Clustering¶
The BlockSci clustering module provides users with the ability to apply heuristic based clustering techniques to a Blockchain instance. The ClusterManager is the main entrace into this module. Using it you can open an already produced clustering or create a new clustering based on a change address heuristic of your choice.
BlockSci’s clustering module is a simple effort to explore heuristic based clustering techniques. Users should not assume that it’s results will be correct in practice. Providing a more accurate clustering mechanism is an ongoing research project.
A clustering consists of a list of blocksci.cluster.Cluster objects each containing a list of addresses which have been marked as members of the cluster. Users can efficiently find which cluster an address is in as well as find which addresses a cluster contains.
The clustering module also supports a mechanism for applying externally provided address tags in order to label clusters as likely belonging to given users.