Dimitri Chantitch
Bitcoin self-custody consultant · Founder of CustodySchool
- Holding my own keys since 2017
- Bitcoin-only since 2022
- Open-source tools only
- I never touch your funds
- Multisig, Coldcard, SeedSigner & node setup
Bitcoin self-custody consulting
Private 1:1 guidance to get off exchanges, into Bitcoin, and into self-custody you control: the right hardware, a tested backup, and an inheritance plan built to outlive you. I never touch your funds.
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Dimitri Chantitch
Bitcoin self-custody consultant · Founder of CustodySchool
Start here, because this is the whole reason to sell your crypto and buy Bitcoin. Vitalik Buterin named it himself: every base layer trades off decentralization, scalability, and security, and none can max all three at once. What a project refuses to give up is what it really is. Tap two corners and see.
Tap any two corners.
Want to know which two your stack actually has? Let's look together.
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Brutal on the mechanics, never on you for holding them. Every one of these is verifiable in public.
Founders and venture funds held a large pre-allocated stake before the public could buy a single unit. You weren't early. You were the buyer they were waiting for.
Why Bitcoin wins →Bitcoin had no premine and no insider allocation. A fair launch no one could front-run.
← BackTeam and investor tokens vest on a schedule. Each unlock dumps fresh supply into the demand that retail provides.
Why Bitcoin wins →No allocations means no unlock cliffs. Nobody is scheduled to dump on you.
← BackA founder, a foundation, or a validator cartel can alter issuance, pause the chain, or reverse transactions. It has happened on major networks.
Why Bitcoin wins →No one can change Bitcoin's rules against the network — including the people who built it.
← BackMany alts change issuance by vote or decree. A supply cap you can edit is not scarcity, it is a promise from people who profit by breaking it.
Why Bitcoin wins →Fixed at 21 million, enforced by every node. The number cannot be moved.
← BackThe token's value rests on a team, its funding, and ongoing development. When the company fades, the chain rots beneath you.
Why Bitcoin wins →No company to fail, no team to fund, no roadmap to abandon. It just runs.
← BackIn a real downturn, altcoin liquidity vanishes. The number is still on the screen, but the bids are gone.
Why Bitcoin wins →The most liquid, most recognized exit in the market. Move while the door is open.
← BackAlready nodding? Let's get you into Bitcoin and secured.
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Strip away the community, the memes, and the roadmap and it is the same machine every time. Insiders and early money cash out, and the late buyer, you, is who they cash out into. Some hide it better than others. Not one of them is money. Every one of them bleeds to Bitcoin over time.
A large 2014 premine, no supply cap, and a chain that reversed its own history the moment the wrong people lost money. "Decentralized" right up until it was inconvenient. Money you can edit and unwind is not money. It is a database with a marketing team.
Heavy insider and venture allocation dumped into retail demand, a network that has gone fully offline more than once, and hardware so demanding you cannot run a node to check it yourself. You are trusting a company's database and paying a token tax for the privilege.
Controlled and distributed by a single company sitting on an enormous stash it sells into strength. The price moves on press releases and court dates, not on anything you actually own. Pre-IPO equity with none of the rights and all of the dilution.
No venture round, fine. It is still a bet that one trading venue stays popular forever, secured by a handful of validators, with team tokens unlocking for years. The day the table goes cold, the chip is worth exactly what the table says. A loyal crowd is not a monetary policy.
Fairly launched, sure. It still prints new supply forever and runs on a security budget a fraction of Bitcoin's, which makes it cheap to attack and cheaper to ignore. Fair does not mean scarce, and it does not mean safe. You fairly bought something that erodes.
No cap, ever, minting roughly five billion fresh coins a year, forever. It was created as a parody of exactly this, and a generation is now bag-holding the punchline. Infinite supply is the opposite of savings.
Pick any coin that is not Bitcoin and follow the money. It ends in the same place every time, and it is never you. Bitcoin is the only one with no one sitting on the other side of your trade.
Technology ships versions, chases features, and gets obsoleted by the next release. A protocol is a fixed standard the world quietly agrees on and builds on, with no CEO, no roadmap, and no upgrade that breaks last year. Money wants to be a protocol: neutral rails that never move, not a product a team keeps reinventing.
This is what every altcoin sells: better tech, until the next better tech.
TCP/IP never 10x'd. It became the thing everything needs. That is the job money has.
Everything that's wrong with your altcoins is something Bitcoin structurally does not have. This is where doubt turns into conviction.
No founder stash, no insider round. The fairest launch in the history of money, and it can never be redone.
An absolute, unchangeable supply cap enforced by every node on earth. Real scarcity, not a marketing claim.
No company, no CEO, no foundation that can freeze it, inflate it, or shut it down. Truly neutral money.
Run your own node on cheap hardware and confirm every rule yourself. You never have to trust a third party's word.
Send value anywhere on earth and have it settle with no permission, no intermediary, and no reversal.
Through hacks, crashes, bans, and bear markets, the network has never stopped. Survival is the track record.
Owning it is step one. Holding it right is the work.
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"The exit is open now. In the crash it slams shut, and your coins become a price with no buyers."
Altcoins do not just fall in a downturn, their liquidity evaporates. The screen still shows a number, but the bids are gone and the door you meant to walk through is bolted. The people who move to Bitcoin do it while the market is calm and deep. The people who wait become the cautionary tale. Waiting feels safe. It is the most expensive thing you can do.
Private, 1:1, on your own devices, with open-source tools only. You walk away with a complete self-custody setup you control and understand, not a folder of links you will never open.
Thirty minutes. We map where your assets sit today and what needs to change.
You know the exact scope and price before you commit to anything.
Live sessions on your own devices. Your keys never leave your hands.
We are not done until you have personally passed a tested recovery drill.
Ready to see what your setup needs?
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A tutorial is generic. Your keys are not. Self-custody is the rare thing where getting it 95% right still loses everything. These are the mistakes guidance exists to prevent.
A seed written down wrong, or never test-restored, fails at the one moment you need it. We prove yours works before we finish.
One device, one location, one mistake from total loss. We build redundancy that fits your situation, not a generic checklist.
Most self-taught setups die with the owner. We build a plan so your family can actually access your Bitcoin.
Fake wallets, phishing, address-swapping malware, and "support" that drains you. We set up the habits that shut these down.
Singlesig, multisig, passphrase, hardware choice: the right answer depends on your amount and threat model, not a video's.
There is no support line and no undo in Bitcoin. The point of guidance is one experienced set of eyes before anything is permanent.
Skip the expensive mistakes. Get it done right, once.
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