Deconflict Glossary
A–Z
Blockchain Analytics
The analysis of blockchain transactions and related on-chain activity to identify patterns, services, transaction flows, and exposure.
Cryptocurrency Investigation
An investigation involving digital assets that may combine blockchain analysis with traditional investigative techniques, including legal process, interviews, financial records, and digital evidence.
Darknet Moniker
An identifier used on darknet markets or forums. Used in Deconfliction to identify potential investigative overlap among participating agencies.
Deconfliction
Identifying potential investigative overlap among authorized organizations.
Digital-Asset Exposure
Financial-crime exposure involving digital assets across customers, counterparties, transactions, investigations, or operational workflows.
KYT
Know Your Transaction. A workflow or capability used to evaluate transactional risk. Complements Signal.
Law-Enforcement Intelligence
Investigative information developed and contributed by credentialed law-enforcement agencies through active criminal investigations.
Legal Process
Formal legal instruments such as subpoenas, preservation letters, court orders, or warrants used to obtain information from service providers.
Preservation Letter
A request to a service provider to preserve records relevant to an investigation. Templates are available through Deconflict.
Probabilistic Risk
Risk assessment derived from activity, transactional data, behavioral models, or other analytical methods. Distinct from Verified Intelligence.
Subpoena
A legal instrument requiring a person or organization to produce documents or testify. Templates are available through Deconflict for cryptocurrency investigations.
VASP
Virtual Asset Service Provider. Includes exchanges, custodians, and other digital-asset businesses listed in the Deconflict VASP Directory.
Verified Intelligence
Intelligence contributed by participating law-enforcement agencies through the Deconflict network and available for analyst evaluation in an existing workflow.
Verified Intelligence Layer
The Deconflict layer that delivers intelligence contributed by participating law-enforcement agencies into financial-institution workflows and supports coordination between authorized organizations.
Wallet Address
A unique identifier on a blockchain that can receive or send digital assets. Used in Deconfliction to identify potential investigative overlap.
Wallet Attribution
The process of associating a wallet address with an identified counterparty or entity.