MetaMask: Export & Produce Records

In this course, attendees will restore a wallet using seed words (aka recovery phrase or mnemonic), and will identify, recognize, and locate financial records using multichain wallet software, MetaMask.  This course is part of the Forensics Board Association membership and is available at no cost to all Forensics Board Association members.

Welcome to Exporting Wallet Records using MetaMask!

This course identifies types of financial records available to an account holder when using MetaMask wallet software to access wallets on different blockchains, also known as networks.  This is not an exhaustive list of all financial records available for assets held in wallets or using MetaMask software. This course will identify how to obtain, export, and produce records that are sufficient for determining asset balances and value and for conducting forensic analysis. 

It is important to note that transactions between blockchain addresses are contained on blockchains, which are largely viewable by the public once an address is known; however, details for complex transactions may not be equally accessible to the account holder and a public viewer.  In that regard, if sufficient details for transactions are contained in the public ledger, then transaction records may not be necessary to export from wallet software.  If sufficient details are not contained in the public ledger, such as details related to DeFi services, NFT sales identification, or other interactions with smart contracts, then transaction details may be more accessible by the account holder and may need to be obtained using wallet software.  Obtaining sufficient transaction records for non-public transaction details is outside the scope of this basic course and is covered in more advanced courses.