Interactive crypto compliance simulator

Understand how crypto
transactions get investigated.

KYT Explorer is a live, visual simulator of the systems exchanges and governments use to trace blockchain flows, score wallets, and freeze suspicious funds.

9
Wallet types
6
Pipeline stages
Hops traceable
Alice (User)
Binance Hot
Hacker Cluster
Tornado Mixer
Darknet Market
OTC Desk
Cross-chain Bridge
Fireblocks Custody
OFAC Listed
low
med
high
critical
0x91af…2c1bCoinbaseUnknown12.4 ETHlow
0x77be…9a4fTornadoOTC Desk320 ETHhigh
0x12cd…88eeHackerBridge1500 ETHcritical
0x44a1…77b2AliceBinance0.4 ETHlow
0xaa00…ff10OFACBridge0.2 ETHcritical
0x6611…dd22CustodyCoinbase210 USDTlow
0x9ace…11ffDarknetMixer8 BTCcritical
0x91af…2c1bCoinbaseUnknown12.4 ETHlow
0x77be…9a4fTornadoOTC Desk320 ETHhigh
0x12cd…88eeHackerBridge1500 ETHcritical
0x44a1…77b2AliceBinance0.4 ETHlow
0xaa00…ff10OFACBridge0.2 ETHcritical
0x6611…dd22CustodyCoinbase210 USDTlow
0x9ace…11ffDarknetMixer8 BTCcritical
01 · Foundations

KYC vs KYT

Two halves of compliance. One verifies who you are. The other watches what you do on-chain.

KYC
Know Your Customer

Identity verification at onboarding: passport, selfie, address. A one-time gate that proves you are real.

  • Identity documents
  • PEP & adverse media
  • Static, point-in-time
KYT
Know Your Transaction

Continuous, behavioral. Every deposit and withdrawal is scored against the blockchain's full graph in real time.

  • Wallet attribution
  • Sanctions & mixer detection
  • Live, every block
02 · Architecture

The transaction monitoring pipeline

What actually happens between a block landing on chain and a compliance officer freezing your deposit.

step 01
Blockchain Node
Geth / Erigon syncing every block from the chain.
Geth · Erigon · Bitcoin Core
step 02
Indexer
Decodes blocks into queryable transactions, traces, and logs.
Subsquid · Ankr · The Graph
step 03
Tx Stream
Kafka-style stream of every transfer in real time.
Kafka · Redpanda · NATS
step 04
KYT Engine
Enriches each tx with wallet attribution and behavioral signals.
Graph DB · Neo4j · ClickHouse
step 05
Rules Engine
Evaluates sanctions, mixers, hops, exposure thresholds.
OPA · Drools · custom DSL
step 06
Compliance UI
Analysts triage alerts, file SARs, freeze deposits.
React · realtime feeds
03 · Inside the engine

What the KYT engine actually does

Hop tracing

Recursively walk every input and output to attribute origin and destination clusters.

Behavioral scoring

ML signals on velocity, peeling chains, mixer fingerprints and structuring.

Sanctions screening

OFAC, UN and EU lists matched against every counterparty in real time.

Cluster analysis

Group addresses controlled by the same entity using heuristics and labeled data.

Real-time rules

DSL rules fire on stream — exposure thresholds, mixer outputs, cross-chain hops.

Explainability

Every score comes with the rules and evidence that produced it. No black boxes.

04 · The industry

Who builds these systems

A handful of companies dominate blockchain analytics for exchanges and governments.

Chainalysis
The blockchain data platform
Focus
Investigation, KYT, sanctions screening
Customers
Govt, exchanges, banks
Elliptic
Crypto risk management
Focus
Wallet screening, holistic screening across chains
Customers
Exchanges, fintech
TRM Labs
Blockchain intelligence
Focus
Real-time KYT, threat intel, compliance ops
Customers
Govt, exchanges
CipherTrace
Crypto AML & forensics
Focus
Tracing, attribution, VASP risk
Customers
Banks, regulators
05 · The cast

Who's in the graph

Every blockchain investigation comes down to attributing addresses to one of these archetypes.

Alice (User)
Low
0x4a7e9f3c1b2d8a5e6f0c1d2e3a4b5c6d7e8f9012
Userverified
Binance Hot
Low
0x9c2a1b3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f8901
Exchangecexverified
Hacker Cluster
Critical
0xdeadbeef1337c0ffee9999aaaabbbbccccdddd11
Hackerbridge-exploitstolen-funds
Tornado Mixer
High
0xtornadocash00000000000000000000000000ab
Mixermixerobfuscation
Darknet Market
Critical
0xdarknet0000111122223333444455556666beef
Darknetdarknet
OTC Desk
Medium
0xotcdesk00aa11bb22cc33dd44ee55ff66778899
OTC Deskotc
Cross-chain Bridge
Medium
0xbridge00112233445566778899aabbccddeeff00
Bridgebridge
Fireblocks Custody
Low
0xcustody1122334455667788990011223344556677
Custodycustodyverified
OFAC Listed
Critical
0xsanctioned000ofac111222333444555666777888
Sanctionedofacsanctioned
06 · Ready to dive in

Trace the hacker. Freeze the funds.

Walk through the full investigation in story mode, or jump straight into the live engine.