Taint

The amount or proportion of value at an address or in a transfer attributed to an illicit source under a given tracing method. Taint is an analytical result, not an intrinsic property of the funds or a legal determination. It depends on the illicit sources identified, the tracing method applied and the scope of the analysis. The same funds may therefore receive different taint values under different methods (see Tracing methods). Taint is related to, but distinct from, the risk exposure scores reported by blockchain analytics tools (see Risk report).