Your Bitcoin Should Not Depend on Us Being Around
What happens if your adviser disappears, your wallet provider shuts down, or your family has to act without you?
Our custody and documentation are designed so your Bitcoin remains recoverable and movable over long time horizons—without depending on any single person, firm, vendor, or jurisdiction.
You are never trapped with us.
Clients retain a key at all times, and The Bitcoin Adviser cannot move funds unilaterally. If we ever disappear, you can still migrate safely without our involvement.
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- Non-reliance: your Bitcoin does not depend on us being operational.
- Vendor independence: you are not locked into a single app or platform.
- Inheritance-ready: executors get a documented path, not guesswork.
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The Real Test of Any Bitcoin Custody Setup
A custody structure should not be judged by how it works when everything is functioning. It should be judged by what you can do when it isn’t.
Ask yourself
- Initiation: can you independently initiate recovery without needing permission?
- Execution: can you construct and broadcast a transaction without the platform?
- Rebuild: do you have everything required to rebuild your wallet from scratch?
- Reality check: have you tested this, or are you relying on assurances?
If the answer to any of these is no, your setup depends on something outside your control.
A Survivable Design (Even If One Party Disappears)
- Client key: held by you (or your family)
- Technology partner key: platform key for recovery/migration
- TBA key: co-signing under your authorization
Recovery path: Client can initiate recovery independently using their key and documented configuration.
Continuity means your Bitcoin remains movable and recoverable even if one party is unavailable. The Bitcoin Adviser cannot move funds unilaterally, and clients are not locked into our firm or any single vendor.
Designed for Failure Scenarios
Adviser unavailable
Client continues with the existing structure or transitions to another adviser.
TBA unavailable
Client can independently initiate recovery and move funds without The Bitcoin Adviser.
Technology partner unavailable
Recovery remains possible via documented configuration and alternative standard tools.
Multiple failures
Recovery remains possible with quorum and documentation, even under compounding disruption.
You Are Not Dependent on a Single Adviser or Our Firm
Clients work with individual advisers, but continuity exists at the firm and system level—not the individual level.
- Continuity of support: if an adviser becomes unavailable, clients can transition to another adviser.
- Escalation paths: senior oversight exists to maintain continuity of service and decision-making.
- No unilateral internal authority: operational continuity is designed to withstand personnel changes without compromising client security.
Different advisers suit different people, but the relationship is not architecturally tied to any one individual.
You Are Not Locked Into a Single Vendor or App
Wallet software and custody platforms are interfaces—not gatekeepers. Vendor change is anticipated, not feared.
Critically, clients can independently initiate recovery and move funds without The Bitcoin Adviser. If required, a client can use:
- their own key, and
- the technology partner's key,
to migrate funds to a new location without our involvement.
Wallet configuration files are embedded in client documentation to ensure that:
- no single technology partner can lock a client out, and
- funds remain recoverable using widely available tools if a provider disappears.
Your Heirs Have a Documented Path (Not a Technical Puzzle)
As part of onboarding, clients are issued an Estate Plan Protocol (EPP) designed to make recovery deliberate and low-stress for executors.
- It includes the client’s wallet configuration files and the custody structure context.
- It is completed by the client and stored alongside the Last Will and Testament.
- The Bitcoin Adviser does not retain a copy of the completed EPP.
Funds can be recovered without the EPP; its purpose is to turn “keys” into an actionable process when families are under stress.
Honest Limits, Better Survivability
There is no perfect custody structure. Every model has trade-offs.
Our focus is survivability: reducing single points of failure and designing for recovery across time, people, and vendors.
Design a Custody Structure Built to Last
Most custody structures are never tested under failure conditions. We design and rehearse them before they’re needed.
If you want continuity by design—no unilateral control, vendor independence, and a documented inheritance path—start with collaborative security and governance-led documentation.