Reading the wallets — MERCANTIX casefile:

• Initial deposit hashes to the MERCANTIX receiving address at mercantix.io.
• Hop-by-hop forwarding wallets across the deposit chain, captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
• Cross-chain bridge events that move value into the chain where liquidity supports the eventual off-ramp.
• Obfuscation events through mixer contracts and privacy services.
• Centralised-exchange off-ramp wallets — the named counterparty that holds compliance leverage.

Off-ramp map — where the funds left the chain:

• Off-ramp endpoint for MERCANTIX resolves to a named centralised counterparty — the venue varies casefile to casefile, but the resolution always names a real exchange wallet.
• MERCANTIX’s off-ramp address is matched against the Professor’s compliance feed and against external chain-analytics datasets.
• The compliance packet for MERCANTIX is structured the way an off-ramp compliance reviewer expects to receive evidence — header, hashes, narrative, ask.
• If the MERCANTIX off-ramp counterparty does not respond inside the published window, escalation routes through IC3, state AG, and civil discovery.

Pathway to recovery — what happens after the trail is mapped:

1. Triage on MERCANTIX — submission read against a no-go checklist, written go/no-go returned to the claimant inside one business day.
2. Trace on MERCANTIX — deposit pathway mapped across chains, captured with chain-of-custody hashes.
3. Identify on MERCANTIX — off-ramp endpoint matched to a named exchange counterparty.
4. File the MERCANTIX packet — IC3, state AG (where loss meets state thresholds), off-ramp compliance desk, and civil-discovery overlay where dollar value supports it.
5. Follow-through on MERCANTIX — the Professor stays on the casefile until a documented next step exists.

Chains and off-ramps the Professor follows:

• Chains in scope for MERCANTIX — the chains that handle the volume of casefile activity in this segment (BTC, ETH, Tron, BSC, plus L2s).
• Off-ramps in scope for MERCANTIX — named centralised exchanges with compliance leverage.
• Filings supported on MERCANTIX — IC3, state AG, off-ramp desk, civil discovery as applicable.

Lines the Professor will not cross:

• Boundary on MERCANTIX — seed phrases are off-limits.
• Boundary on MERCANTIX — remote logins are off-limits.
• Boundary on MERCANTIX — upfront cash retainers are off-limits.
• Boundary on MERCANTIX — guaranteed-recovery promises are off-limits.
• Boundary on MERCANTIX — unsolicited outbound contact is off-limits.