Pamela Morgan on EpiCenter

Cryptoasset Inheritance Planning

Episode 240 Jun 21 2018 69 min plays Switch to audio

While many cryptocurrency holders have thought about how to secure their assets, how to pass on cryptoassets in case of one’s death is rarely on people’s mind. Lawyer Pamela Morgan has been helping people and organizations build solutions to safely store their cryptoassets and has recently turned her attention to inheritance planning.

We discussed her new book “Cryptoasset Inheritance Planning” and how people can design a simple plan to give heirs a high chance of recovering assets in less than an hour.

Topics we discussed in this episode

• How an impassioned talk on Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos started her crypto journey
• Common misconceptions lawyers have about crypto
• Her work through Empowered Law on educating lawyers
• Third Key Solutions and building non-custodial key management solutions
• The most frequent mistakes people make when it comes to protecting cryptoassets
• How to do inheritance planning for cryptoassets
• Differentiating between technical and legal aspects to inheritance planning

Show links

• Empowered Law – Law and Education to Empower the World
• Third Key Solutions – Non-Custodial Key Management and Consulting Services
• Cryptoasset Inheritance Planning Book
• Inheritance Planning for Cryptocurrencies: 3 Steps in 3 Minutes
• When Disaster Strikes: Developing a Recovery Plan for Bitcoin and Digital Tokens
• Pamela Morgan on Twitter

backlink to book discussion on ssb

What impresses me about Pamela and also MyCrypto's Taylor Monahan is that they have both gotten stuck into a single hard problem and drilled down. So many blockchain projects seem super techno utopian and trying to SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS meaning they get stuck down lots and lots of rabbit holes.

I am more of a collectivist than both Taylor and Pamela but I really respect this aspect of their sticking with the issues which emerge at the margins - as they are issues which effect us all in this space...