Who can I turn to with a crypto dispute?
By R.T. (Tyler) Dijst, blockchain investigator at Paucitas
What Paucitas does in a crypto dispute
We establish which addresses, amounts and moments are actually there, regardless of what the parties say about them. That means the transactions themselves, the order in which they took place and how they line up with the agreement or the bookkeeping the dispute is about.
We work for either side of a dispute and take no position. That independence is what makes a report usable in proceedings. Where the data allows more than one reading, the report says so.
What you supply
You supply the wallet addresses or transaction hashes, the agreement the dispute concerns, the correspondence between the parties and a short description of the question that needs answering.
What you receive
You receive a report with the question put to us, the method followed, the findings point by point and an assessment of evidential value. Everything traces back to the blockchain itself, so a third party can check it.
If the case comes to a hearing, we can explain the report in court or respond to a report from the other side.
How to get started
You get in touch with a short description of the dispute and of the question you want answered. We will tell you whether that question can be answered with blockchain data and what it takes.
European supervisors publish background on crypto assets and the rules that apply to them: see ESMA and EBA.
The legal assessment of the dispute stays with your lawyer and ultimately with the court. Paucitas supplies the factual basis.