You’re new to Bitcoin and want to know how to 

 get started. Maybe you’ve been using bitcoin for a while and you want to level up your security and/or independence. Or maybe you’re a business owner looking to protect the value of your business’ treasury. 

You’re in the right place! 

Firstly, you deserve a round of applause for making it this far. Most folks dismiss bitcoin altogether or get started in bitcoin but hold it in a custodial exchange or investment account, underutilizing bitcoin’s unbeatable security and self-sovereignty characteristics. 

To help you learn how to be independent and in full control of your bitcoin, we present our free comprehensive tool: 

Holding bitcoin in self-custody, in a wallet only you control, is the safest and most secure way to carry your bitcoin into the future. In fact, when it comes to bitcoin, you can do everything yourself – and that’s a good thing! If you’re new to bitcoin, 

and get started. We’ll explain everything you need to know from terms to best practices. 

What if you’ve been using bitcoin for a while and you want to level up your security and bitcoin independence? We’ve got you covered, too! Whether you’re looking to run your first node, setup multi-sig, fix your Opsec or brush up on your UTXO management, our Sovereignty guide will empower you to take full control of your bitcoin and network participation. Advanced users can skip to 

Best practices for UTXO management and privacy

What about bitcoin for businesses? We’ve even got a whole section for business owners looking to put bitcoin on their company balance sheet. Everything you need to know to get your business safely started with bitcoin is in the sovereignty guide. Bitcoiners looking to boost the strength of their business should look to the 

Advanced topics section of the Sovereignty Guide

Every bitcoin use case is diligently and thoroughly explained in our sovereignty guide. Do you have a friend who is unsure of how to get started in bitcoin but they are eager to learn? Send them the Sovereignty guide – it has everything they need to know to get started in Bitcoin. 


How to contribute to the Sovereignty Guide

Are you an experienced Bitcoiner with strong communication and tech skills? Is there something we missed in our Sovereignty Guide? We’d love for you to contribute. Bitcoin is open-source and we embrace that philosophy. If you want to contribute to our Sovereignty guide, you can do so here: 

https://github.com/BitcoinWell/Sovereignty-guide

Bitcoin Well is on a mission to enable independence. We do this by making it easy to self custody bitcoin. By custodying their own money, our customers are free to do as they wish 

. By creating a full ecosystem to buy, sell and use your bitcoin to connect with the modern financial world, you are able to have your cake and eat it too - or have your bitcoin in self custody and easily spend it too 🎂. 

We are publicly traded (and love it when our 

!) and hold ourselves to a high standard of enabling life on a Bitcoin standard. If you want to learn more about Bitcoin Well, please visit our 

You’re new to Bitcoin and want to know how to safely get started. Our guide offers everything you need to know to understand how to safely use bitcoin. 

Introducing: The Sovereignty guide by Bitcoin Well

Konrad Fitzpatrick