If you have been asked to be an Inheritance beneficiary that means a Bitkey wallet owner wants you to have access to the funds in their Bitkey wallet after their death.
Before you can accept the beneficiary invitation, you will need to have your own Bitkey wallet (hardware device and app). If you don’t already have one, you can buy one at bitkey.world or through any of our authorized retailers.
When ready, follow the steps below to accept the beneficiary invitation:
Already a Bitkey customer
After you have received your beneficiary invitation:
- From your mobile device, click the link in the invitation.
- The Bitkey app should open automatically and you will be placed at the beginning of the Inheritance beneficiary flow.
- If you are not automatically placed into this flow, you can access it from the Bitkey app Home Screen by selecting
Settings >
Inheritance. On the Benefactors tab select Accept.
- If you are not automatically placed into this flow, you can access it from the Bitkey app Home Screen by selecting
- Enter the invitation code you received and select Continue.
- If prompted, confirm using your hardware device.
- If you see a message that your invitation code has expired, you will need to contact your benefactor and ask them to send you a new invitation code and then start these steps over again.
- Enter the name of your benefactor, then select Continue.
- When you see You’re all set and confirmation that you have been set up as a beneficiary, select Done.
- You can check your status as a beneficiary at any time by following the steps listed in How do I see if I successfully accepted my beneficiary invitation?
See What is Inheritance and how does it work? and What is an Inheritance beneficiary and what do they do? to learn more.
New to Bitkey
If you are new to Bitkey, you can accept your beneficiary invitation and set up your Bitkey wallet at the same time.
After you have received your beneficiary invitation:
- From your mobile device, click the link in the invitation.
- You will be prompted to download the Bitkey app if you don’t already have it installed on your mobile device.
- Open the Bitkey app and select More options.
- Select Enter the invite code.
- Enter the invitation code you received and select Continue.
- If you see a message that your invitation code has expired, you will need to contact your benefactor and ask them to send you a new invitation code and then start these steps over again.
- Enter the name of your benefactor, then select Continue.
- Confirm that you have a Bitkey device by selecting Yes, I have a Bitkey and Continue.
- If you do not already have a Bitkey device, you will be redirected to bitkey.world so that you can purchase one. Once your Bitkey has arrived, you can start these steps again.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your Bitkey wallet. Set up must be complete before your beneficiary invitation can be accepted.
- See How do I set up my Bitkey wallet? for instructions.
- When you have completed setting up your Bitkey, you will see You’re all set and confirmation that you have been set up as a beneficiary. Select Continue.
- You can check your status as a beneficiary at any time by following the steps listed in How do I see if I successfully accepted my beneficiary invitation?
See What is Inheritance and how does it work? and What is an Inheritance beneficiary and what do they do? to learn more.