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Bitcoin Custody
How Bitcoin holders store Bitcoin as holdings grow — self-custody, multisig, collaborative custody, and custody for inheritance. The right custody model depends on your holdings, your technical comfort, and your inheritance needs.
COMPARISON GUIDE
Compare collaborative custody services for serious Bitcoin holders
Unchained, Casa, Anchorwatch, and Nunchuk — key distribution, support tier, inheritance features, and who each is best for.
Understand Bitcoin custody
Self-custody basics
Hardware wallets, seed phrases, and the decision to hold your own keys
Multisig setups
Multi-key structures that eliminate single points of failure
Collaborative custody
Services that share key management while you retain control
Custody for inheritance
Ensuring heirs can access your Bitcoin without losing it
Key questions
Which custody model fits me?
The right model depends on how much Bitcoin you hold and how comfortable you are managing keys. Small holdings on a single hardware wallet, larger holdings in multisig or collaborative custody, inheritance needs addressed separately.
Read moreWhat is collaborative custody?
A 2-of-3 multisig setup where you hold two keys and a provider holds one. You retain unilateral control — the provider cannot move your Bitcoin without you. But the provider can help you recover if you lose a key.
Read moreHow do I pass Bitcoin to my heirs?
The core challenge is giving heirs access to keys without compromising your own security. Multisig-based inheritance plans (often through collaborative custody services) solve this better than seed-phrase-in-a-safe approaches.
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