How the Explorer draws a case
The case as a graph of wallets and the transfers between them, with a second view for how close it sits to something a vendor has categorised.
The Explorer is a tab on a case that shows its wallets as a graph: each wallet a node, each transfer between them a line. It answers questions a list cannot, such as whether two addresses the case names are one hop apart or five.
Transfers and Exposure
A switch at the top chooses between two views of the same case. Your pan and zoom survive the switch, so a wallet you were looking at stays in place.
| View | What it draws | The question it answers |
|---|---|---|
| Transfers | The wallets on the case and the transfers between them | How is this address connected to that one |
| Exposure | Where the money came from or went, aggregated by hop | How close is this case to a sanctioned entity, a mixer or a darknet market |
Wallets, joined by the transfers between them. A heavier line stands for more of them.
The same five wallets, arranged by how close they sit to something a vendor categorised.
The two dashed wallets are uncategorised. A wallet no vendor has categorised looks exactly like a wallet nobody has looked at, so an empty graph is not a clean case.
One case, two arrangements. Your pan and zoom survive the switch.
Selecting a wallet opens a panel listing the transfers behind that connection, so you can see which transfers a line stands for.
In Exposure, where your organisation has connected more than one vendor, you choose which one to trace with. Vendors cluster addresses differently, so the same wallet can appear in a different category depending on who you ask.
What it changes about your reading
The Explorer draws only what your connected vendors returned. A wallet no vendor has categorised looks exactly like a wallet nobody has looked at, so an empty graph is not a clean case.
Distance is not a finding either. Two hops from a sanctioned address is a reason to open the transfers behind the line, and a decision needs a finding rather than a shape.
Related
Addresses and wallets
An address is a destination that anyone can create, for free, without telling anybody. Everything else said about one, including who owns it and what it is for, was added later by somebody making an inference.
The case screen
Where to find things on a case, and what each of the four tabs is for.
What KYT is
Know your transaction screens onchain activity against categories of concern. It tells you about the money an address has touched, and nothing at all about the person holding it.
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