Manifesto

Every satoshi leaves a trail. Follow it.

Why Flow exists and the principles the platform runs on. Nothing on this page asks you to trust us — every claim here is checkable against the public chain and the live product.

Don’t take our word for it

Nothing about Bitcoin asks you to trust anyone: everything is public, and everything can be checked. Flow holds itself to the same standard.

So check it:

Trust the verification, not the authors. That’s the whole point.


Principles

  1. Open data, open tools. The ledger belongs to everyone. The tools to read it should too. The public tier is free and stays free; the people who need the most of Flow fund it for the rest.
  2. Hypotheses, not verdicts. Every label on this platform is a community hypothesis with its sources and confidence displayed. Published facts (an exchange’s own disclosure, an official list) are marked as what they are and cited to source. Nothing here is a finding about anyone.
  3. Clusters first, people with a source. Flow describes clusters: mostly exchanges, pools, marketplaces and wallets, and sometimes the person a public source or the community ties to one. A label can be removed on request. Using Flow to contact, harass or act against anyone ends participation, permanently.
  4. Public data, no break-ins. We work from what Bitcoin makes public. We do not hack into anything, and neither may you through us.
  5. Check the work. Everything Flow asserts is reproducible from public data. If you can’t verify a claim, treat it accordingly — including ours.

Using Flow well

Flow is an analytics tool over public blockchain data. Use it to understand, to explain, to publish, to build. Labels and signatures are starting points, not conclusions; keep the ≈ and the confidence with them when you share what you found.

Flow does not accuse or take action against anyone, and it is not a place to organize doing so. Anything that needs an authority’s attention belongs with that authority, outside this platform. The Terms say the rest.


Disclaimer

Flow is an analysis tool for publicly available blockchain data. Nothing on this platform is legal advice, financial advice, or investment advice.

All transaction data displayed here is drawn from the public Bitcoin blockchain, which anyone can read. We do not have access to any non-public financial records. Labels that name a person come from public sources or the community, are shown as hypotheses with their sources, and can be removed on request. The minimal data we collect from our own users is described in our Privacy Policy.

Labels and behavioral signatures on this platform are community hypotheses, not findings of fact. They may be incomplete or wrong, they are subject to community review and revision, and they must not be treated as proof of any person’s or organization’s involvement in any activity. No content on this platform constitutes an accusation of wrongdoing against any person.

Flow is an independent project. No foundation funds it — the people and organizations who use it do, which is why the platform has paid tiers at all. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any law enforcement agency, government body, or blockchain foundation. We cannot investigate, intervene, or recover funds.

Use of this platform is subject to our Terms of Service.


Flow is independently built and independently owned. Serious parties can read about acquisition here.