Curated articles tagged Bitcoin Basics
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Where your bitcoin sits before you send, what pressing send does, who checks it, and where the 0.05 BTC goes. Six beginner questions, one worked example, no jargon.
Declare Bitcoin on your Swiss tax return as private wealth in the Wertschriftenverzeichnis at 31 December value. Where it goes and what is taxed.
Bitcoin in your Swiss Pillar 3a means regulated ETF/ETP exposure held by a pension foundation, capped near 5%, tax-deferred, and never self-custodied.
Bitcoin Foundation Switzerland 2026 complete setup guide for HNW holders. Familienstiftung vs gemeinnützige Stiftung, ZGB Art. 80-89bis, CHF 5M example.
AHV, IV and EO on Bitcoin salary, mining, staking and self-employed income in Switzerland. 2026 figures: 10.6% on salary, 10.0% self-employed from CHF 60,500, CHF 530 minimum, no cap.
Bitcoin estate planning in Switzerland: a Bitcoin inventory, BIP-39 or SLIP-39 backups, 2-of-3 multisig, a sealed executor envelope, an Erbvertrag before a notary and two witnesses, the Pflichtteil under ZGB Art. 470 and
Bitcoin Gift Tax Switzerland by canton 2026. Which cantons tax a gift to a child, spouse or partner, the Zurich ESchG rules, ESTV valuation and the Schenkungsvertrag.
Bitcoin inheritance tax in Zurich. Spouse, registered partner and children pay CHF 0 under § 11 ESchG. Who pays 6 to 36 percent, the date-of-death valuation rule, the Gemeindesteueramt deadlines and worked examples.
Swiss wealth tax and the capital gains exemption for Bitcoin inscriptions: no ESTV Kursliste price, the ESTV working paper fallback, KS 36, and a worked example.
How Swiss VAT applies when you sell for Bitcoin. ESTV MWST-Info 04 treats Bitcoin as a payment token. Rates, the CHF 100,000 threshold, daily-rate conversion, mining and staking.
Google's March 2026 paper cut the qubit count needed to break Bitcoin's ECDSA by 20x. Still 500x from a working machine. What holders should do today.
I explored Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano since 2021. Ran a Cardano stake pool. Built smart contracts. What crypto taught me about Bitcoin over five years.
