I lost a friend this week; he was meant to be 30 years old today, but he died a few days before his birthday today and was actually buried today. It is terrible news, and it got me thinking that death can be untimely, and it is not only the old or terminally ill that are close to death but also anyone; most investors in bitcoin will not get to old age to actually enjoy their investment. Thinking about that, it has to be said that planning for who to own your bitcoin after your death does not have to be when you are old but when you have accumulated bitcoins to a sufficient amount.
As your investments begin to mature into a considerable amount, while you consider the security and safety of it, it is also important that you consider the situation where you die suddenly and your Bitcoin gets lost; no investor would want that except they have no family and friends worthy enough for it.
First of all - sorry for your loss, OP. Posts like this hit harder than most threads do.
You’re absolutely right though. Death isn't an 'if', it’s a 'when' - and Bitcoin doesn’t care. If you vanish tomorrow and your seed dies with you, your sats go to the void. Forever. That’s not just bad OPSEC - that’s unfinished code.
Most people secure their keys, but very few think through key succession. It’s one of the most overlooked elements of crypto self-custody. Hardware wallets, passphrases, multisig, timelocks… they’re all tools, but tools are only as useful as the context they exist in. If nobody knows how to use your setup when you're gone, then you built a vault with no door.
Personally, I believe the real flex isn’t how well you guard your stash - but how cleanly it transfers when you’re no longer around to explain it.
Plan your legacy like you write your software:
Deterministic.
Secure.
And with clear, human-readable docs.
So that your descendants can have access to your keys.
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