TABConf 7 Live 2025: Bitcoin Fundamentals and Self Custody Workshop with William K. Santiago

About this episode

William K. Santiago leads a practical workshop on Bitcoin fundamentals and self custody.

William K. Santiago leads a practical workshop on Bitcoin fundamentals and self custody. The session covers how Bitcoin works, wallets, UTXOs, fees, and transactions, then moves into hands on self custody setup and security practices. Attendees learn how to work with hardware wallets including SeedSigner, Jade, and Coldcard, how to generate and protect seed phrases, and how to avoid common mistakes. The workshop also covers recovery and inheritance planning so participants can move from exchange custody to true Bitcoin ownership with more confidence. Recorded live at TABConf 7 in 2025.

People in this episode

Host: William K. Santiago

Topics covered

• Bitcoin fundamentals
• self custody
• wallets
• security practices
• hardware wallets
• seed phrases
• recovery planning

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• self custody
• wallets
• UTXOs
• transactions
• hardware wallets
• security practices
• seed phrases
• recovery planning

Mentioned in this episode

Products: SeedSigner, Jade, Coldcard

Places: Bitcoin

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