Choose the best way to secure your bitcoin
Choosing a custody model with Unchained is about finding the right balance of control, security, and support for your needs.
Read about our Lead, Partner, and Delegate models and choose the one that’s right for you. Each model offers unique advantages, allowing you to tailor your bitcoin custody approach to your specific circumstances.
Read about our Lead, Partner, and Delegate models and choose the one that’s right for you. Each model offers unique advantages, allowing you to tailor your bitcoin custody approach to your specific circumstances.
Maximum control, maximum responsibility
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Complete control over your bitcoin
Share your keys with friends and family
Maximum privacy
The Lead model puts you in full control of your bitcoin. By controlling the majority of keys, you eliminate third parties as single points of failure. In this model, you can always move bitcoin without needing anyone’s approval.
With great power comes great responsibility: You will need to practice diligent key management to protect the keys to your generational wealth, and we’ll guide you there.
With great power comes great responsibility: You will need to practice diligent key management to protect the keys to your generational wealth, and we’ll guide you there.
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Partial control, partial responsibility
Control and manage just one key
Move bitcoin with one partner
Familiarize yourself with key security
With Partner, you can participate in the security of your bitcoin while reducing the number of items you have to keep secure yourself. This opens a route to recovery for your bitcoin with the help of family members, friends, or key agents if you lose your key.
With this model, you can move bitcoin with the help of only one third party. You can cryptographically verify that all vault balances are partly controlled by your key and participate in transactions. It’s also easier to set up if you’re the one borrowing a key from a connection or key agent.
But this model also involves increased trust—you should never use someone else’s key to help secure your bitcoin unless you understand the risks and know you can trust them.
With this model, you can move bitcoin with the help of only one third party. You can cryptographically verify that all vault balances are partly controlled by your key and participate in transactions. It’s also easier to set up if you’re the one borrowing a key from a connection or key agent.
But this model also involves increased trust—you should never use someone else’s key to help secure your bitcoin unless you understand the risks and know you can trust them.
Looking to secure a key for someone else?
If you want to secure a key for someone else, upload your key and then then follow key sharing instructions. Even if you're not interested in using an Unchained vault yourself, we strongly recommend you first create a Lead vault and familiarize yourself with bitcoin operational security.
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Minimal control, minimal responsibility
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No need to manage keys
Distributed third-party key security
With Delegate, you can borrow the key security of two family members, friends, or key agents, as well as Unchained, allowing you to collaborate with others in the security of your bitcoin without controlling any keys yourself.
This model provides strong security through geographic distribution among three independent holders, ensuring that no single entity has full control. The trade-off is that you relinquish control, relying on trusted parties to manage your bitcoin's security.
You should never use someone else’s key to help secure your bitcoin unless you understand the risks and know you can trust them.
This model provides strong security through geographic distribution among three independent holders, ensuring that no single entity has full control. The trade-off is that you relinquish control, relying on trusted parties to manage your bitcoin's security.
You should never use someone else’s key to help secure your bitcoin unless you understand the risks and know you can trust them.
Looking for enterprise key agents?
If you want to create a vault where you delegate all three keys to enterprise-grade key agents, contact our sales team.
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