Inheritance planning

In plain words

Self-custody has a hard edge: coins move only with your keys. Die without a plan and your bitcoin dies with you — frozen, visible to your heirs, spendable by no one. Millions of coins are estimated lost forever — many exactly this way. A plan means your heirs can find the keys, recognize them, and use them: clear instructions stored separately from the seed, or multisig that splits control among people you choose. No lawyer's letter moves bitcoin. Only keys do.

Why it matters

• An heir who cannot find the seed inherits nothing.
• An heir who finds it but understands nothing can be scammed out of it.
• Sovereignty that dies with you was never complete.

Not to be confused with

• A will — courts transfer titles, not keys. A will that spells out your seed becomes a public theft instruction.

Go deeper

• Seed backups
• Multisig
• "Not your keys, not your coins"