Establish the timeline
Record first and latest activity, dormant periods, bursts, transaction count, and whether the wallet appears newly activated.
Free wallet review checklist
A practical EVM wallet due diligence checklist.
Use this evidence-first sequence before accepting a material payment, signing an OTC trade, onboarding a counterparty, or relying on a wallet history supplied without context.
Public addresses only · No wallet connection · Informational research, not professional advice
Review the evidence in a fixed order.
A public address is not an identity and a clean-looking explorer page is not a risk conclusion. Preserve transaction references, distinguish direct observations from third-party labels, and document unanswered off-chain questions.
Find concentration
Identify the transfers and counterparties responsible for a material share of visible inbound and outbound value.
Write the unknowns
List what the chain cannot establish: beneficial ownership, economic purpose, off-chain source, and control of related addresses.
Scope before purchase.
Can wallet history prove identity?
No. A public address can show activity but does not, by itself, prove the person or entity controlling it.
Should public labels be treated as facts?
Treat labels as third-party claims and preserve the source and retrieval time behind each one.
What makes a transfer material?
Materiality depends on the decision. Start with value concentration, recency, recurrence, and connection to the proposed transaction.
Is this an AML or sanctions checklist?
No. It is an evidence-organization checklist and does not replace regulated screening or professional advice.
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Important: ChainDossier analyzes public blockchain and open-source information. It does not identify beneficial ownership, certify funds as clean, guarantee safety, or provide legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, AML, sanctions, investment, or financial advice.