Bitcoin Addresses on the Web
Bitcoin Address Website Appearances
The Bitcoin Who's Who Website Appearances database currently consists of over 700,000 bitcoin addresses which were discovered by crawling millions of public websites since March 2015. Inspired by Sarah Meiklejohn's 2013 publication of A Fistful of Bitcoins: Characterizing Payments Among Men with No Names, BitcoinWhosWho.com has become an essential starting point for seeding any meaningful bitcoin blockchain forensic project. When a bitcoin address is discovered on a target website, the crawler will capture the URL address, page title and description (in addition to the BTC wallet address) to provide vital context.
The websites crawled are highly curated to ensure only the most relevant information is displayed on BitcoinWhosWho.com.
| % of Total Crawled | Website Type |
| 26.97% | Cybersecurity |
| 23.60% | Forum |
| 19.10% | Crypto Media |
| 8.99% | Media |
| 6.74% | Other |
| 5.62% | Bitcoin Forum |
| 4.49% | Scam |
| 3.37% | Legal & Regulatory |
| 1.12% | Social Media |
Absolutely no blockexplorers are ever allowed because the results from crawling them don't provide any unique context for the addresses that are captured.
Bitcoin Address Website Appearances are also available via API. Click here for more information on the APIs or email api@bitcoinwhoswho.com to request a key.