Public Blockchain Research: Methodology

This file sets out how Sahil Files researches public blockchains. It is a methodology document and makes no claims about any person.

Public ledgers show that transfers happened between addresses. They do not, on their own, show who controls an address or why a transfer was made.

Principles:

• Every address association carries one of three labels: confirmed (direct, reviewed attribution evidence), inferred (analytical, with stated reasoning), or disputed (contested by a credible party).
• Transaction data is linked to a public explorer so any reader can check it.
• No address is labelled as belonging to a named person without reviewed attribution evidence.
• An association with an address is not evidence of unlawful conduct.

A dated sequence of documented events, each linked to a source or to a reviewed internal record. Dates carry an explicit precision (day, month or year).

Analysis connects sourced facts. Where the file draws an inference, it is labelled as analysis and the underlying records are cited so readers can reach their own view.

Data is read from Solana RPC and indexed providers, cross-checked against at least one public explorer. Token amounts are stored in raw base units with their decimals to avoid rounding errors.

Each evidence item lists its provenance, original source, acquisition date, verification status and, where applicable, a SHA-256 content hash. A hash shows whether a file changed after hashing; it does not prove the file is authentic.

Links to other files, timeline entries and public records connected to this subject.

Before publication, people and organisations named in a file are offered the right to reply. Responses, denials and disputes are published here in full or in fair summary.

Sources are recorded with title, publisher, URL and access date. Private personal data (home addresses, contact details, government identifiers, credentials) is redacted regardless of whether it appears in source material.

No revisions yet. Corrections will be listed here with the date and nature of each change.