Wallet

A wallet is the digital environment someone uses to store, receive and send crypto. A wallet has a public address that is visible on the blockchain; access runs through keys that the owner controls. On its own, a wallet says nothing about who is behind it.

What it may indicate

An address that keeps coming back in an investigation can be a lead, but it need not mean anything. Sometimes a wallet belongs to a service, sometimes to a person. What an address really represents only emerges from following the transactions around it.

To map a flow of funds, the wallet from which an amount departed is examined. By following the incoming and outgoing transactions, a picture of the route forms. That picture can give direction, but interpretation only follows after investigation.

What is a crypto wallet?

A wallet is the digital environment used to store and send crypto. It comes with a public address that is visible on the blockchain.

Does a wallet reveal who owns it?

Not by itself. An address is visible, but who is behind it only emerges from following the surrounding transactions in context.