Adopting Bitcoin 2025

Beyond Keys: Time-Delayed Self-Custody To Protects Humans
14/11/2025 , Escenario Ingles
Idioma: English

Physical attacks and hacks rise in sync with the Bitcoin price. BitVault rethinks Bitcoin security with a human-first approach: time-delayed multisig. We introduce a trustless 2-of-3 setup where one key is held by a convenience signer — a service that signs only after a user-defined delay, giving users time to react before funds are moved. It is a trustless service, because in the unlikely event it refuses to comply or disappears, the user can still recover the funds with his own keys after one year. No trusted third parties. No vendor lock-in. Just Bitcoin as it was meant to be: resilient, sovereign, and self-custodied. In this talk, we present the open beta, developer SDK, and roadmap for integration into wallets, exchanges (they can be actually useful to just help the user by time-stamping the tx), and multisig setups.


BitVault is a time-delayed Bitcoin vault designed to eliminate single points of failure and offer the most advanced defense on the market against physical attacks and digital compromise — all while preserving full user control.

Most wallets depend solely on device security — vulnerable to hacks, coercion, or endpoint breach. BitVault introduces a trustless, open-source 2-of-3 multisig architecture with native time-delay enforcement, ensuring that even if an attacker gains access to multiple keys, immediate spending is cryptographically impossible.

In this talk, we’ll explore how BitVault builds on Bitcoin’s native capabilities (CSV and Miniscript) to enforce mandatory delays — introducing a Convenience Service (CS): a programmable co-signer that enforces time locks but is never trusted. If it becomes unavailable or malicious, users can still recover and spend via the fallback path.

BitVault is not just another wallet. Built entirely in Rust, it's a modular security engine: integrable with existing wallets and exchanges, compatible with open hardware (SeedSigner, Passport, Keystone, Jade), and optimized for retail users, security professionals, and institutions alike.

With over 400 beta testers, multiple signed LOIs with B2B partners, and a growing developer ecosystem, BitVault is solving Bitcoin’s real-world security gaps — providing reliable, cryptographic protection against physical threats, coercion, and endpoint failures.

We’ll present:

A live demo of the beta wallet

Our multisig architecture and fallback logic

The open SDK for wallet and exchange integration

A call for integrators, power users, and institutional security partners

Join the beta: bitvault.sv
Follow us: @bitvaultapp
GitHub: github.com/BitVaulty