Cryptocurrency address tracing playbook

Balance, history and counterparties of a Bitcoin or Ethereum address, one hop at a time

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Tools used in this guide

  • osintverse-community/btc-address Looks up a Bitcoin address: balance, totals, recent transactions and counterparties
    ot install osintverse-community/btc-address
  • osintverse-community/eth-address Looks up an Ethereum address: balance, ENS name, contract info, recent transactions
    ot install osintverse-community/eth-address

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Cryptocurrency address tracing playbook

Public blockchains are open ledgers: every transaction of an address is visible to anyone. This playbook takes a Bitcoin or Ethereum address from a ransom note, a scam page or a donation link to its balance, history and counterparties.

Steps

  1. Scope and legal
  2. Look up the address
  3. Follow the funds

Tools used (ot guide tools osintverse-community/crypto-address-tracing):

Tool Used for
osintverse-community/btc-address Bitcoin balance, totals, recent transactions and counterparties
osintverse-community/eth-address Ethereum balance, ENS name, contract details, recent transactions

The examples use the Bitcoin genesis address and the original ENS registry contract, both public.

Published 20 Oct 2026. Read offline: ot guide get osintverse-community/crypto-address-tracing · Source

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