of hops to trace through (maximum of 10 hops)
  • Number of addresses to expand on each hop (maximum of 10 addresses)
Time-bound Trace the funds based on the time of the transaction
Settled fund The total funds that flow to the exchange, mixer, criminals and other bad actors through one or more hops from the traced fund.


 

Destination address  

List of destination addresses where the fund is settled. These addresses are exchange, mixer, blacklist or unaffiliated addresses that received the traced fund. There are a few actions:

  •  View addresses before the hop if the destination is either an exchange or mixer address.
  •  Add monitoring if the fund has not moved since then. 
  •  Continue tracing if the fund has moved to the next hop.


 

There are two ways you can interact with the graph:

  • Click on the destination address on the panel to highlight 
  • Select specific destination entity categories to show less addresses on the graph



 

Report


 

You can select the destination address to download the transaction records for its last hop or entire path.

Save investigation

Create multiple investigations and manage them on the investigation page for comparing, sharing, and more.