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Bitcoin vaults

Bitcoin vaults are custody designs that use preplanned paths, delays, key separation, or covenant-like restrictions to create time or policy barriers around withdrawals and improve recovery options after compromise.

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Bitcoin vaults are custody designs that use preplanned paths, delays, key separation, or covenant-like restrictions to create time or policy barriers around withdrawals and improve recovery options after compromise.

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What California Bitcoin maintains

  • Bitcoin vaults are custody designs that use preplanned paths, delays, key separation, or covenant-like restrictions to create time or policy barriers around withdrawals and improve recovery options after compromise.

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Bitcoin Optech

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