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Notes on blockchain investigations, financial crime and the structures that make digital assets difficult to trace.
The Transfer That Never Happened (Delta-Neutral Siphoning)Constraints, episode 14Methods · 5 min readThe Strings Stay Public (Why Tracing Is Not Enough)Constraints, episode 13Methods · 5 min readA Finding Stands Without YouConstraints, episode 12Methods · 7 min readThe Magic of Flash Loans (Part 2): The Next OctaveConstraints, episode 11Systems · 8 min readThe Magic of Flash Loans (Part 1): Capital Was Never the ConstraintConstraints, episode 10Systems · 9 min readTwo Sweeps Pointed at the Same AddressConstraints, episode 9Investigations · 7 min readThe Desk Opens on MondayConstraints, episode 8Methods · 7 min readAchilles Catches the Tortoise Where It Has to StopConstraints, episode 7Methods · 5 min readWhy Blind Experts Fail, and How Great Teams Connect the DotsConstraints, episode 6Methods · 5 min readSecond-Hand World (Part 2): The Role of KnowingConstraints, episode 5Epistemology · 7 min readSecond-Hand World (Part 1): What LLMs Inherit From the World They Never TouchedConstraints, episode 4Epistemology · 3 min readA Scam Made to MeasureConstraints, episode 3Victims · 5 min readA Powerful Tool Will Not Save YouConstraints, episode 2Methods · 4 min readWhat a USDT Recovery Actually Looks LikeConstraints, episode 1Investigations · 5 min readWelcome to ConstraintsConstraints, episode 0Methods · 3 min readGuess Who? (On-chain)Investigations · 3 min readWallet BalancesMethods · 3 min readA Special Demixing CaseInvestigations · 5 min readInside Inferno DrainerInvestigations · 3 min read
I investigate systems by understanding their constraints. Today, that means blockchain.