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If you died tomorrow, could your family get your bitcoin?

This free letter of instruction tells them that your bitcoin exists, where every piece is, and what to do first, step by step. It never contains your recovery words: it says where things are, and the metal backups say what. Print it, fill it in by hand together, and keep it with your will.

Pages 1 and 2 of 4.

What's inside

1. What we own: one hardware wallet, with its recovery words on two metal plates in two places.
2. Where everything is: the device and both plates, with checkboxes for the common choices.
3. How to get the bitcoin back: six plain steps on a brand-new device, written for the partner who's never done it.
4. What not to do: the mistakes that cost families their bitcoin, including "recovery services."
5. Who can help: one person you trust, who sits beside your family and never needs to see the plates.
6. After you have the bitcoin: nothing is urgent, and nothing expires.
7. Signed, and checked every year: a yearly check table, with what to do if anything looks wrong.

Who it's for

It's written for the Beginner setup: one hardware wallet and two metal backups. Not sure that's you? Take the 2-minute quiz. Not set up yet? Fill in what you can: the blanks you can't fill in yet show you what's left to do.

Why a letter, and why never in your will: Chapter 7, "If you die tomorrow".