Self-Custody for Bitcoin Estate Planning in a Post Coldcard Hack World
The Coldcard hack changed how I think about bitcoin self-custody and inheritance. Here are the four options I now recommend, ranked from most to least sovereign.
Read more →Expert guides, deep dives and practical resources on bitcoin inheritance, self-custody estate planning and protecting your digital legacy. By Dale Warburton.
The Coldcard hack changed how I think about bitcoin self-custody and inheritance. Here are the four options I now recommend, ranked from most to least sovereign.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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.
Read more →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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