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Bitcoin education for families

Bitcoin lessons the whole family can understand.

Short, practical lessons for parents and kids. Learn how bitcoin works, how to keep the keys safe, how to save together and how to pass it on.

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What you'll learn

The basics, in four short lessons

Read them in any order. Each one ends with a question you can talk through as a family.

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How bitcoin works

Digital money that no single company or country runs, capped at just under 21 million coins.

Source: bitcoin.org FAQ

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Keys and wallets

A wallet holds the keys that let you move your bitcoin. Here's how to keep those keys safe.

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Saving as a family

How to set a shared goal and build a saving habit everyone can follow.

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Passing bitcoin on

The steps that help your family find and use your bitcoin one day.

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Illustrated dad showing a small hardware wallet to his family at the kitchen table
Teaching kids about bitcoin

Activities for every age

Simple ways to explain saving, scarcity and keys, matched to where your kids are now.

Ages 6–9

Try this: the savings jar game, to show why waiting for something bigger pays off.

Ages 10–13

Try this: talk about what makes money "money," and why there's only so much bitcoin.

Teens

Try this: set up a practice wallet together and learn how backups and keys work.

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Saving as a family

A family saving plan in four steps

A simple routine the whole household can follow, kids included.

Pick a goal

A trip, a first car or college. Name it together and write it down.

Set a schedule

Add a set amount on a regular day, like payday or birthdays.

Keep the keys safe

Store the backup somewhere secure and decide who in the family knows where.

Check in monthly

Look at progress together and answer the kids' questions.

Family savings tracker

Set a goal and fill in the jar as your family saves. Use it on paper or on screen.

Open the tracker
Passing bitcoin on

Help your family find it one day

Passing on bitcoin takes a little planning. Most families start with these three steps.

1

Write a family letter

Explain what you hold, where the wallet is and who to call for help.

2

Choose a trusted person

Walk them through the plan once, while you're there to answer questions.

3

Talk to an estate attorney

Ask how bitcoin fits into your will or trust.

What goes in the family letter

Include

  • What you hold
  • Where the wallet is kept
  • Who to call for help
  • Where your will or trust is

Leave out

  • Your keys
  • Your backup words
  • Passwords and PINs
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Family Bitcoin is educational. It isn't legal, tax or financial advice.

Tools and guides

Printables, trackers and how-to guides

Download them, fill them in and use them at home.

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The Family Bitcoin inheritance kit

Everything a family needs to put a bitcoin inheritance plan on paper, in one kit.

  • A key mapWrite down who holds which keys and where each backup is kept, without writing the keys themselves.
  • A letter for your heirsA guided template that explains what you hold and what to do first.
  • A trusted-person checklistThe steps the person you choose will follow when the time comes.
  • Estate attorney questionsA checklist to bring to your attorney so bitcoin fits into your will or trust.

Family Bitcoin is educational. It isn't legal, tax or financial advice.

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The family letter

One practical lesson a week

Each issue has a short lesson, a question to talk about at dinner and a printable. Unsubscribe anytime.

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