Case of the Week · Pilot #01

Anatomy of a Trace

Reconstructing a court-ready record on a resolved public matter

Not who did it — the public record settled that. This answers what a defensible, independently verifiable evidence record looks like when it's built for verification, not a dashboard score.

Public record (not ForensicBlock attribution)

August 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack (public record)

~119,756 BTC stolen — Bitfinex public disclosure, August 2016
U.S. Department of Justice, February 8, 2022 — seizure and charges in U.S. v. Ilya Lichtenstein & Heather Morgan (public filings)
Fully resolved in the public record. This pilot demonstrates methodology on a known outcome — ForensicBlock asserts no new attribution about any person or entity.

Seed address (public filing): bc1qazcm763858nkj2dj986etajv6wquslv8uxwczt

Live pipeline output

Loading investigation eb963497…

The seal — verify it yourself

Court-ready means the record carries methodology version, SHA-256 chain of custody, and a public verifier link — never “admissible,” never “trust us.”

Sealed report pending — complete the runbook (Story → Generate Report → Seal) before publishing.

Public verifier Read the methodology

Methodology demonstration on a publicly documented, resolved matter — general information only, not legal advice. ForensicBlock asserts no new attribution. Whether any record may be received as evidence depends on the court.

Loading ForensicBlock

Preparing your blockchain forensics platform...