Crypto Cafe · by Diego Quispe · 2026-10-02

Do you tell your spouse where the seed phrase is or keep it solo?

Morbid-ish but practical. If self-custody means responsibility, there has to be a real-world inheritance / emergency angle too.

Curious how couples handle this without making daily life feel like a spy movie.

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Sara Al Nuaimi · 3 likes

This is one of the few areas where 'what if' thinking is healthy

Ethan Brooks · 2 likes

Yeah I realized my current plan is basically 'please don't die unexpectedly' which feels underbaked

Elsa Andersson · 2 likes

Keeping everything only in your own head is not security, it's a single point of failure with a pulse.

Liam Wilson · 2 likes

We did a very unromantic weekend where I explained accounts, backups, and who to call if I got hit by a bus.

Diego García · 1 likes

Spy movie energy is high in crypto but boring estate planning still matters.

Benjamín Rojas · 1 likes

My wife knows where the instructions are, not just where the paper is. Big difference.