Entity Taxonomy
Version 0.2.1 Last Modified: 2022-01-27 Creator: INTERPOL Darknet and Cryptocurrencies Working Group
Description
This taxonomy defines entities that represent real-world actors and service that are part of a larger Darknet- and Cryptoasset Ecosystems.
Concept Index
Entity | Organization | User | Digital Item | Service | Victim | Perpetrator | Donation | Exchange | Wallet Service | Escrow Wallet | ICO Wallet | Cold Wallet | File Sharing | Index | Market | Messaging Service | Mixing Service | CoinJoin | Miner | Mining as a Service | Gambling Service | Search Engine | Shop | Faucet | Payment Processor | Cryptoasset ATM | Hosting Service Provider | VPN Service Provider | DeFi Protocol | Lending Protocol | Decentralized Exchange (DEX) | Derivative | CollectibleConcept Definitions
- Label
- Entity
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#entity
- Description
- An actor is anything playing an active role in Darknets or Cryptoasset ecosystems. This subsumes individuals and organizations as well as automated services fulfilling a certain function in such environments.
- Narrower Concepts
- Organization | User | Service | Item
- Label
- Organization
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#organization
- Description
- An organization represents some social institution, such as public services or companies.
- Broader Concepts
- Entity
- Label
- User
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#user
- Description
- A user is a person who utilizes Darknet or Cryptoasset infrastructures and / or offered services.
- Narrower Concepts
- User | Perpetrator | Donation
- Broader Concepts
- Entity
- Label
- Digital Item
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#item
- Description
- An intangible asset or piece of media that doesn't have physical form or substance and can be sold or shared online.
- Narrower Concepts
- Collectible
- Label
- Service
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#service
- Description
- A service refers to some software functionality or a set of software functionalities that can be used by different actors for difffent purposes.
- Narrower Concepts
- Exchange | Filesharing | Index | Market | Messaging_service | Mixing_service | Search_engine | Shop
- Broader Concepts
- Entity
- Label
- Victim
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#victim
- Description
- Someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness or chance.
- See also
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/victim
- Broader Concepts
- User
- Label
- Perpetrator
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#perpetrator
- Description
- Someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act.
- See also
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/perpetrator
- Broader Concepts
- User
- Label
- Donation
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#donation
- Description
- Someone or something receiving donations in cryptoassets.
- Broader Concepts
- User
- Label
- Exchange
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#exchange
- Description
- A centralized cryptocurrency exchange (CEX) is a business that allows customers to trade cryptocurrencies or digital currencies for other assets, such as conventional fiat money or other digital currencies.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_exchange
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Wallet Service
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#wallet_service
- Description
- A wallet service is a software or web service that custodizes and utilizes cryptoasset keys on behalf of their users.
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Escrow Wallet
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#escrow_wallet
- Description
- An escrow service is a mediator service that keeps the money for a transaction in safekeeping until the coins are handed over.
- See also
- https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin/escrow/
- Broader Concepts
- Wallet_service
- Label
- ICO Wallet
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#ico_wallet
- Description
- A wallet that has been used for Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
- Broader Concepts
- Wallet_service
- Label
- Cold Wallet
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#cold_wallet
- Description
- A wallet that is not connected to the Internet and controlled by some user.
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- File Sharing
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#filesharing
- Description
- A file sharing service provides access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Index
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#index
- Description
- An index refers the contents of other websites in the Dark- or Clearnet.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_indexing
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Market
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#market
- Description
- A market, or marketplace, is an online location where users purchase and sale legitimate or illegitimate goods and services.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketplace
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Messaging Service
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#messaging_service
- Description
- A messaging service is a type of online chat that offers real-time transmission of messages over the Internet.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Mixing Service
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#mixing_service
- Description
- A tumbler or mixing service is a service offered to mix potentially identifiable or 'tainted' cryptoasset funds with others, so as to obscure the trail back to the fund's original source. Tumblers have arisen to improve the anonymity of cryptocurrencies, usually bitcoin (hence Bitcoin mixer), since the currencies provide a public ledger of all transactions.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency_tumbler
- Narrower Concepts
- Coinjoin
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- CoinJoin
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#coinjoin
- Description
- CoinJoin is an anonymization strategy that protects the privacy of Bitcoin users when they conduct transactions with each other, obscuring the sources and destinations of BTC used in transactions.
- See also
- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/coinjoin.asp
- Broader Concepts
- Mixing_service
- Label
- Miner
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#miner
- Description
- A service that processes and verifies transactions for various forms of cryptoassets and creates blocks to be added to the blockchain digital ledger.
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Mining as a Service
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#mining_service
- Description
- A software and computing infrastructure that allows mining of cryptoassets in the cloud
- Broader Concepts
- Miner
- Label
- Gambling Service
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#gambling
- Description
- A gambling service support the wagering of money or something of value (e.g., tokens) on an event with an uncertain outcome, with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Search Engine
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#search_engine
- Description
- A web search engine or Internet search engine is a software system that is designed to carry out web search (Internet search), which means to search the World Wide Web in a systematic way for particular information specified in a textual web search query. The search results are generally presented in a line of results, often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs). The information may be a mix of links to web pages, images, videos, infographics, articles, research papers, and other types of files.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Shop
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#shop
- Description
- A shop allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_shopping
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Faucet
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#faucet
- Description
- A faucet can be defined as a reward system from which small amounts of coins can be rewarded
- See also
- https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/what-is-a-crypto-faucet
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Payment Processor
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#payment_processor
- Description
- A platform for online transactions that serves as a gateway and helps companies accept payments in cryptocurrencies
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Cryptoasset ATM
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#atm
- Description
- A physical kiosk that allows users to exchange cryptoassets and fiat currencies.
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Hosting Service Provider
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#hosting
- Description
- A hosting service provider (HSP) is an IT service company or partner that provides remote IT resources and/or services
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- VPN Service Provider
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#vpn
- Description
- A virtual private network (VPN) service provides a proxy server to help users bypass Internet censorship such as geoblocking and users who want to protect their communications against data profiling or MitM attacks on hostile networks.
- See also
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN_service
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- DeFi Protocol
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#defi
- Description
- A program offering financial services in the form of smart contracts.
- Broader Concepts
- Service
- Label
- Lending Protocol
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#defi_lending
- Description
- A DeFi protocol that lets users lend and borrow cryptoassets without having to go through a centralized intermediary
- Broader Concepts
- Defi
- Label
- Decentralized Exchange (DEX)
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#defi_dex
- Description
- A type of cryptocurrency exchange which allows for direct peer-to-peer cryptocurrency transactions to take place online securely and without the need for an intermediary.
- Broader Concepts
- Defi
- Label
- Derivative
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#defi_derivative
- Description
- A contract between two or more parties whose value is based on an agreed-upon underlying financial (crypto)asset.
- Broader Concepts
- Defi
- Label
- Collectible
- URI
- https://graphsense.github.io/DW-VA-Taxonomy/taxonomies/entities#collectible
- Description
- A collectible refers to an item that is worth far more than it was originally sold for because of its rarity and/or popularity.
- Broader Concepts
- Item