The Bitcoin custody tiers: from ETFs to multisig

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Most guides to owning Bitcoin dive straight into specific topics or debates. “Hot wallet vs. cold wallet”, “passphrase or no passphrase”. It’s harder to find an explanation of self-custody from first-principles; to get a sense of where on the spectrum you want to sit. If you’ve read my primer on what Bitcoin is and how it works and are now wondering what to actually do, this page is for you. There is no one-size-fits-all solution, so you should approach self-custody deliberately - knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your chosen setup, where it sits in the wider spectrum, and wh

https://bennet.org/learn/bitcoin-self-custody-tiers/

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