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Crypto inheritance
Crypto inheritance is about making sure the people you leave behind can find and reach your coins.
- What it means
- If nobody knows the wallets exist or how to reach them, the coins can stay locked for good, so some people leave a sealed letter that says what exists and where things are kept.
- What to watch
- Whether every wallet, exchange account and backup is listed, whether seed phrase words stay out of a will that several people read, and whether the letter is still current.
- How Compass-Alpha uses it
- Background only; not used in any figure on Compass-Alpha.
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