About Dimitri Chantitch | Bitcoin Self-Custody Consultant

Dimitri Chantitch spent years in alternative investment markets before arriving at the same conclusion many investors reach too late: the most important financial decision is not what you buy, but whether you actually own it.

He discovered Bitcoin in 2017. By 2022 he had gone Bitcoin-only. In 2025, having watched the industry's self-custody problem up close, he started CustodySchool to do one thing: help people take genuine possession of what they already own.

CustodySchool works one way: private, 1:1, on your own devices, with open-source verifiable tools only. No custody of client funds, ever. No percentage of holdings, ever. Every engagement ends with a tested recovery drill, because a backup you have not tested is a backup you do not have.

The security model

Every engagement runs on the same non-negotiable rules. Sessions are live video calls where you perform every step on your own devices — a seed phrase is never shared, never typed where anyone else can see it, and never requested. CustodySchool holds no client funds, takes no percentage of holdings, and charges no subscriptions: every package is a fixed, one-time price quoted before you commit. The website itself follows the same standard — no trackers, no cookies, HTTPS only, strict security headers.

Tools and standards

Only open-source, independently verifiable tools are ever recommended — Bitcoin-only hardware and software whose code anyone can audit, so your security never rests on a company's closed claims. The reasoning behind that standard is laid out in Why Bitcoin-Only and Open-Source Tools Are the Gold Standard.

How an engagement works

It starts with a free 30-minute call to map where your Bitcoin sits today. You get a fixed quote for exactly what your situation needs — moving off an exchange, hardware wallet setup, a sovereign node, or an inheritance plan. Then we build it together in live sessions, and no engagement ends until you have completed a tested recovery drill yourself. Proven, not assumed.

If that approach matches what you are looking for, the first 30 minutes are free.