Here’s another real world example of what I’ve been using Hermes for. I wanted to see if two Ethereum addresses sitting in my notes were controlled by the same person. You can find this manually by tracking through explorers like Etherscan, but it takes all of 60 seconds to figure this out using a Hermes agent, and you can even do it without purchasing any credits or expensive APIs.
So in this walkthrough I give Hermes two EVM addresses and ask for a common-ownership check from public chain data. You will get a full breakdown of the signals that matter, what a strong link looks like, and whether there is in fact a public link.
Hermes is running on a NameHero VPS for this, so I can go about my day while it’s working and not worry about my computer being open or timing out. I can also access it cross-device very easily which is nice.
What we’re doing
We are checking two crypto wallets to see if public on-chain data suggests they are owned by the same people. Hermes looks at public explorers for clustering clues: first fund, direct transfers, NFT handoffs, and L2 gas top-ups. Boring public facts. It is read-mostly research.
The goal is a short written verdict: strong link, weak link, or no public link you can defend. You still decide what the evidence means.
What you’ll need
- Hermes already running on a NameHero VPS, with a working AI key so it can think. If you are still on the first hello, start with Your first conversation with Hermes. If the chat says it needs a brain, see Why does Hermes need a key from OpenAI or Anthropic?.
- Two wallet addresses
- The Hermes dashboard in a browser or connected to Telegram/WhatsApp
Ask Hermes first
Ask Hermes: Check these two wallets from public chain data only. Address A: 0xD331…Bcc4. Address B: 0x2829…fc6b. Look for first fund, direct transfers, NFT handoffs, and gas top-ups. Tell me strong link, weak link, or no public link. Keep the report short.
Hermes can open explorers, gather the public signals, and write the verdict. Watch the first dig so you see which explorers it opens. Then keep the report instead of refreshing block explorers yourself.
Walk through it
Start with addresses you already have. Paste them into Chat. Truncated is fine for your notes; give Hermes enough of each address to look up.
Say you want a common-ownership check from public chain data, not a doxx. Name the signals you care about: first fund, direct transfers, NFT handoffs, L2 gas top-ups.
On one pair Hermes came back with a clear strong link. Shared funding path, a few transfers that only make sense if the same person was moving value around. On another pair it said the opposite: no public link it could defend. That is the useful outcome. A written verdict instead of a gut feel and a pile of open tabs.
Ask for the short form every time: strong link, weak link, or no public link, plus a few bullets of evidence. Skip the hour of explorer tabs.
What I learned
For this level of analysis, you don’t need to buy credits from Moralis or Arkham. You can do a quick check here, and if you are used to doing it manually, you can save a ton of time.
Hermes Agent Hosting comes with Hermes preinstalled on a NameHero VPS. NameHero support is available by live chat if you get stuck.
John is the COO of NameHero and is an entrepreneurial, data-driven digital marketer and business operator with +16 years of experience across many different marketing channels, industries and strategies (B2C & B2B).
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