Learn the handoff, one concept at a time.

Plain-language guides for holders, heirs, and executors. Bitcoin only, with security boundaries stated clearly.

Bitcoin Inheritance Planning: A Practical Starting Guide

Understand the legal, human, and technical layers of a Bitcoin inheritance plan without exposing wallet secrets.

What heirs, executors, and families need to understand about custodial accounts and self-custodied Bitcoin.

Learn why these Bitcoin wallet secrets are different and why confusing them can make an inheritance unrecoverable.

Understand keyholders, wallet descriptors, recovery policies, and the maintenance questions heirs must know.

A completed non-secret example showing how discovery, legal authority, recovery and a family drill fit together.

What to document when a family's Bitcoin plan depends on a hardware wallet, recovery backup and possibly a passphrase.

Understand on-chain recovery conditions, refresh responsibilities and the limits of calendar reminders.

A short conversation that establishes a safe starting point without revealing wallet secrets.