Eric on Nostr: Every recent scheme I have seen for #bitcoin inheritance planning seems to rely on a ...
Every recent scheme I have seen for #bitcoin inheritance planning seems to rely on a third party holding a key to a known bitcoin wallet. Depending on the details, this means that a third party would at least know that I had bitcoin, and at worst be able to determine (or actually know) how much bitcoin is to be inerited (theoretically, how much bitcoin I have.)
I want none of that. My kids (and most of my family and friends) know that I have some bitcoin. That is already too many people. Companies don't need to know, govts don't need to know (same thing), and the less people that know, the better. Nobody except for me should ever know how much (or little) I have. No one. So long as I live.
The only ones that need to know how much there is after I die are those who should receive it - my kids. I don't want this in a will, to be brought up in probate court, etc. None of my other family or friends need to know, and nobody (or company or govt) that knows my kids should know.
I think what I need is some relationship with a company that will contact my kids (and only my kids) in the event of my death, and give them a message. (In which would be instructions for them to follow). I should be able to modify that message at any time, in a secure way.
The death should not be confirmed until I have failed to respond to multiple queries, over multiple forms of communication. They won't need these instructions until months after I am dead, possibly years. But again, I should be able to customize or change this protocol.
I've heard of such services being offered, but not recently or reliably.
Any ideas? #asknostr
I want none of that. My kids (and most of my family and friends) know that I have some bitcoin. That is already too many people. Companies don't need to know, govts don't need to know (same thing), and the less people that know, the better. Nobody except for me should ever know how much (or little) I have. No one. So long as I live.
The only ones that need to know how much there is after I die are those who should receive it - my kids. I don't want this in a will, to be brought up in probate court, etc. None of my other family or friends need to know, and nobody (or company or govt) that knows my kids should know.
I think what I need is some relationship with a company that will contact my kids (and only my kids) in the event of my death, and give them a message. (In which would be instructions for them to follow). I should be able to modify that message at any time, in a secure way.
The death should not be confirmed until I have failed to respond to multiple queries, over multiple forms of communication. They won't need these instructions until months after I am dead, possibly years. But again, I should be able to customize or change this protocol.
I've heard of such services being offered, but not recently or reliably.
Any ideas? #asknostr