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On-chain Research Stack

Explorer, indexer and analytics layers combined so wallet and token questions get answered with verifiable data.

1 min readupdated 2026-09-02

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Provide the factual base layer for every crypto decision: who holds what, which contracts are involved, and how deep the liquidity actually is. Explorer, indexer and analytics layers combined so wallet and token questions get answered with verifiable data.

Explorer, indexer and analytics layers combined so wallet and token questions get answered with verifiable data. Provide the factual base layer for every crypto decision: who holds what, which contracts are involved, and how deep the liquidity actually is. The stack combines Block explorer (Etherscan-class, per chain) — contract source, approvals, raw transactions, Indexer / data API (Alchemy, Helius or Covalent) — programmatic transaction and balance history, Wallet analytics (Nansen, Arkham or Zerion) — labels, PnL, cohort behaviour, SQL analytics (Dune) — custom cohort and liquidity queries, DEX analytics (DEX Screener or GeckoTerminal) — pool depth, liquidity locks, new pairs. This tool stack node is part of the Onexial knowledge graph and links to related concepts, workflows and tools below.
Purpose
Provide the factual base layer for every crypto decision: who holds what, which contracts are involved, and how deep the liquidity actually is.
Tools Included
  • Block explorer (Etherscan-class, per chain) — contract source, approvals, raw transactions
  • Indexer / data API (Alchemy, Helius or Covalent) — programmatic transaction and balance history
  • Wallet analytics (Nansen, Arkham or Zerion) — labels, PnL, cohort behaviour
  • SQL analytics (Dune) — custom cohort and liquidity queries
  • DEX analytics (DEX Screener or GeckoTerminal) — pool depth, liquidity locks, new pairs
  • Spreadsheet or notebook — normalisation before AI analysis
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Use Cases
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What is the On-chain Research Stack stack for?

Provide the factual base layer for every crypto decision: who holds what, which contracts are involved, and how deep the liquidity actually is.

Which tools are in this stack?

Block explorer (Etherscan-class, per chain) — contract source, approvals, raw transactions, Indexer / data API (Alchemy, Helius or Covalent) — programmatic transaction and balance history, Wallet analytics (Nansen, Arkham or Zerion) — labels, PnL, cohort behaviour, SQL analytics (Dune) — custom cohort and liquidity queries, DEX analytics (DEX Screener or GeckoTerminal) — pool depth, liquidity locks, new pairs, Spreadsheet or notebook — normalisation before AI analysis.

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Related concepts

The vocabulary this page depends on.

  • On-chain Data

    On-chain data is the public record of every transaction, balance and contract call — the raw material for wallet tracking and market research.

  • Crypto Automation

    Crypto automation is rule-based execution of monitoring, alerting and recurring on-chain actions, so decisions are made once and applied consistently.

  • Gas Fee

    A gas fee is the network payment for computation and storage in a transaction, priced by demand rather than by trade size.

  • Smart Money

    Smart money is a label for wallets with a documented history of profitable, early positioning — a research filter, not a signal to copy blindly.

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Related workflows

Turn this into a repeatable process.

  • Analyze A Wallet With AI

    Turn a raw transaction history into a readable profile: strategy, holding periods, risk behaviour and realised performance.

  • Monitor Liquidity

    Watch the pools you depend on for exit liquidity, so a position becomes unexitable only in theory, not by surprise.

  • AI Token Research Workflow

    Screen a token in under 30 minutes: contract facts, liquidity structure, holder concentration and a written risk verdict.

  • AI Crypto Research Workflow

    A repeatable research loop: turn a question into market data, on-chain evidence and a written risk view before any position is considered.

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Related tool stacks

The tools that run it in production.

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Related prompts

Reusable prompts for this job.

  • Token Research Prompt

    Structures a full token due-diligence pass: mechanics, liquidity, concentration, bear case and unverifiable claims flagged explicitly.

  • Crypto Risk Analysis Prompt

    Runs a pre-mortem on a position or protocol: enumerates failure modes, likelihood, impact and observable early warnings.

  • Wallet Analysis Prompt

    Turns a transaction export into a behavioural profile: strategy type, timeframes, risk pattern and whether the wallet is worth watching.

  • Transaction Analysis Prompt

    Explains what a specific transaction did, what it authorised, and what risk it left behind.

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Related use cases

How people apply it, and what came out.

  • Find Smart Money Activity

    A research group verified 40 leaderboard wallets and kept only 11, turning a noisy signal source into a usable research queue.

  • Monitor Liquidity

    Depth monitoring across 9 positions flagged three tokens as effectively unexitable at their current size, forcing a resize before it mattered.

  • Research A Token With AI

    A structured AI research pass cut token screening from three hours to 35 minutes and produced documented passes instead of impulse entries.

  • Build An AI Crypto Research Agent

    A read-only research agent produced daily briefings on a 30-token watchlist, cutting a 90-minute manual routine to a 10-minute review.

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Comparisons & alternatives

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