What happens to your crypto when you die? 2026 Guide to crypto inheritance(reddit.com)

Interesting read. Gives you something real to think about. 4 million BTC ($40B) already lost forever. Your crypto might be next - and most people still have zero plan. No major exchange (Coinbase, Binance, Kraken) lets you name a beneficiary. Your heirs will have to go through probate court and then customer support while the market does whatever it wants. You don’t inherit the coins - you inherit the private key. If your family can’t reconstruct it, the crypto stays visible on the blockchain forever but completely unspendable. The good news: you can fix this today. Make a simple inventory (no keys), write a plain-language letter of instruction, never put the seed in your will, and for serious money use Shamir shares or a time-delayed multisig (Casa / Nunchuk / Unchained). Full article: https://coin.space/what-happens-to-your-crypto-when-you-die-2026-guide-to-crypto-inheritance/ submitted by /u/CoinWalletLLC [link] [Kommentare]