Curated articles tagged Self-Custody
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Bitcoin Node setup in Switzerland step by step. Run Bitcoin Core 30.0 or Knots on a Pi 5 with Swiss ISP config, Tor, Electrs, and full data sovereignty.
Lightning Network Home node setup in 2026: hardware, Umbrel vs Start9, full-node sync, channel funding, inbound liquidity, SCB backups, and watchtowers.
Cold storage setup for Bitcoin in 2026: hardware selection, seed generation, passphrase decision, test transaction, recovery drill, and steel-plate backup.
Bitcoin Estate Planning in Switzerland: 7-step guide covering seed backups, multisig, Erbvertrag notary deposit, Pflichtteil law, and heir access drills.
Bitcoin Wallet Recovery in 2026 mapped across 8 loss scenarios. Find the right path from forgotten passwords to missing seed words to heir access fast.
Cracking a Bitcoin wallet password is one of the few jobs btcrecover still does well. The 3rdIteration fork, GPU setup, and where DIY ends.
Self-custody removes the exchange middleman. Hardware wallet plus 20 or 24 word seed plus optional passphrase. The full Swiss-context setup walkthrough.
