Bitcoin investigation and wallet seizure

Bitcoin investigation - and cryptocurrency investigations in general - benefit from access to a transparent ledger system - or blockchain - that investigators can directly monitor. There are many free tools for investigating transactions on the blockchain that are suitable for basic lookups of only a few addresses. We show the difference between a custodial wallet on an exchange (Coinbase) and a locally-installed wallet (Electrum). 00:00 Introduction 00:12 Cryptocurrency exchanges 00:25 Custodial wallet 00:50 Exchange wallet transaction information 01:13 Cryptocurrency ledger networks 01:46 Basic transaction tools online 02:15 Local cryptocurrency wallets 02:51 Electrum Bitcoin wallet 03:15 Bitcoin wallet vs address 03:34 Creating a new Bitcoin wallet - options 04:49 Bitcoin wallet Keystore - options 06:08 Important when seizing a wallet 06:20 Where can we find wallet info? 06:55 Unencrypted wallet 07:55 Encrypted wallet 08:18 What to do if encrypted? 08:58 Investigating cryptocurrency transactions 09:44 Com