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I went to market with my wife to buy things for our new born baby, after my wife selected baby things that Worth thousands and I paid with my btc,the transaction was very easy and faster. When  we returned home ,she asked if you die can I achieved your btc or continued with your account? Because it's very easy and faster in trading and transaction.

Buy a hardware ledger

This is certainly a very important topic , which most people do not pay attention because we don't think we are going to die anytime soon...

First of all, where are your Bitcoins stored?

If they are in a custodial wallet, such as binance or any other exchange, I will recommend that you move those funds to a more suitable long term storage, such as a hardware wallet or even a desktop wallet (if the amount if low).

For desktop wallets I would suggest Electrum, and for Hardware wallets you can safely buy Ledger Nano S or Trezor One, which are the cheapest models.

Once you have setup your wallet you will receive a 24 word list called Seed.

The seed is everything you need to recover your funds in case you lose access to your wallet (desktop or hardware).

So the seed is the only thing you should worry about.  You can share it with your wife, and she will be able to recover your bitcoins if you die... Be careful because anyone can recover your funds using your seed

While bitmover has explained how to transfer the BTC wealth to the next of kin, that question sounded so dark; after shopping, go home, gets asked "Will I get your BTC if you die?".

This is really suspicious, how come your wife asking that thing on you, If you die can I achieved your BTC? like seriously? Why did she ask you that question? It is something offensive for you or maybe you already have sick which may cause death or your doctor has already limit your life, but if there is no between the two then it is really suspicious for a wife to ask that question, I am just curious on the reaction of yours after she asked you about it.

I've received the same question from my wife. Well, I understand her part asking that because I'm not opening things about bitcoin and I've told her that I might make some notes on how to claim it if ever I happen to be gone unexpectedly. That sounds odd on my part upon hearing it but I understand her to worry when she asked that.

A couple of interesting threads to read though on the matter:

 What happens to my bitcoin if I die today? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5284708.msg55461529#msg55461529)
 Halloween inspired poll –would your Bitcoins get passed on if you suddenly died?  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5284824.msg55464956#msg55464956)

Now the interesting thing is that (although not extrapolable) on the second thread above referenced, 41,3% of the participants are certain (100% certain) or near certain (90% certain) that their heirs would be able to access their bitcoins. This leaves a broader 58,8% that would likely fail in being able to access them (let alone not mess-up once they’ve got access to them). And that is derived from a poll held on a bitcoin forum, where these topics are often treated, creating a certain conscious on the subject …

One needs to instate an inheritance plan, drill/test it every now and then to see if it’s solid and the recipients are able to access and control the bitcoins, keep the plan up-to-date, and iterate the drill every now and then. Seemingly easy to think of, but perhaps not that frequently depicted and tested in the terms it should be.

For custodial wallets they have a process when it comes to an account owner dying while they still have cryptocurrencies in their account. Here is the page (https://help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/managing-my-account/other/how-do-i-gain-access-to-a-deceased-family-members-coinbase-account) for Coinbase talking about the transfer of assets to your kin.

Furthermore they will need this which will be similar to other custodial wallets.


For hardware/desktop wallets I think you should prepare earlier with a will and testament instructing your lawyer about where your wife will access your private keys and an instruction on how to recover them of course it will be easier if your family will be familiar with Bitcoin wallets so I think it is better if you have instructed them earlier on.

Bitcoin is the good and potential coin in the world. Though its transaction is faster but transaction fee is high. If you send per to per then you don't need any transaction fee.
Now I'm come to answer your question.  Your wife can achieved your bitcoin or continued with your account if you give her access(private keys) of your bitcoin wallet. Otherwise she can't access your wallet.

buy hardware wallet for big money and using mobile wallet like trustwallet or safepal for daily transaction and tell your wife how to using it

and make sure your wife not cheating on you and spend you hard earned bitcoin with other guy  :D

 ??? hmm.... Why would she ask you that question? That's weird.... but probably you could because if she knows your private key she should be able to access to your account.

That was a good question by her IMO because I understand that this is one thing we usually wouldn't think about, what happens to our Crypto assets if we happen to drop dead any day? can our loved ones have access to them so that they dont get lost forever because we never had anything saved where they can access them? My wife knows where everything is saved, as in written down in my crypto diary from exchange password, wallet passwords, wallet seeds the whole works so if eventually something happens to me, they can have access to my crypto assets. I think we would love for our loved ones to be able to access your portfolio if something like death happens.

The second part is the most important one.  ;D

Nowadays, anywhere between 60% and 70% of the marriages end up in divorce. So you need to ask yourselves, whether you want to take this risk or not. I have seen a lot of the marriages among my friends suddenly breaking up, despite going on smoothly for so many years. And if that happens, then all of your coins are gone. So you need to make a choice. The chances that you will die suddenly may be 0.1% or 0.2% per year (if you are in the 18-45 age group). On the other hand, the chance of a divorce is 60%.

We all need to have that conversation with our significant other and I think that talking about mortality is a therapeutic thing and a necessary thing that you couples need to talk at. For me, if I was to have that dilemma, probably a hardware wallet will be enough to suffice or you can do what Hal Finney did, he gave bitcoin to his kids.

Well as long as she's open about it then it's good enough. Lots of people I know are still skeptical and are not willing to earn passive income with it despite the benefits.

We all need to have that conversation with our significant other and I think that talking about mortality is a therapeutic thing and a necessary thing that you couples need to talk at. For me, if I was to have that dilemma, probably a hardware wallet will be enough to suffice or you can do what Hal Finney did, he gave bitcoin to his kids.And if you can give your child your BTC then you will be fine

Wow, this is an issue that can lead to misunderstandings, on the one hand your wife is right about something, in a case that you die she needs money for her and the baby, and on the other hand, if we think badly, why does she seek to have control of your money? There are services that they offer that have to do with these cases, some lawyers when they make wills usually leave them a very specific explanation about how to distribute the fortune in Bitcoin, some write down the private keys, others keep them on the Blockchain but with an action plan, of all ways is a topic that you have to sit down to talk with her thinking about the baby's future. It is better to make things clear, when you have children if you can ensure their life is the best thing you can do as a parent.

You should have to be open to your wife or other relatives that could receive your bitcoins once you die, it's a matter like a last will and testament. Furthermore, for bitcoin I guess you should have to take them where your private keys are stored or tell them the password of the hardware wallet you're using.

Actually i felt serious in that one also , Because why talking about death just hours after She saw you used that BTC transaction ? haven't OP told His Wife about BTC ever since or they did not tackled how this works?

I find it offending if i were in His place to be asked like this in not so formal manner after seeing the function.

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But regarding the question ? since you looks like wanted to share it with her, Then why not give her the Private key also ? since that is your conjugal wealth being married couple.

I felt like damn,this guy married a devious gold digger(or probably a "black widow"). ;D
If a woman asks me that question,I would be like "Stay away from my Bitcoins you b*tch,you won't get anything,my kids will inherit my BTC,not you!" ;D I would then probably get a divorce after that. ;D
Such question is really offending.As if that woman is planning to kill the guy and get all his money/assets.

You can browse this forum for the threads that cover the creation of secure paper wallets (air-gapped computer) and then create your own paper wallets. Then take the Private key that are generated and split it into 3 pieces (Example 3Cb57  5gRC1 rHRs3H) and give her one of the pieces.

Now you take the two other pieces and give one to a trusted beneficiaries and one goes to your lawyer with your will. When you die, the beneficiaries have to come together to put the Private key together, for them to access your coins.  ;)

Teach them how to sweep Private keys to wallets now, to prepare them for when they have to do it when you die.  ;)

That is a very thoughtful thing to do for your family. Its also much better to teach them how to use or even earn within the Cryptocurrency Industry. Its really nice to know that we are living in an age in which we can transition completely with cashless payments especially with the rate of the adoption currently happening. Having to live in a world that digital money and physical money coexisting is such a great idea since people living in places with no technology can still continue their normal daily lives with the use of traditional money.

Good topic. It might sound odd or dark but it's important thing. You can save data of your wallet and sign her in bequest to pass it to her. I think it's one of the safest ways.

so maybe I would advise you to keep most of it in a hardware wallet. then you can use an exchange like binance for small scale storage, this is useful for you to go shopping or anything that uses btc payments you can only do it by scanning a QR code. it is very easy and you can also store your btc safely

Although the overall idea of the topic sounds legit, I'm not convinced about this part. These days everybody complain about high fees and slow transactions and you tell about easy and fast, a bit strange...

On the overall topic it's simple. Share private key/seed/hardware wallet with the loved one if you trust her enough with that and problem solved. Also tell her where you keep the backup private key or seed.

Bible made it know that husband and wife are one, so what ever you have belongs to your wife, using myself as a case study, base on the question I have to realized that our wife have to know the basics knowledge of cryptocurrency in case of death occurrence in human life, and if death occur she can take care of the family with your Bitcoin investment, to make the life suitable for our kids, so that should one of the reason while we should not hide our coins for our wife.

People don't talk about this topic often as much as it should. Death is inevitable and we will all go to the other side one day. It makes proper sense to write a will and declare your assets to your beneficiaries. The same applies to Bitcoin, you can use a bitcoin ledger, share your private keys with your beneficiary. But here also comes the issue of trust. But then this is something you have to do
Else it will stay forever on your wallet, lost from the rest of the world like the lost city of El dorado.

I am curious with what you say to your wife.

You can explain that as long as you tell her about your private keys and everything about your bitcoin in your wallet, she can use it easily as you without a problem. If she does not know much about bitcoin, you can teach her the basic thing about bitcoin and how to use the wallet, including how to send and receive bitcoin. By doing that, you can delegate your bitcoin and your wallet before something worst and who knows, she can use your bitcoin better for her life and your child.

Sure, you then made a payment with a bitcoin wallet stored on your phone to scan the bitcoin wallet code for that process.  Bitcoin has no inheritance for the next generation whether it's your wife or kids.  But a private wallet, blockchain for example, installed on your phone is possible, and trying to do it before you die is to leave your wife the assets you have :)) Lol

Anybody can access your bitcoin after you pass away so far you have given them the necessary information and learnings before the passing over. Example like your seed, passwords, 2FA procedure and all sort

I reveal this question as bizarre as the others. The wife unexpectedly asked why such a dilemma! It doesn't even touch upon whether the person is sick or not, so I uncover it weird. If it is known that the man is sick or will die in a limited number of days, then it would be reasonable to tell the wife everything about Bitcoin. Then it will be susceptible for the wife to consume it.

As you said the Bitcoin transaction process is easy if you teach it all to your wife.

The important thing is from an early age you have to start to trust your wife and try to honestly say all the assets you have to your wife, this actually does not only happen to other crypto assets but the same thing, trust each other.

This question is one everyone doesn't want to answer because we do not think we are going to die soon. The only way to pass your bitcoin to someone else if such coins are in a custodial wallet and not in an exchange wallet. That's not all though, the recipient of the coins must also have the seed phrase. With the seed phrase, anybody can recover the funds in a wallet.
The issue, however, is that of trust. Many people have fallen victim to getting their coins stolen just because they gave their seed phrase to someone who took their coins even before their death.
I believe the seed praise should be given to only trusted people who can't rob you.

Write a will and it contains the contents of your cryptocurrency. Don't worry too much about someone stealing your crypto because it's unlikely, it'll stay in your wallet forever if you don't tell anyone about it.
I used to worry about your worries, maybe now I should have a plan for myself.

Actually letting them know about bitcoin or the keys, the passwords of any of your wallets be it digital or hardware wallet are not really enough if she doesn't know how to use it. So better than letting them know, leaving them the hints, the keys start teaching her the basics of crypto like how to use this tools, how to open the apps simply the basics. Having bitcoin for me was more than being lucky and worth it to have and very valuable.

Just give her your private key, or maybe account that held your BTC and train them how to use it and everything will be OK. I think that is what i will do in future, because if i died suddenly and no one can claim my BTC, so it means it will be gone forever becaus my closest family which is my mom not really good into technologies.

Its an important topic and shouldn’t be ignore. As a Bitcoin and Altcoin holder I keep all my private keys and passwords in a notebook so that when the time comes that I need to pass it on my holdings it will be easy for them, I also educated my wife about crypto from basic to advance so that she will know how it works.

I know, but this seems to contradict the features that make the bitcoin brand - private, peer, and free!  In that case, let your wife know or send your bitcoin savings and create a wallet and show her how to use it.  That will help each other to understand bitcoin and maybe your children will also have rich properties in the future :))

This is something I wanna do to. Even if only to ease the burden of my passing. Burning a corpse to ashes takes about $1000 in the US and then they'll need to fix up my room and clean up my mess.

So.... Well. Yeah. But I don't even have a last will and testament or whatever. I need to get on it. Doggone it.

You could share the private key of your address with your wife and both of you could have the same address on different wallets. Or if you have an app or online wallet you could give her access to it.

The problem is the security, if both of you have the private keys and the wallet gets hacked, will be hard to know who was the target.

Tell her about all the things that she needed to know because once you die and she havent able to access those coins you do had then that would be truly a waste of coins that you do had.

Remember that dont put up your coins on a custodial wallet on where you dont possess the keys of it because not your keys then it isnt really your coins.

Its not denial that when it comes to transaction and ease of payment system then bitcoin could really do that job well.Just be mindful on how to secure out those coins

and make it to be an inheritance once you passed out.

it's a good and proper way to pass crypto on to our future generations or to people we truly trust.

lest what we do in crypto is lost and cannot be opened by anyone. Passing crypto is also very important because crypto has a good future.

Without giving access in the form of a private key and some passwords, you will not be able to open it

All you need to do is provide the wallet seed cluster and anyone can access and use your wallet.
In the event that you did not provide your seed cluster or password, no one will receive your bitcoins.

Well, I think that's just the question of those who don't understand bitcoin well.
Even some longtime crypto-market activists don't fully understand bitcoin, including the questions of what bitcoin is and how it works.

Just let your wife know anything about BTC and share the private key of your account so that she could access it anytime she wants. At least, both of you know how to access your digital wallet and withdraw some money in case needed. I'm glad that BTC is being used as a medium of exchange in your country and hope my country adapts soon.

This is interesting and Instructive topic .At last every one has to die.For safety of Bitcoin Hardware wallets can be used but make sure that keys are in your hand.Tell your wife or any other trusted family member which  will be able to get Your Bitcoin after You.

Better yet, if you are that worried and you can afford to do a will and testament, maybe include all the necessary credentials to access your wallet in the case that something unfortunate happens. To OP, I don't think that you have to worry about it, if you die, that is the least thing that someone's dying is going to think of.

for some people this is a painful question but in fact your wife is a person who thinks about the future.  when a man or woman has children, their priority is the child, so indirectly this question is just a mother's concern for the future of her child.  using Bitcoin as a means of payment is certainly very easy and it makes a great desire not to lose Bitcoin, especially the bitcoin that belongs to its partner.

Maybe he can try to explain everything about how to use bitcoin, including making a transaction and explaining by practice with the other devices, so that can make her understand and there will be no problem with them to use bitcoin. But we should guide them to use our wallets, the keys, the passwords and else them to use our wallet in the future. Yes, if they can use bitcoin without a problem, they will feel lucky and worth it of having bitcoin and they can also try to increase the bitcoin that you left to them.

I find this ridiculous to believe because it isn't true. Except OP meant to say the incident they described happened in 2019/2020 during the bear rally because Bitcoin transactions at present are frustrating the hell out of anyone making use of such services. Paying with USDT seems a much better option as delivery speed is fast with cheap transaction fee. Whatever clogs up Bitcoin blockchain and makes transaction too expensive in fee is trying to negate what Bitcoin stands for. This may begin to cause a lot of people to move away from using Bitcoin. Even as I type this, I have a pending Bitcoin transfer which is yet to confirm for 3 days running now.

On the issue of someone getting assess to your Bitcoin after your demise, I think that is something one arranges before one's demise. You can show your wife where you wrote down your vitals (private keys/pass phrases and others) relating to any wallet you own. It's as simple as that.

Secure the recovery phrases for the wallet and keep it filed. I've kept a separate file for it, and has shown it to my wife. If something happens, she can recover the funds available within the wallet with those recovery phrases. Apart from this there are legal service renders who handle funds and settle to the respective person who is the legal heir. This way achieving ones bitcoin after death has turned to be an easy process.

It may be good to keep the passwords you use, ie your wallet passwords, in a notebook. Only the passwords in your brain will die with you when you die.

Inheritance is one place bitcoin or crypto assets becomes controversial as its basically an issue of trust. Though, it might seem okay to let your family aware of your private key details and most of all, your wife in this regard but then, how safe is it. Seriously, there could be a misunderstanding in even the most perfect of marriages that could lead to devours though, this isn't a thing I wish upon anyone but its real and it happens. In cases like this, your left to hang in the balance, your best option is in transferring all the coin in your wallet to a new one or you stand the danger of whatever might occur should your spouse choose to harm you in a way or do away with all your coins. Worst of all is if you die, then, the rest of your family have little or no detail of its existence.

Inheritance could be an issue in bitcoin really.

It’s important question. also i have been thinking about this for a long time because who will be the ultimate owner of this crypto after my death.
if i don’t share with my wife or other my family members no one can access or owner of my money. i gave my all of crypto wallet seed to my brother because i trust him too. 

Crypto is so secured that no one can access your wallet unless you give the person permission by sharing your wallet keys, the only way funds can be moved out from your wallet when you are no more is through your wallet keys. This topic is so much interesting you know we all have in mind that we are not dying any time soon but truth be told nobody knows what tomorrow holds for us, many bitcoin are lost today because the owners are no more and no one can access their wallet, so I think it's better  to  write all our passwords, wallet keys in a book  and keep in a safe place then make it known to our love ones that if by chance we are no more there should go through the book that it contains alot and also make sure the ones you call loves ones are all crypto enthusiasts or has an idea of how crypto works, by doing this there is no fear of loosing our bitcoin when we are no more.

Agree, explain to someone you trust such as your wife about how things works such as recovering files and wallets. Teach her the basic stuffs so that when something happens and you are not available, then he will be able to access your wallet and withdraw the funds. That way you can you make sure that he or she will be able to access your wallet and funds whatever happens to you.

^ Definitely right even though the question of his wife is also a wrong approach for me. It seems like, his wife worried about his BTC, not about his death.  ;D Well, see should always have a safety box where we can store our valuable belongings and maybe one of our trusted family will inherit what we have. BTC is very easy to inherit, as long as the one who inherits is also willing to learn the technical stuff of BTC on how to use and adapt. We should always be ready at all costs and secure the future of your family especially your child. Because BTC belonged to the valuable assets and considered as a good asset even in the future.

I believe your wife just asked you a very good question I think she really believe in bitcoin and she notice the transaction is very easy. Your wife is your life partner so I don't think there is anything you should hide from him I believe the only thing you will have to share with her is your password since she is definitely your wife and she asked a very nice question, I believe if you don't share your password with your wife after your death your bitcoin will definitely be useless forever so is better your wife have access to your bitcoin wallet so that it won't waste incase if anything happens to you.

If you don't give your private key to someone before you die, no one will be able to enter your wallet in any way.  That means your bitcoin will be lost forever.  Why don't you tell your wife what your private key?  He is a part of your life.  My advice would be to give your wife the private key of your wallet.  So that he can earn this money when you die.

Which country are you in the country? Going to the market to buy and pay by Bitcoin is very convenient and so quickly proves that Bitcoin's water is accepted. In Vietnam, everyone uses cash to pay all daily expenses, go to market, dining, and playing ... Bitcoin is only used for people who are enriched, for people with knowledge about Digital. I think if you die, your loved one can still use your Bitcoin and Bitcoin wallet. Only they use, account and password.

sometimes preparation is necessary, I've personally thought about the future if I die, where will my bitcoin and other crypto assets continue
I save data on falshdisk making a message to my child how to use it and seek help if they don't understand how it works
For the future, I will use the hard wallet to make it easier for my family to use it

 ;D ;D ;D All that just made my morning. Yeah you are right, I think it is the manner and time she asked the question even if it was a valid question because like I said before, we wouldn't want our Bitcoin or any other asset to be lost without proper direction as to their accessibility when we are gone but she voiced it the wrong place and time.

stupid question from a wife I have never heard of anything like this I am very offended as a man, it is inappropriate for a wife to ask such questions as if there is a plan to kill her husband. I wouldn't be straightforward with a wife like that. A child asking someone who knows about property offends his parents especially a wife who asks how to get an inheritance when we are alive and well, this is really crazy.

It's weird when your wife asks the question. If you die?. But if you want someone to know the Bitcoin number you are holding, use your Bitcoin number. This is very simple. Provide your wallet key (private key) for her or someone you trust. They can use your Bitcoin number as yourself.

Of course if you die your wife can receive the Bitcoin you have, therefore from now on, save the Bitcoin that you have in a hardware wallet
which is the safest storage place. You can tell your wife the private keys of your hardware wallet, after that teach slowly about the world of
crypto and how to access your hardware wallet. Bitcoin can indeed be inherited, therefore it is very important when we are alive to tell our
partners or our families about cryptocurrency. So if we die the Bitcoin we have can be inherited.

Sure she can use your account once you die or even when you are alive, if you share your private key with her. Anyone who has the private key can spend withdraw funds from your wallet. I think you should write your private key on some paper and keep it save in some documents. Also tell her that if you die, she can use this private key to access these funds.

For my part, I haven't shared the private keys or backup of my wallets to anyone. It is not due to the fact that I don't trust my wife or other relatives. But the real reason is that they don't have enough technological expertise to understand the concept of Bitcoin. There are a few distant relatives who have sufficient knowledge about cryptocurrency, but I don't trust them. So for now, I am stuck in dilemma on how to deal with this issue.

LOL, Bitcoin doesn't care who you are or when you die.  Anyone who has the keys to your account owns it.

if you trust yourself enough, it is easy to say that the wife is the one being targeted. In order to be safe, you can use hardware wallet giving us fulll control with high level of security

Giving private key is enough but I will only do it in my testament

Of course yes she can acquire your bitcoin especially your assets as long as she knows the seed phrases or the private keys of your wallets so that when you die she can easily access the wallet that you are using. Another thing is that when you buy a ledger and share with your husband then probably you will be able to have access also on his wallet. This is a good thing to do when you have a family because whenever you died there is always a person who will be able to acquire the assets that you've left.

That's actually normal for every wife to think of the possible things that could happen to their husband's savings and investments especially if they have kids. As for me, it's important to share your Bitcoin access to your most trusted person and that could be your wife or partner in life. There are cases where a deceased Bitcoiner's family members couldn't access his accounts and that person's funds went to nothing. We don't know what could possibly happen in the future so we should be wise.

Valid question asked in the wrong way. To me, if my wife asked me some certain question I might not be angry at it because we know each other and I will definitely understand why she is asking the question even if it might seems to have come out wrongly so I might not take offense to it besides, I truly will want my wife to have access to my Bitcoin for my children when death actually happens because it will even though we don't like to talk about death much.
So even if I might not give her the passwords or info to my cryptocurrencies immediately, I would definitely want to have them in a place they can access with info on how to go about it cos I wouldn't want my cryptocurrencies to be lost when I am gone.

This is really an interesting question that I have been also asking in myself once and a while that if I die, to whom will I let my Bitcoin reside because life is really short and we certainly don't know when we are going to die so we better must get ready for any chances that our treasury will be accessed by those we trust the most since they will be the ones to benefit on the things I will left behind once I am gone. I think it will be really essential to teach the one who you trust the most regarding such matter so that whatever happens, he/she will gain access into your account and can make it up using your remains whether it is Bitcoin or other sorts of crypto out there. I have really come to think of it that I might be needing to settle things while it is early rather than late.

It's easy, from now on you can give any information to access your wallet account to your wife. You don't need to feel suspicious or anything to your own wife regarding the bitcoin balance you have, because only by giving you all the access you want, then if you die first your wife can continue. This case will be different if you have to share it with your child or siblings, but if it is your wife then there is nothing to worry about.

Your wife should be your partner in anything you do, unless you have trust issue with your wife that's the problem where you need to find someone who you really trust.

Simply give them all the instrustions about your assets, from your wallet and to how to access everything. In case you died unexpectedly your bitcoin asset are safe.

They can achieve and claimed  all those money that you are keeping inside your crypto invesment.

Hello everybody. The most important thing here is that Bitcoin is just a number, it doesn't care if you are alive or dead. Whoever owns the keys owns the bitcoins. Accordingly, if you give the keys to your bitcoins to your wife or someone, everyone who has these keys will own your bitcoins. There is no other way.

Everything boils down to one single feeling, TRUST. It's really hard for bachelors and if someone knows about your wealth then they can play games to get near you or marry you and then betray you with your hard-earned money. People who have a wife or have a long-term relationship can trust their partner to share this vital information. I would say having trust is the only thing in between losing your crypto when you die or passing it to your dependents.

Everyone can access your Bitcoin for those who have access to your wallet. If you choose to store your Bitcoin in a custodial wallet, then you must keep your username, password and other verification methods away from everyone except your wife, and make it an inheritance to your wife or family member you trust. Although saving in a wallet exchanger is not recommended, everyone has their own style of treating their cryptocurrency, including the style of storing their BTC assets .

If you store it in a non-custodial wallet, the explanation from bitmover is pretty straightforward for that

I agree with you a 100% right there. Your wife should be your PARTNER, so I dont understand why the fuss or even though I do understand how some wife's can be something else  ;D ;D ;D Anyways, I believe it depends on how you have been living with your wife or the kind of relationship y'all have so when she ask you that kind of question, that will determine what her intention is and might offend you or not, But again, I still believe it is a valid question that needs to be treated so that your family do not miss out on what you have worked hard to keep.

This is also what came first to my mind when I read the thread, it's like she only treats his husband as an old retired rich man and wishes him to die soon. If I have a large amount of bitcoin I would definitely make sure that someone would inherit it incase something bad will happen to me, there are many ways to do it now with our current technology. No one should tell it to me directly and if they can I would really be offended by that. If I am in the place of OP, I would hesitate to give all of it to her. I would find someone that I can really trust and give the half to him and when the time comes he would give it to my child.

This is only possible if you pass on the security system and password of your cryptocurrency wallet to your relatives.  And the device you left behind will pass through to your loved ones who may get your lost or left bitcoins after your death.

Hello friend, i read all Reply of your topic and i see that many people said that why your wife asked this type question. They understand a Negative meaning of your topic. But i think that really your wife asked a important question. And as my opinion we can share our all details with our Trusted Family member, i think it is very Important.           

I'm going to guess access & achieved have the same meaning on this planet-crypto.

Let's see non-english speaker, goes shopping, purchases diapers&depends for the family ( note the Freudian here, shit covers traded for shit-coin ) with BITCOIN, during a time that $1 transactions cost $150 fees. He does the transaction in normal time and vendor let's him walk out the door instantly.

She didn't just buy a bag of pampers, she bought out the entire market, 1,000's of boxes of pampers an entire Shipping Container.

It was all easier & faster than what ? Cash? or Gold Coins?

When he got home  from shopping, she  'the wife' decided BTC had utility. Funny, why hadn't he given all his money as dowry prior to the wedding?? What else is this guy holding back??

With name Ebede we're too assume that he's Iranian or Persian, and they gladly accept bitcoin at his local bazaar.

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So if he dies, what does he achieve with his bitcoin? A 1,000 virgin boxes of pampers in heaven await him.

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Its an asset, they have wills, they have sealed wills with last directions. They have fairly honest estate planners all over the earth, quite simple to have the private-key cut in 1/2 and two partys hold each 1/2, to only be delivered at death, ... lots of ways to do this.

Normal stuff, hell most of it would get collected by GOV, as an estate; they could find the priv-keys, especially if the wife tells the GOV 'he had crypto', they know where to look.
Most important is GOV knows what to look for, while the wife doesn't.

Like people here say, if you trust your wife, then just like a 'joint account' you teach her today how to trade btc and run your accounts.

The problem of course is how many 'trust their wives', or worse how many have wives that will sit through the lessons? Let's remember that it took us a long time to figure out BTC, given that its 99% criminals, giving out free-software.

IMHO U want a crypto wife, u marry one.

Then there is the real problem, everybody I know that has 'told his wife about all is assets' are guys who lost all their assets in a divorce, the only people I know who have held on to their assets are people who didn't tell anybody about their assets.

There's a good scene from that prison movie 'shawshank redemption' "Do U trust your wife"? It's a difficult question, the prison warden did't trust his wife, the man whose wife was murdered had trusted his wife, I think the guy in prison char, is a rare bird.

The entire nature of Crypto is for people who don't trust anybody, but then funny they trust the Nigerian scammer :)

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If you have a guy of your own or you have a girlfriend, he will be able to use your bitcoin if you give him all the bitcoin devices you left in the moment before he dies.  Also, if you leave all your documents in a notebook, then of course someone can recover them.

Sad to hear that Your wife is much concern about your Bitcoin than your life  ??? how can She even ask that straight in your face?
and have not you dare to explain Bitcoin for her in long time? imagine that you are already Married yet She knows nothing about bitcoin ? are you just making some story here and nothing is truthful?
because considering that you are already married you should have explained to her what is bitcoin and how you accumulate them.

Alright, I understand that this is an important question for anyone to ask themselves when it’s something that has to do with owning assets and money, but why would your wife be asking such a question on whether she can inherit your bitcoin or your money in your account?

Anyway, that aside, nobody can inherit your bitcoin if they don’t know the password, and also have the safe keys that are used to backup your wallet. That’s why a lot of people don’t like giving out access to their bitcoins, because they are afraid that someone might access it, especially in a family where there is no trust. But, if you can trust your family or your wife, then there is nothing bad about letting her know about it. That’s the only way anyone can take over it, or maybe you can write it down in your will and keep it with your lawyer.

Yes she could if you would tell her all of the important details like password and emails and which site you use for trades.
I have it all written down so if anything happens they would know how to convert it into cash.
But for me it is better to teach them now so both of you would have more things to talk too and common interests.

Well that's very interesting topic i have ever seen. People trust bank because when they stored money on bank they ask for nominee. If the user die then bank contact with nominee and give him money. But in bitcoin has not this feature because it is secure and mute. If the users didn't tell anyone about this and didn't give access of his account then bitcoin can't call his family to use him. Well thats why we should inform our family member about our holding where i hold and how to get access on that. And they will get the access id if i died. So truely this topic tooks my heart thanks for this concerned topic.

So what I have realized here was it is bwtter that you have someone that you are trusted like friends and most especially your family memeber that could understand more about bitcoin and cryptocurrency and shared your passwords, the keys or private accounts so even if some unexpected accidents happen the bitcoin that you have earned will be left on someone you loved.


I love the thought that we can now enjoy the service of paying your groceries over the counter and without the worries of needing to convert your bitcoin into fiat right.

So that could also be part of the Issue, maybe she doesn't know any thing about Bitcoin and is fascinated by the transaction because obviously the OP said "His wife" which on the other hand should have a good idea what Bitcoin is cos I know my wife does even if she doesn't really understand the total operation. The bottom line to me is, if you understand that she means no harm, get her informed cos you dont want to loss your bitcoin if death happens but if not, you still need to have a trusted person to recover then.

Whoever has the key to your wallet, technically the bitcoins belong to then lmfao, so in that case you might wanna share with your wife that info or the backup phrase of your wallet so she can get those funds, however for exchanges I think legal nominee will inherit your amount in case of your death and they will get it in form of cash in think which will be provided by selling your crypto.

Yeah, a hardware wallet is the best wallet if you are holding a huge amount of bitcoin, a wallet that doesn't need to connect internet are not prone of getting hacked, just make sure that your wife has knowledge on using it, it will be nonsense if she doesn't have any idea about it, she may get fooled if she is going to ask for help for other people.

True, based on what the OP said, it seems like her wife is weird, it is not normal to ask that question in front of your partner, that is very inappropriate, asking about "what if you die" is really weird.

Or better yet, your significant other create their own wallet, I wouldn't recommend sharing wallet with your SO especially if you are just a new couple or you are living for not a long time now because there is a high chance of betrayal and knowing how there is an epidemic of gold diggers around the world, you will never know if you got the right person or a gold digger one. I sugges putting the private key and other necessary things to access the wallet on a paper and put it in a lockbox or include it in your will.

There are husbands who doesnt really trust up their wife when in terms to finances or the money that they've been saving up on their own.Im not saying that they dont totally trust their wives

but there are ones who do like to have their individual money that isnt been known by their wives because i do usually have that kind of behavior because i know if my wife

do knows on what im holding and how much it is then tendency that it would really be spent out for some house expenses and other things that she likes which do
sucks so its understandable that why some men doesnt really trust up their wives.You can tell them about your holdings neither to be on the way of some
last will or something like that.

maybe you can try to save btc on a hardware device like nano ledger so you can feel safe in storing btc. take a little part when going to transact using BTC is more interesting