What happens to your digital bitcoins if you die?

[coffeeFreak]

Been looking into this whole cryptocurrency thing and am wondering about what happens if a person dies. Here is one article, but must look into it further.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-to-your-digital-bitcoins-if-you-die/

[Jlabute]

I suppose unexpected deaths are harder to plan around since you may not have the opportunity to pass on any keys or usernames or passwords or what-ever you need to access online trading, or your secure wallet, etc. Plan and have a will I suppose? Is it possible there will be some bitcoins that'll get stuck, untraded forever?

[Yurii S.]

Maybe you can write a covenant, so that after the death of the bitcoins passed to someone)))

[honkonbobo]

As long as the executor of your will is aware you have bitcoin, then it can be passed on with other assets. Buying and selling bitcoin is a complicated process in Canada so you may want to have a conversation or leave instruction with your will.

[Woodenhead]

you may want to have a conversation or leave instruction with your will.

This. I imagine having valuables or whatever in a safety deposit box would be handled similarly. The main thing is your private key, and how you pass that info along to the right people only.