The core principle of cryptocurrency is self-sovereignty. Investors must rely on decentralized trust networks instead of central entities that have been known to value the assets of others. However, inheritance is a problem with self-sovereignty.

An estimated 4 million (BTC() is now inaccessible and has become lost. Is it possible that many of these coins belonged to HODLers, who died without sharing wallet access with others? Others believe Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1 million BTC fortune hasn’t been touched for this very reason: No one else had access to it.