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Prepared self-custody
A prepared recovery path can allow access and transfer without waiting for a bank, exchange or custodian to release the asset.
Free live webinar
A WillNeeds a Way
If something happened to you tomorrow, could the right people recover your Bitcoin?
A practical live session on holding Bitcoin for the long term, preparing for inheritance, and building a self-custody process that can survive your absence.
Wednesday 14 October 2026
6:30 PM QLD (AEST)
7:30 PM NSW / VIC / ACT / TAS (AEDT)
60 minutes · Live via Google Meet
Hosted by Joe Turner, Founder of Arise Bitcoin.
What you’ll learn
Practical presentationReal client experienceLive Q&A
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Why a will alone does not create access to Bitcoin.
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Why self-custodied Bitcoin behaves differently from banked or custodial assets at end of life.
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How to prepare a recovery path without exposing your secrets today.
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What families and Bitcoin SMSF trustees should think through at the operational self-custody layer.
Live Q&A at the end. Bring your questions on self-custody, recovery, inheritance readiness, long-term holding and Bitcoin SMSF custody operations.
Secure your free spotWho this is for
For people preparing beyond today.
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People including Bitcoin in inheritance or long-term family wealth arrangements.
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Existing holders and families preparing for recovery, incapacity or succession.
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People using exchanges or custodians who want to understand the trade-offs.
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People already in self-custody who want a more robust recovery path.
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People with, or considering, a Bitcoin SMSF.
Intention still needs execution
A will can say who. The custody path must still show how.
A legal document can record who should receive your Bitcoin. Someone still needs a practical path to identify the wallet, understand the custody arrangement and complete recovery without exposing secrets too early.
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Third-party custody
An exchange or custodian can introduce verification, delay, restriction or freeze risk when a family needs clarity and access.
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Unprepared self-custody
Lost keys, unknown passphrases, conflicting backups or inaccessible recovery knowledge can make Bitcoin unrecoverable.
Why Joe is hosting this
Planning has to work when a family is under pressure.
After a close family member died suddenly and without a will, Joe saw firsthand how quickly practical costs arise. Funeral arrangements, travel, administration and other immediate expenses can all need to be dealt with long before an estate is understood, settled or accessible.
It reinforced a simple point: end-of-life planning needs to be operationally workable, not just documented. Families need to know what exists, how it can be accessed, and what needs to happen when the person who normally manages everything is no longer there.
Bitcoin can be one part of that planning. Properly self-custodied Bitcoin can remain directly controlled and transferable without depending on a bank, exchange or other custodian to release it. But that only helps if the right people understand how to recover and use it when the time comes.
A will remains important, and legal and estate-planning matters should be handled with qualified professionals.
In practical terms
Build a process that can survive your absence.
- 1.Map the wallet, signing devices, backups and required recovery knowledge.
- 2.Separate general custody documentation from sensitive recovery information.
- 3.Identify anything that depends on one person’s memory, device or availability.
- 4.Prepare trusted people through staged education without exposing secrets too early.
- 5.Test the recovery procedure safely and keep the documentation current.
About Arise
Bitcoin-only, operational guidance.
Arise Bitcoin provides Bitcoin-only self-custody operational guidance for individuals, families and SMSF trustees.
This session covers Bitcoin self-custody operations only and does not provide financial, legal, tax, SMSF or estate-planning advice.
Arise does not provide investment, accounting, audit or compliance advice. Those matters belong with appropriately qualified or licensed professionals.
Arise will never ask for seed phrases, private keys, passphrases or wallet recovery secrets.
Make the recovery path part of the plan.
Wednesday 14 October 2026 · 6:30 PM QLD (AEST) · 7:30 PM NSW/VIC/ACT/TAS (AEDT) · Live via Google Meet
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