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…
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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…
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Double-click on the address to expand a list of affiliated addresses.
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Filter by time, tokens, entities, and addresses at each hop
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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.
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Click on the line to open the transaction detail moveable window and reveal the transactions by clicking the eye icon.
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Left-click the address to view the address’s risk profile.
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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 |
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| 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.