Bitcoin Inheritance & Estate Planning

Expert guides, deep dives and practical resources on bitcoin inheritance, self-custody estate planning and protecting your digital legacy. By Dale Warburton.

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Your Will Is a Public Document. Never Put Your Bitcoin Access Details in It.

Your will goes through probate, which makes it a public document. If your seed phrase is inside it, your bitcoin is exposed. Here's the three-document structure that keeps access secure.

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3 Ways Bitcoin Gets Lost When Someone Dies

Around four to five million bitcoin are estimated to be lost forever. A significant chunk of that isn't from hacks or lost seed phrases, but rather, people dying without a plan.

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The Hidden Estate Planning Problem Every Bitcoin Holder Needs to Solve

If you hold bitcoin as an asset, you face estate planning challenges that simply don't exist with anything else you own. Here's what good Bitcoin estate planning actually requires.

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The 10 Risks of Passing Bitcoin Without a Will Your Family Will Pay For

Handing over a seed phrase without a will feels simple. It also creates ten serious risks most self-custody holders have not thought through — from KYC trails to capital gains traps to beneficiary disputes.

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Bitcoin and Estate Planning: What Your Lawyer Doesn't Know Could Cost Your Beneficiaries Everything

Most estate lawyers are excellent at what they do. But the gaps in conventional estate planning advice around bitcoin can result in your beneficiaries receiving nothing at all.

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