Bitcoin estate planning, defined
The vocabulary of self-custody and digital asset succession, explained in plain English for holders, executors, solicitors and accountants.
Multisig
A Bitcoin wallet that requires more than one key to move funds.
Read definitionSelf-custody
Holding your own Bitcoin keys instead of leaving assets with an exchange.
Read definitionSeed phrase
The 12 or 24 words that can regenerate a Bitcoin wallet's keys.
Read definitionDigital asset directive
The technical schedule your solicitor's will or codicil points to.
Read definitionExecutor (digital assets)
The person who must actually recover your Bitcoin after death.
Read definitionIn-specie transfer
Transferring Bitcoin itself to a beneficiary rather than selling it.
Read definitionDate-of-death valuation
A defensible Bitcoin valuation as at the date the holder died.
Read definitionSMSF crypto custody
Holding Bitcoin in a self-managed super fund with clean separation.
Read definitionKey ceremony
The controlled process of generating and distributing wallet keys.
Read definitionProbate risk (digital assets)
The risk that estate documents expose or fail to recover crypto.
Read definitionGo deeper
Structured lessons in the Learning Hub, side-by-side breakdowns in our comparison guides, and longer analysis in Insights.
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