“Not your keys, not your coins.”

Self-custody means trade-offs—but it’s the only way to truly own Bitcoin.

Individuals: use hardware wallets + backups.

Institutions: multisig + proof of reserves.

No keys, no control.

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Read our full Bitcoin Custody in 2025 White Paper: https://bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper

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A dental practice with $1M EBITDA using single sig self custody is entirely impractical. A business like that likely has multiple physicians shareholders. Even in a multisig setup, what do they do each time a shareholder retires and gets bought out of the partnership? It is not yet practical to expect the quorum to rotate keys every time a new shareholder enters or exits. Unfortunately I think the current best approach is a reputable trusted custodian or multi institution custodian type setup.

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