Topic: TimeLock for 40 years payday? (Read 401 times)

OP, a simple cold-storage set up with an offline computer + USB drive to sign/broadcast transactions would probably enough for MOST users who want to control their spending habits, or to prevent them from panic selling.

Because by the time you remove the USB from the online computer, to the offline computer, then back to the online computer, you probably have already stopped yourself from spending/selling yout coins. The set up is a complicated way of "sitting on your hands".

I am not up to 40 years of age but I will never do such a thing to myself, I mean I am not even sure that I will be around in the next 40 years, your plan isn't entirely bad but brother, live your life like today is the last, and if you must plan for the future do it slowly, in an unstressed manner.

40years time is a very long time, I would rather plan for 5years to 10 years in the future, Max, nothing in the life is guaranteed, and make sure you carry your children along, you don't want all that you've worked for to go to waste.

Life your life like its your last, every blessed day should be precious because no man is promised tomorrow, while we are all chasing the future as if we have a very long time, let's make our day a great one, always.

And I was think same, and since his already 40years and planning to save for another 40 years ? Well, he should also take to cognizant that, no one is certain when they’ll die and at such, save all those money might be a waste since he never mentioned if he’ll be tell anyone about it.
I support @maus0728 that op should Al it down on his spendings and try to focus more on himself because one reason one spends so much is mostly trying to Carter for others and not necessarily themselves and by cutting down on these expenses, I’m sure oo might have more value for his money and also have the money readily available for him at all times without getting to lock it down.
Just my ooo though.

OP I hope you take this as a genuine sign of concern.
What could possibly have led you to think about this? Usually we would just
hold and not do anything about timelock unless you intend to
give it to your children or grandchildren. You could just accumulate bitcoin
and still be able to take profit whenever as you please and then safely store or
invest them again.

this is a brilliant idea! A 40-year Bitcoin timelock - now thats how you win big. Dont bother with those weak-willed people who cant handle themselves. The way, you're taking charge and building your future.

The great thing about this is that it forces you to spend in the future. If you get paid regularly in Bitcoin, you'll become very wealthy, even Wall Street losers can only dream of it. Its clever, its brave, and I think its great.

We'll get rid of the Trezor and figure out the best way to send those payments. Any way it takes, or a custom answer. The goal is to make your plan come true.

or OP just have some self control over your finances. If you want to use some of your bitcoin each year, divide your bitcoin stash by 40 and cash that amount out each year. There's zero reason to do it in the way you are suggesting.

What if you make a fat finger mistake, and lock your funds for 105 years? I can't find back the link, but it has happened to someone who found out the hard way that messing with timelocks has risks. All that's left is passing it on to his grandchildren who will have to do the same.

I wouldn't do that! Rather, I will control myself from spending too much. If you are locking your Bitcoins for a finite period of time, then what about the emergency situations? Even if you have the money, you won't get it. Also have you factored in the transaction fees? If you do it for every single day, you will spend a huge amount just on transaction fees. It's easier said than done and has a lot of uncertainties involved. Rethink! Try exploring the monthly income schemes from banks or SWP facilities from accredited mutual fund houses. That's a more sane approach I feel.

It's obvious that you're going to benefit more in the situation where you're making more better financial decisions than just doing some form of financial fasting and limiting yourself from things that would otherwise make you more happy. 40 years is a long time, that's why I said that OP's better off doing something that would be better for the sake of OP's well-being. My advice is that I put myself in the position where I'm the one doing this and from there, you just ask if it's worth doing this while you know for yourself that you're not enjoying it?

If you want to store you coin in a cold storage with a time lock of 40 years, go ahead but if you want to set a time lock where you have to be spending from the wallet for the next 40 years, It will do you no good. If you noticed you have a bad spending habits, discipline yourself and change such habits, then only store in your cold store the amount you want to hold for 40 years.

I'd rather work on self-control than try to implement something that potentially could break in the next 40 years. Bitcoin is now in existance for just 15 years, it matures slowly, but it's not possible to predict how it will be in the next decades.

If you stick to your excuses and can't control yourself, then how about involving someone you trust to control in a more reliable way. This of course depends heavily on the necessity to have someone or multiple persons to trust.

You could use e.g. a 2-of-2-multisig wallet: you hold one part of it and multiple people you know and trust hold the other part of it. No single party can spend alone, you have to co-operate to spend. (Multiple other people holding the other part for redundancy reason, to avoid a single party besides you messing up. If you mess up, it's your own fault, no-one else to blame.)

You give the other multisig-wallet part holders clear instructions and rules to sign a transaction weekly or monthly for you (just don't go the daily way, if you can't cope with a weekly or montly payment schedule, you're in serious trouble).

That way you can still react properly to changes in Bitcoin and sudden changes or needs in your life. Things can change sometimes drastically, who knows what will be in the future.

They could but such features aren't popular enough to warrant a developer's time to build it, not to mention that such a setup would rely on user only using that hardware wallet and nothing else. This idea would then create a contradiction since you'd normally need to keep a backup of your seed phrase and if you have that you can recover your funds in another wallet (like Electrum) which would make the first feature pointless.

You have a clue from the future about how many years you will live or you have chosen a number that you like? It seems a bit frivolous to me, because theoretically you can live another 60 years, but also maybe death knocks on the door much sooner than you expect - because life is like that, unpredictable. Learn to control yourself, I think it's the best method, which is actually very simple and free.

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It is possible that he meant a hardware wallet, given that he mentions Trezor. But maybe someone reading this will come up with the idea of making a hardware wallet that could be programmed in some simple way to "release" a certain amount of BTC in a certain period of time regardless of all the problems that can arise from such a setup.

I do much agree with you, the best option is resistance to that force of wasteful spend, by totally identifying the area of recklessness in spending, and isolate, your budget and avoid any activity leading to such spending.
Most time it  may not be conducive but for the sake of freeing self from been addicted to unsafe behavior avoidance is necessary.

That means you're 40 years already and want to do this for 40 years, it's such a good idea, but i will only suggest that you aim at doing this kind for an inheritance than having it as your own personal plan for interest, i guess by then you would have been 80 years old and how many years will be left for you to start enjoying the benefits together with your children, it's never a bad idea, but you can plan the two together, for yourself and the inheritance plan in case.



Just know this that bitcoin cash is not bitcoin, if you're considering bitcoin which is a decentralized digital currency, the idea on BCH may not be included in this.

There is no method in Bitcoin protocol to perform automated payments. All you can do is to lock your coins up for until a certain time and then spend them manually yourself at any time bigger than or equal to that datetime value.

And bitcoin cash, really? You want to bag hold a shitcoin that has been constantly dumping ever since it was created in 2017 for another 40 years? This is a lot weirder than your idea

You don't buy a bitcoin wallet, you create one!

If you have to ask, you probably shouldn't do this.

Things to think about:
Daily transactions mean daily transaction fees. 40x365=14600. To create that many transactions, you'll need that many different inputs. Or you need to build a long chain of transactions starting from the first one, spending your own change again.
You have no idea what fee you'll need 20 years from now. You may be overspending, or it could be too low to be able to  broadcast the transaction.
What if 20 years from now the Bitcoin protocol needs an update? Let's say you get 5 years to transfer all coins to a new quantum resistant encryption. Or the block time changes which changes your time lock?
I'll suggest what I've suggested before: it may be better to bury your private keys. If they're 20 meters under ground and it takes you 2 weeks to get there, you won't be spending it without thinking about it.
Or just work on your self control. Proper offline cold storage with offline signing is a lot more work than a hardware wallet.
What if a Fork happens in the future, and you can't sign a compatible transaction anymore?

If you do that or start that, all I can tell you is that you are cruel. Do you do daily transactions through DCA? Doesn't that seem tiring? Why don't you just do it once a week or
twice a month like that?

After all, you're going to do that for 40 years, and I think you can really do that, and you just have to be careful where you keep your trezor wallet, because it's actually a pretty good plan, and that's the extent of your plan, to be honest.

This is in fact the most important problem. It applies to any type of money that someone has put aside. You can have money in the bank. There is no reason at all, in accumulating money (in any format) if you can't use it to cover a sudden need. Money need liquidity.

OP the only solution to your problem is to spend less. If you have any kind of addiction that pushes you to spend, then it's a severe problem and you need to contact someone. If you just spend, stop it.

You better off learn some self-control. And aside from technical difficulty and TX fee mentioned by other user, who knows if you suddenly in condition where you need tons of money, but you can't sell your Bitcoin to cover that needs.