Cryptocurrency Security

Protect your crypto assets. Seed phrases, wallet recovery, and crypto inheritance.

20 articles

Multisig Is a Suicide Pact for Your Inheritance

Your 2-of-3 multisig is elegant security theater — until your grieving spouse needs to coordinate a transaction with your business partner who's on vacation in Bali.

8 min

The $200M Trash Can: Why You Need a 'Warrant Canary' for Your Keys

If you're raided, your assets are seized before you can react. A dead man's switch releases your keys to your offshore trust automatically — because you stopped checking in.

9 min

Hardware Wallets Are for the Living. ZeroLatch Is for the Dead.

A Ledger in a drawer is not an inheritance plan. It's a paperweight with a countdown timer. An automated email is a plan.

7 min

The 25th Word Trap: How Your 'Hidden' Passphrase Will Burn Your Estate

Advanced crypto users add a 25th word passphrase for extra security. If your heir finds the 24 words but not the 25th, the wallet appears empty. Your fortune vanishes.

9 min

Dead Fingers Don't Work: Why Biometrics Will Lock Your Family Out Forever

Apple disables TouchID/FaceID after 48 hours of inactivity. Your wife can't unlock your phone with your cold thumb. She needs the passcode you never wrote down.

8 min

Seed Phrase Storage: Bank Safety Deposit Box vs. ZeroLatch

Banks have hours, holidays, and government seizures. ZeroLatch works 24/7. A detailed comparison of where to store your master key.

8 min

How to Set Up a 'Duress Wallet' That Actually Works

A gun to your head changes everything. How to use ZeroLatch as a panic button / duress system to protect your life and your stack.

10 min

The $190M Mistake: Lessons from the QuadrigaCX Death

Gerald Cotten died with the only passwords to his exchange's cold wallets. $190 million was lost forever. Don't be Gerald.

9 min

Paper Wallets Burn: Why Physical Backups Fail

Fire, flood, theft, and maid service. Why your "secure" paper backup is actually your biggest single point of failure.

7 min

Why Your Ledger Nano S is Useless to Your Wife (And How to Fix It)

The brutal truth: if you die today, your hardware wallet is a paperweight to your family. Here's how to create a usable inheritance plan.

8 min

Cold Storage vs Hot Wallet: Security Comparison

Understand the security tradeoffs between cold storage and hot wallets — when to use each and how to manage both for optimal security.

7 min

Using a Dead Man's Switch for Cryptocurrency

How to set up a dead man's switch specifically for cryptocurrency — protecting your crypto assets and ensuring heir access.

8 min

NFT Inheritance: How to Pass Down Digital Art

How to plan for NFT inheritance — ensuring your digital art, collectibles, and virtual assets reach your intended heirs.

6 min

DeFi Account Access After Death

Navigate the complex world of DeFi inheritance — how to document and plan for access to decentralized finance positions after death.

7 min

Multi-Signature Wallets for Estate Planning

How multisig wallets can solve the crypto inheritance problem — setup, benefits, and practical implementation guides.

8 min

Don't Be Stefan: $220 Million Locked Behind 2 Password Guesses

Startling statistics on lost cryptocurrency — how much has been lost, why, and what you can do to prevent becoming a statistic.

6 min

Hardware Wallet Backup Strategies

Comprehensive backup strategies for hardware wallets — from seed phrase redundancy to firmware considerations and recovery testing.

7 min

The $190 Million Password: Why Crypto Inheritance Is Broken

How to ensure your cryptocurrency passes to your heirs — covering legal, technical, and practical aspects of crypto inheritance.

10 min

Your Seed Phrase Is a Ticking Time Bomb (Here's How to Defuse It)

How to securely store your cryptocurrency seed phrases — metal backups, split storage, common mistakes, and emergency access planning.

8 min

Your Crypto Dies With You (Unless You Do This)

How to create a comprehensive recovery plan for your cryptocurrency wallets — ensuring your assets are accessible if you lose access or become incapacitated.

9 min

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