#99 - Secured Your Bitcoin. Forgot Your Family

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of inheritance planning for Bitcoin holders and the common gaps in their strategies.

Self-custody is only half the job. In this episode of The Why Bitcoin Show , I unpack one of the most overlooked risks in Bitcoin: inheritance. Because it’s one thing to secure your bitcoin while you’re alive — it’s another thing entirely to make sure the people you love can actually access it if you die. I break down the three major gaps most Bitcoiners have in their inheritance planning: the technical gap , the legal gap , and the education gap . I also walk through the common options people rely on — from doing nothing, to using a generic will template, to hiring a lawyer, to handing everything over to a custodian — and explain where each approach can fall short. Most importantly, this is a practical episode. I share the key questions every Bitcoiner should be able to answer, what a solid inheritance plan actually looks like, and why inheritance planning is not morbid or pessimistic — it’s the completion of self-custody. I also explain why I built My Bitcoin Will , a DIY Bitcoin inheritance starter kit designed to help people get off zero and start closing the gap between law, access, and education. If you’re not ready to dive in yet, you can start with the free Bitcoin…

People in this episode

Host: Dale Warburton

Topics covered

• inheritance planning
• Bitcoin
• self-custody
• legal gaps
• education gaps
• financial planning

Keywords

• Bitcoin inheritance
• self-custody
• legal gap
• technical gap
• education gap
• inheritance planning
• My Bitcoin Will

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon

Products: My Bitcoin Will

Books & works: No Tenants, No Troubles: The Case for Digital Over Real Estate

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