Digital Custody Notebooks
The Private Key
A private key as technical and symbolic object: signature, identity, power, secret, delegation and inheritance.
A private key does not open a door: it signs a world.
The Private Key is the notebook closest to Technological Mythology. A private key does not simply open a door: it allows signing, moving, authorizing, proving and losing. It is a technical object with cultural consequences.
The volume works on the difference between password and cryptographic power. A password can be changed, recovered or reset inside a system. A private key can be the system. That is why it must be thought together with identity, delegation, backup and inheritance.
for whom
For entrepreneurs, founders, creators, families, professionals and holders who want to understand digital ownership without being overwhelmed by jargon, hype or fear.
editorial pact
The notebook does not promise returns, recommend purchases or replace technical, legal or tax advice. It offers a frame for asking better questions.
series index
Digital Custody Notebooks
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I
The Custody
To truly own something is also to be able to lose it.
Digital Ownership
In the digital world, ownership is not an object. It is a relation between access, proof, rights and recognition.
Digital Inheritance
What cannot be transmitted is not truly custodied.
The Private Key
A private key does not open a door: it signs a world.
The Wallet
The wallet is the minimum home of digital identity.
Cold Storage
Putting something in the cold means removing it from the nervous time of the network.
Trust Without Intermediary
Removing an intermediary does not remove trust: it moves it.
full series · 7 volumes