Collecting Bitcoin wallet info for OSINT purposes

Nowadays there’s a lot of hype around cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin on the top of it, as this is world’s first fully digital currency, and therefore, the most popular. Taking this fact into consideration, Lampyre’s developers created a specific request that collects basic information on Bitcoin wallets. So, in this article we will give you a brief overview on what it can get for you.

To get started, you’ll need a wallet address. You can either find Bitcoin wallet info query in List of requests window, or simply open Lampyrise window and input it there, just like this:

All you need to do now is hit the button with our logo on the right side and wait for a minute or two. When the request is processed, you will see these tables:

The first table provides basic information about Bitcoin wallet with total coins sent and received, its balance and count of transactions:

The second table is called Simple Bitcoin Transaction. Since Bitcoin is an open system, anybody can get such information for a certain wallet — that’s why crypto wallets represent good areas for OSINT investigators.

The third table collects mixed bitcoin transactions:

In both tables the wallet address we input is either a sender or a receiver. The only difference between these tables is that mixed transactions were done using a crypto currency tumbler. In a nutshell, simple transaction is done directly from one wallet address to another. Mixed transactions are combined into a pool with many inputs and many outputs. This happens when special services, like tumblers, are used: they add transactions to a common pool. As a result, such transactions do not go directly — amounts are taken from a common pool, so that it becomes difficult to track them.

That was it, pretty simple and useful, especially if you want to conduct an investigation and combine information from different sources. Try it!