Bitcoin estate planning from an attorney who mines, builds, and actually understands the technology — not just the law.
Research estimates that 11–18% of all Bitcoin in existence is permanently lost. At current prices, that’s roughly $150–270 billion in unrecoverable wealth — primarily due to lost private keys, death without proper planning, and technical complexity for heirs.
A traditional estate plan usually handles digital assets with a single boilerplate paragraph. That paragraph is useless if nobody can find the private keys, if the executor doesn’t know what a hardware wallet is, or if the seed phrase was written on a Post-It note that got thrown away.
A trust can be drafted without anyone examining how your Bitcoin is actually stored — so the single points of failure in your setup go unaddressed.
Your spouse doesn’t know what a Ledger is. Your kids don’t know where the seed phrase is. Your executor has never heard of a block explorer.
There are no step-by-step instructions for a non-technical person to verify holdings, secure devices, or transfer Bitcoin to beneficiaries without making an irreversible mistake.
Bitcoin estate planning sits at the intersection of two skill sets that rarely meet — the law of trusts and wills, and the technology behind it: UTXOs, multisig, Shamir’s Secret Sharing, hardware wallet recovery, and the difference between a custodial exchange account and self-custody cold storage. Asaf works fluently in both.
Licensed California attorney. Active litigator. Drafts the trust provisions, digital asset memoranda, powers of attorney, and executor instructions.
Solo Bitcoin miner and node operator. Understands custody architectures, multisig, Shamir’s Secret Sharing, hardware wallet recovery, and on-chain verification at the protocol level.
Reviews your actual setup — wallet types, seed phrase storage, backup methods, exchange accounts — and audits it for single points of failure before they matter.
Plain-English education for non-technical family members. Your spouse and kids learn exactly what to do (and what not to do) in a guided session with the attorney.
Whether you want to handle it yourself, work directly with an attorney, or get help for your own clients — there’s a path.
A downloadable package that walks you through creating a complete Bitcoin inheritance plan. Eight documents covering everything from Bitcoin basics to custody audit to mining & node estate planning.
Includes editable DOCX source files for all eight documents.
Direct consultation for Bitcoin holders who want professional guidance — or for attorneys who need co-counsel on the digital asset portion of a client’s estate plan. Conducted entirely remote via screen share.
A CLE course and template pack for attorneys who want to serve Bitcoin clients confidently — without starting from scratch.
Asaf didn’t learn Bitcoin from a webinar — he runs his own node, mines, and holds his own keys. He drafts the legal documents, and he can also audit your custody architecture, identify when a 2-of-3 multisig has a key-holder single point of failure, and explain to your executor how to use a Coldcard.
Asaf Fulks is a California-licensed attorney and active litigator who also solo mines Bitcoin, runs a full node, and builds software. He holds a J.D. magna cum laude, a B.A. in Computer Science, and has over 20 years of technology industry experience. He didn’t add “cryptocurrency” to his practice areas because it’s trending. He lives this technology every day.
That combination — an attorney who drafts the documents and a technologist who can audit the custody setup — is rare.
No. Never. Not to anyone. The consultation reviews your custody architecture — how your keys are stored, where backups exist, who has access. You never share the keys themselves.
The advisory and custody audit portions are not geographically restricted. For legal document drafting, the applicable jurisdiction determines which state’s law governs, and appropriate disclosures will be provided.
Exchanges have their own inheritance procedures, but you still need proper legal documentation — a digital asset memorandum, executor instructions, and account access information stored securely and referenced in your estate plan.
Yes. Tier 2 consultations can coordinate with your current attorney or serve as co-counsel — your attorney keeps the client relationship while Asaf handles the Bitcoin-specific work. Same rate, same engagement model.
Casa and Unchained are custody products with inheritance features. They’re excellent tools. But they don’t draft legal documents, audit your overall estate plan, or educate your heirs. This service combines the legal and technical sides that custody products don’t cover.
In-depth articles on the technical and legal issues that matter most. Regularly updated.
The question every Bitcoin holder avoids — and why the answer depends entirely on how you plan today.
Read Article → Legal AnalysisThe most common advice from estate attorneys — and why it fails when applied to self-custodied Bitcoin.
Read Article → TechnicalHow multi-signature custody architectures solve the single-point-of-failure problem in Bitcoin inheritance.
Read Article → PracticalA step-by-step guide for executors who suddenly need to secure, verify, and transfer digital assets.
Read Article →Every day you wait is another day your family is one hardware failure, one accident, or one forgotten password away from losing everything. The planning takes hours. The loss is permanent.
Consultations conducted remotely via secure video. Payments processed via Stripe or Bitcoin Lightning via asaf@ocrecording.com (Fulks, Inc. operating entity).