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What happened to the Bitcoin wallet of a dead or insane person?

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A lot of things is been happening in the crypto space and what if a person is dead or insane, what do you think would happen to his bitcoin wallet ? There should be a recovery process for situations like that in the crypto space.
 
When the wallet is encrypted or the owner did not leave instructions on how to access it, it can be difficult for family members or heirs to access the wallet even if they have the required information, to be quite honest with you.
 
I don't know about an insane person, seems odd to include that in the mix, but for those who have died while having currency, usually nothing happens until someone claims the money. As in, they claim his cryptowallet or something along those lines.

But yes, there should be a recovery process for families when someone dies.
 
So that this does not happen the holder of the funds should leave a trusted person a copy of his seed phrase in case the unfortunate case that he dies for example.
 
I think the cryptocurrency platforms will be the best to answer this question. But from what I observed, it will be very difficult to have or gain access to the wallet of crypto user that died or become insane. The cryptocurrency wallet is highly secured, so unless the owner give his or password to someone close to him or her before something bad happen, the wallet may not be recovered.
 
well some many people we have there reason here ,but to me I think it we be very difficult to access it expecially if the person did not drup he or her personal code to access it ,that we be very difficult for some one to access it.
 
I think the Bitcoin wallet of a dead or insane person might be lost forever.

If the wallet is in a Centralized Exchange, Then It might seem possible to get the coins in the wallet back. If otherwise, It would be lost forever.
 
Unless the person has given access to his wallet to another person, the funds will be lost. If a person dies or become insane before giving access to his wallet, no one will be able to access the wallet.
 
Well, it becomes impossible to access that bitcoin forever. Because the person who is dead is the only one who has access to the wallet and must know the password and other security issues of the wallet
 
If the person doesn't entrust his or her cryptocurrency wallet details to any other person, there's no way it would be recovered. It's just going to sit down there in the cryptocurrency space forever. It's the reason why I have my cryptocurrency vital information made available to my brother just in case.
 
To avoid potential issues with inheriting or accessing Bitcoin in case of unforeseen events, it is essential to have a clear plan in place. This could involve securely sharing recovery information with trusted family members or using legal services to specify how to handle digital assets in a will or trust.
 
James said:
To avoid potential issues with inheriting or accessing Bitcoin in case of unforeseen events, it is essential to have a clear plan in place. This could involve securely sharing recovery information with trusted family members or using legal services to specify how to handle digital assets in a will or trust.
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This is the reason why it's very important to have one person you trust in life with your money or assets. Banks have denied some people their next of kin inheritance because they failed to provide some which their deceased family member didn't let them know. In cryptocurrency, it's even worst.
 
Heatman said:
This is the reason why it's very important to have one person you trust in life with your money or assets. Banks have denied some people their next of kin inheritance because they failed to provide some which their deceased family member didn't let them know. In cryptocurrency, it's even worst.
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Yes, in fact, I provided my private keys to my mother in case something happened to me, she does not know how to use the private keys or have sufficient knowledge about crypto if something happened to me, but surely she would find a way to recover the funds, I simply gave her a paper written with my private phrases and she kept it.
 
riberet19 said:
Yes, in fact, I provided my private keys to my mother in case something happened to me, she does not know how to use the private keys or have sufficient knowledge about crypto if something happened to me, but surely she would find a way to recover the funds, I simply gave her a paper written with my private phrases and she kept it.
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I would have given such information to my mother too but she doesn't want to be responsible for it when I asked her to take care of it. It's why I didn't have any other choice than to give everything to my brother. He's also very invested in cryptocurrency and forex trading.
 
From what I understand, the wallets are encrypted for safety but there are ways to access it if someone else has the details that are needed to be able to do so.

If it were me, I would let either one of my kids or even my mum know about my crypto wallet and give them the details to gain access to it as well as how to withdraw the money as well so they were able to do that if anything happened to me. That would seem like the best option and would make the most sense.
 
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