Bitcoin Custody & Inheritance Counsel
Stan Reeves — Professor Emeritus, Auburn University — provides expert Bitcoin self-custody and inheritance consulting and Bitcoin education for individuals, institutions, estate attorneys, and financial advisors.
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering · Auburn University
Expert custody architecture and inheritance planning for individuals and families with meaningful Bitcoin holdings.
Learn more →A credentialed referral partner for your Bitcoin-holding clients — and a CLE program for your firm or bar association.
Learn more →Bitcoin literacy and custody expertise you can bring in for clients — without becoming the expert yourself.
Learn more →Custody structures designed for organizational governance — multi-signatory, succession-ready, policy-documented.
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Stan Reeves is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Auburn University, where he spent decades applying rigorous analytical discipline to complex systems problems. Since 2021, he has applied that same discipline to Bitcoin self-custody and inheritance planning — an area where the consequences of getting it wrong are irreversible.
Stan works with individuals holding meaningful Bitcoin, estate attorneys whose clients have digital assets, financial advisors seeking to understand custody risk, and institutions navigating multi-stakeholder custody requirements. His approach is advisory, not transactional: tailored to your specific situation, documented for your estate, and built to last.
Read Full BioExpert guidance across the four domains where Bitcoin custody decisions matter most.
Assessment of your current setup and a clear recommendation — from single-key hardware wallets to multisig vaults — matched to your holdings and risk profile.
Documented procedures, coordination with your estate attorney, and heir education so your Bitcoin reaches the people you intend — not the void.
CLE programs for estate attorneys, advisory sessions for financial professionals, and literacy engagements for teams navigating Bitcoin for the first time.
Multi-signatory custody design, leadership transition protocols, and Bitcoin holding policies for churches, nonprofits, and foundations.
Unlike a lost bank account, lost Bitcoin cannot be recovered. No institution holds your keys. No court order restores access. A forgotten seed phrase, a hardware device with no recovery plan, or an estate with no custody documentation means the holdings are gone — permanently.
The same is true at the moment of inheritance. Without an expert-guided plan, families discover they cannot access significant holdings. This is not a technical problem. It is a planning problem — and it is entirely preventable.
Expert custody counsel is not a luxury for serious Bitcoin holders. It is due diligence.
Practical guidance on Bitcoin custody and inheritance — written for serious holders and the professionals who serve them.
Custody mechanics, multisig, seed phrases, and how to structure estate documents for clients who hold Bitcoin — in plain language, no technical background required.
Read the guide →The errors that lead to permanent loss are remarkably consistent. If you self-custody Bitcoin, you need to know whether you're making any of them.
Read the article →Articles on custody, inheritance planning, and Bitcoin for attorneys, advisors, and serious holders. No marketing — just substance.
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