# Know your transaction (KYT)

Know your transaction (KYT) is the continuous screening of blockchain transactions and counterparty addresses against risk indicators: sanctioned addresses, mixers, stolen funds, and high-risk services. It extends KYC from who the client is to where the value has been.

## KYT as a pre-signature control

Effective KYT screens before signing, blocks or escalates by risk score, and documents decisions for supervisors; screening after broadcast is reporting, not control. Address provenance, exposure hops, and jurisdiction rules all feed the score.

Taurus-PROTECT integrates KYT screening into the approval workflow, so a transaction that fails risk checks never reaches the signing quorum.

FAQ:

- How does KYT differ from KYC? KYC verifies the customer once and periodically; KYT scores every transaction continuously against on-chain risk. Regulators expect both, wired into the same governance that controls signing.

Related: https://www.taurushq.com/glossary/travel-rule/ https://www.taurushq.com/protect/

Learn more: https://www.taurushq.com/glossary/know-your-transaction-kyt/