Flow Path Analysis
The Flow Paths tab computes four analytical summaries from the trace graph. This page explains how to read each one and what it tells you about the movement of funds.
Top Paths by Value
The top five highest-value paths through the trace, each shown as a sequence of addresses.
What the value represents: The total cumulative value transferred along that chain of addresses. It is the sum of transfers along that specific route, not the value at any single point.
What the hop count represents: The number of address-to-address transfers in the path. A path with 3 hops passed through 4 addresses total.
The highest-value path is generally the primary route funds took through the network.
Longest Path
The path with the most hops, regardless of value.
A long path can indicate funds being moved through many intermediate addresses before reaching a destination — a pattern sometimes used to create distance between origin and endpoint. A long path with very low value is worth distinguishing from a long path with significant value.
Depth and value are independent. The highest-value path is often not the longest.
Sink Categories
A breakdown of where traced funds ultimately ended, by terminal node type.
| Category | What It Means for the Investigation |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Funds reached an exchange — common and identifiable. The proportion of exchange endpoints gives a sense of how much of the traced value reached a withdrawal point. |
| Bridge | Funds left the Ethereum network. These funds cannot be traced further on this chain. |
| Mixer | Funds passed through a privacy protocol. The trail is intentionally interrupted at these points. |
| Other / Unknown | Terminal addresses not classified into the above categories — often wallets or contracts where the trace stopped at the depth limit. |
Hover any category badge to see the total inflow for that category.
Top Counterparties
The five addresses that received the most individual transactions in the trace, ranked by transaction count.
Transaction count vs. value: An address that received many small transactions behaves differently from one that received a single large transfer. High transaction count with low value can indicate automated or fragmented movement.
Token breakdown: The top two tokens are shown inline. Hover to see all tokens and their totals. Multiple tokens at a single counterparty may indicate a DEX, aggregator, or multi-asset routing contract.
Click any counterparty row to jump to that node on the Bubble Map.
When to Use Flow Paths
Flow Paths is most useful when:
- The trace has many nodes and the Bubble Map is dense — Flow Paths gives the summary view
- You want to know where most funds ended up without reading each terminal individually
- You are comparing the primary path against all paths (top paths vs. longest path)
- You want to identify which addresses were most active as recipients
Use Flow Paths alongside the Journey tab for step-by-step detail on specific paths, and alongside the Terminals tab for per-address terminal information.