Legal Reference
Tokenized stock evidence: which record proves ownership?
How attorneys should separate blockchain transfers, master securityholder files, custody records, and synthetic exposure in tokenized stock disputes.
Nick Kampe11 min read
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evidence
18 articles
Legal Reference
Sanctions and blockchain tracing: What an OFAC match proves
How attorneys should distinguish OFAC-listed addresses, vendor attributions, indirect transaction paths, ownership rules, and risk-score evidence.
Nick Kampe13 min read
Methodology
What a seizure-warrant trace reveals about blockchain evidence
A case study of DOJ's September 2026 Hamas crypto seizures, showing how sworn warrant records layer blockchain paths with service-provider evidence.
Nick Kampe13 min read
Methodology
One address, many actors: contract wallet attribution
Contract wallets and multisigs are not one-person accounts. Experts reconstruct owners, signers, modules, and relayers to attribute on-chain activity.
Nick Kampe12 min read
Methodology
Reproducible blockchain evidence beyond the explorer screenshot
Collecting blockchain evidence that another qualified analyst can reproduce: provenance fields, raw response hashes, query documentation, and label provenance.
Nick Kampe16 min read
Legal Reference
Wallet attribution and proposed Rule 104(b): judge vs jury roles
How proposed Rule 104(b) would reshape conditional relevance for wallet attribution evidence: what stays with the judge and what goes to the jury.
Nick Kampe11 min read
Education
Block time is not wall-clock time: finality, reorgs, timestamps
A block timestamp is a protocol input, not a certified clock. How inclusion, confirmations, finality, and reorgs shape timing evidence in litigation.
Nick Kampe16 min read
Methodology
Beyond the transaction hash: receipts, logs, and EVM traces
A transaction hash proves submission, not success. Receipts, event logs, and EVM traces answer whether execution succeeded and what assets moved.
Nick Kampe12 min read
Education
Token approvals, permits, and transfer attribution
Explains how ERC-20 approvals and permit signatures separate token ownership, transfer submission, delegated authority, and proof of owner intent.
Nick Kampe10 min read
Legal Reference
Evidence in crypto perpetual futures disputes
A practical evidence map for crypto perpetual disputes, separating blockchain records from venue data on orders, margin, funding, prices, and liquidations.
Nick Kampe11 min read
Legal Reference
Rule 1006 summaries in blockchain cases
A practical framework for admitting blockchain transaction summaries under Rule 1006 while preserving source access, reproducibility, and cross-examination.
Nick Kampe11 min read
Education
How to read a blockchain transaction: a guide for attorneys
Learn to interpret a blockchain transaction with public block explorers, from Ethereum fields and token transfers to Bitcoin inputs and evidentiary limits.
Nick Kampe8 min read
Legal Reference
NFT ownership disputes and unresolved court questions
A guide to NFT ownership disputes, covering on-chain records, off-chain rights, transfer evidence, and questions courts have yet to resolve.
Nick Kampe8 min read
Education
Self-custody vs. custodial wallets: what attorneys need to know
A guide to custodial and self-custody cryptocurrency wallets, the records each leaves behind, and how attorneys can establish control in litigation.
Nick Kampe11 min read
Legal Reference
Blockchain evidence admissibility in federal and Missouri courts
How Federal Rules of Evidence 901 and 902 apply to blockchain records, with Missouri authentication standards and Daubert considerations for attorneys.
Nick Kampe15 min read
Legal Reference
Blockchain evidence in litigation: admissibility and practice
A guide to authenticating blockchain evidence in federal and Missouri litigation, covering Rules 901 and 902, Daubert reliability, and chain of custody.
Nick Kampe13 min read
Education
Understanding wallet ownership evidence
A guide to proving cryptocurrency wallet ownership in litigation, covering private keys, exchange records, device forensics, and signed messages.
Nick Kampe11 min read
Education
Can blockchain transactions be traced? A primer for attorneys
An attorney-focused explanation of tracing public blockchain transactions, address attribution, exchange records, and the limits of on-chain evidence.
Nick Kampe12 min read