A collection of tools and resources useful for OSINT investigations in the cryptocurrency. This is a dynamic list. —most resources here are from investigations I've done. Feel free to contribute!
A collection of tools and resources useful for OSINT investigations on cryptocurrencies and blockchain analysis.
This list is not exhaustive — most of what you find here is related to investigations I've personally conducted.
Feel free to fork, share, and contribute any additional tools or insights.
- 🔍 Blockchain Explorer
- 🛠️ Analysis Tool
- 🧠 Learning Resource
- 🛡 Compliance/Risk
- 🧩 Visualization
- 📊 Dashboard
- 🧰 API
- 📁 Dataset
- 🕵️ Privacy
| Name | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Etherscan | Ethereum blockchain explorer with contract, tx, and token info | 🔍 🛠️ |
| Blockchain.com Explorer | Bitcoin & BTC address explorer | 🔍 |
| Blockchair | Explorer for BTC, ETH, BCH, XRP, LTC and more | 🔍 📊 |
| BTCScan | Bitcoin address and transaction viewer | 🔍 |
| Bitcoin Paths | Connections between transactions | 🔍 |
| EthVM | Ethereum explorer focused on tx and address stats | 🔍 🧰 |
| Arbiscan | Arbitrum One Explorer | 🔍 |
| TronScan | Tron Scan | 🔍 |
| XRPSCAN | XRP Ledger Explorer | 🔍 |
| PolygonScan | Polygon PoS Chain Explorer | 🔍 |
| Solscan | Solana Blockchain | 🔍 📊 |
| Tokenview | Multi-chain explorer with wallet and contract search | 🔍 🛠️ |
| Walletexplorer | BTC-focused tool for identifying wallet clusters | 🔍 🛠️ |
| Blockpath | Blockpath - Crypto Accounting Tools | 🧰 🔍 |
| Name | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Breadcrumbs | Trace and visualize crypto wallet transactions | 🛠️ 🧩 |
| Lightning Decoder | Decode Lightning Network Requests | 🔍 🧰 🕵️ |
| Scorechain | Compliance & investigation platform | 🛡 |
| Chainalysis | Insightful case studies, trends, and analysis | 🧠 🛡 |
| Telegram Search | Telegago | 🔍🕵️ |
| Cryptocurrency & NFT OSINT | Introduction to Web3:Ethereum profiling & deanonymization | 🧠 🛠️ |
| Name | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Crypto APIs | The blockchain infrastructure suite for Web 3 | 🧰 🔍 |
| Blockstream.info | Search for transactions, address, hash | 🧰 🔍 |
| Bitquery GraphQL | Blockchain data via custom queries | 🧰 📊 |
| Coin Metrics | High-quality time-series data | 📁 🧠 |
| Crypto Currency Alerting | Cryptocurrency Alerting - Bitcoin, Crypto Alerts App | 🔍 📁 🧠 |
| Web3 News | Web3 is Going Just Great | 📁 🧠 |
| Name | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Chainabuse | Community platform to report crypto scams | 🛡 |
| ------ | Masak | ------ |
| TRM Labs Blog | Risk intelligence and investigative reports | 🧠 🛡 |
| Scam Search | Scam Search | 🔍 |
| Scam Alerts | Scam Alerts | 🔍 |
| Scam Wallets | Scam Wallets | 🔍 |
| Name | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| MIT Cryptocurrency Course | Academic resource on crypto systems | 🧠 |
| Chainalysis Crypto Crime Reports | Annual reports with case examples | 🧠 📁 |
| The Nerd in the High Castle | Digital Forensics, OSINT & Cyber Security Tutorials, Walkthroughs & Tools | 🧠 📁 |
| Travel Rule | What information needs to be included in the travel rule request | 🧠 📁 🛡 |
| Decoding Crypto | Decoding Blockchain and Crypto | 🧠 📁 |
| Privacy Coins 101 | Privacy Coins Anonimity Enhanced Cryptocurrencies | 🧠 📁 |
| Decoding Lightning Payment Request | LN Parser— Decoding and Encoding of Lightning Payment Request | 🧠 📁 |
| Bitcoin Tracking for Law Enforcement | A Guide to Crypto Investigations | 🧠 📁 |
| MistTrack New Tutorial | How to use Mistrack Platform | 🧠 📁 |
| Guide | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Crypto Investigation 101 – CipherTrace | Step-by-step intro for tracing wallets | 🧠 |
| Elliptic Investigator Casebook | Real-world crypto tracing examples | 🧠 |
| How to Investigate a Bitcoin Address | Deep dive using OXT and clustering | 🧠 🛠️ |
| [ADDRESS]-block | Identify information related to the address but not indexed by common search engines | 🧠 |
| site:[url of interest] [ADDRESS]-block | help to find information about an address on a target url of interest | 🧠 |
| IP Address Search | GeoIP databases demo | MaxMind |
Pull requests, forks, or just filing issues with useful links are highly welcome.
Your suggestions help improve this as a resource for investigators, journalists, and analysts.
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