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Wallet DNA and the DNA Vault

What Wallet DNA is​

Wallet DNA reads how a wallet behaves, not only what it holds. Cognivo composes on-chain signals into one wallet persona, meaning who the wallet acts like, plus a current activity state, meaning what it is doing now. The page also tells you how much history stands behind that call.

Every signal is placed in one of three groups: signals Cognivo observed, signals Cognivo checked and found none of, and signals Cognivo could not check. That third group matters. A signal Cognivo could not check is reported as not checked, never as a zero.

When to use it​

Use Wallet DNA when the question is about the wallet itself. A buyer keeps appearing in a token's early holders and you want to know whether that is a trading wallet, a wallet that mostly collects airdrops, or something else. A counterparty showed up in a trace and you want a read on its habits before you draw a conclusion. Wallet DNA answers "how does this wallet usually act", where Wallet PnL answers "did it make money" and Wallet Intelligence answers "what is in it right now".

Where to find it​

In the dApp sidebar, under Intelligence, open Wallet DNA. Saved reports live one row below, under DNA Vault.

  1. Paste the wallet you want to read into the Wallet address field.
  2. Choose the network that wallet is on from the Network dropdown.
  3. Select Continue to see what the report includes and what it costs. Nothing is charged until you confirm a paid report.
The Wallet DNA start screen, opened from Wallet DNA in the left sidebar.Enlarge image

Wallet DNA runs on Ethereum, Base and BNB Chain. Pick the network the wallet is actually on, because a report is read per network.

Choosing a report​

After you continue, Cognivo shows what the report includes before it runs anything. There are two kinds.

A Snapshot grades a bounded recent window of activity, so it tells you how the wallet has been behaving lately. Full History goes deeper and runs in the background, so the answer does not arrive in the same moment. Choosing an analysis window costs nothing on its own and never starts a report by itself.

What you get back​

A finished report gives you a persona chip, a confidence indicator, a coverage state, the top signals behind the read, and a behaviour mix showing how the wallet's activity divides up. Top signals read like plain counts, for example a number of proven buys or a number of airdrops received.

Some results will be less complete than others, and Cognivo says so instead of guessing:

  • No persona, insufficient representative coverage. Cognivo did not see enough representative activity to name a behaviour type. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the wallet.
  • Coverage failure. The report could not be backed by enough indexed history in the window you chose. Widening the window or running Full History may help.
  • Could not check. A signal was unavailable to Cognivo. Treat it as unknown, not as absent.

A quiet report is not proof that a wallet is clean, and a busy one is not proof that it is dangerous. Wallet DNA tells you what Cognivo checked and what it found. The judgement stays with you.

Limits worth knowing​

A Snapshot grades the indexed activity inside the window you selected, so activity outside that window is not part of the read. Full History reads the oldest and the most recent indexed transfers, so it is a wide view of a wallet's life rather than a line by line record of every transaction in between.

Wallet DNA reports are private by design. They never appear in Discover, in the live ticker or in the Telegram channel.

Wallet DNA is not one of the tools that charge credits today, so running one does not spend credits. The confirmation step is still part of the flow: where a report carries a cost, Cognivo quotes it first, and nothing is spent unless you confirm. Cancelling charges nothing, and a report that cannot be produced charges nothing. Your header shows your remaining balance and your daily free allowance, which is 5 free credits per day, reset at midnight UTC. See Billing and credits for the full picture.

The DNA Vault​

Every report you run is kept in the DNA Vault, a searchable library of your own saved Wallet DNA reports.

  1. Select Refresh Vault to reload your saved records, which is free.
  2. Type in the search box to find a saved report by address, label, tag, persona, state, token, or report id.
  3. Use the chips to narrow the list to Snapshots, Full History, Comparisons, Pending, Archived, or Shared, with the count shown on each chip.
  4. Tick Compare on a report card to pick it out for a comparison.
The Wallet DNA Vault library, where your saved Wallet DNA reports are kept, opened from DNA Vault in the left sidebar.Enlarge image

Everything on this screen is free. Refresh Vault reloads your saved records and costs nothing. Refresh DNA is a different button: it runs a new report, so it goes through the normal quote and confirm flow rather than refreshing in place.

You can group reports into collections, add your own tags, sort with Newest first, and open any card for the full report. Selecting Compare on two to five saved reports puts them side by side, and your selection is kept as you page through the list or change filters. The Vault only shows reports you have already run. It cannot produce new analysis on its own, so start a new report from the Wallet DNA page when you need fresh data.

What to check next​