Material that explains the method.
Research, illustrative case studies, a knowledge centre and a glossary — written so somebody outside this field can follow what blockchain analysis does, and where it stops.
ChainwatchCrypto resources
The resources section explains method rather than selling service: a knowledge centre for people who have just lost funds, a glossary of investigation terms, research write-ups on tracing technique and its limits, illustrative case studies, and reporting guidance. Material aimed at victims is free and requires no account.
Where to go.
Research
Longer analytical pieces on tracing method, attribution and crypto crime patterns.
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Illustrative cases built on synthetic data, labelled as such throughout.
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Periodic reports on what we observe in the methods we can evidence.
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Short explainers for people meeting blockchain analysis for the first time.
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Shorter notes on product, method and this industry's habits.
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The questions we are actually asked, answered without hedging.
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The vocabulary, defined so the definitions do not quietly overstate.
Learn moreRecovery Scam Awareness
How to recognise recovery fraud and verify anyone who contacts you.
Learn moreRecent pieces.
Approval drains: the two minutes after the signature
What an ERC-20 approval actually authorises, why drains complete in under two minutes, and which part of the sequence is worth tracing when the transfer itself is already settled.
Reading a peel chain without over-reading it
Peel chains look conclusive and frequently are not. A method for distinguishing a genuine peel from ordinary change behaviour, and the confidence a peel finding actually deserves.
Matching a bridge transfer, or admitting you cannot
Cross-chain tracing succeeds or fails on whether the destination transaction can be matched. The matching criteria we use, and what we report when none of them hold.
We do not publish manufactured figures. Where a piece contains a number, it is either derived from published sources that are cited, or it is described as an illustration.