Provider at a glance
- Category
- Key Recovery & Inheritance
- Entity
- Not verified
- Official website
- casa.io
Independent rankingchecked How it works
Details
Scored 63 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in October 2026.
Casa
Collaborative Bitcoin multisig membership
Key Recovery & Inheritance
#3 Overall
Ranked #3 of 9 key recovery & inheritance in the published ranking
63
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is Casa right for you?
Look elsewhere if these come first
- If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins?6/10 here; Nunchuk scores 9
- What actually makes the handover happen — code, a contract, or somebody's goodwill? And who can start it without me?5/10 here; Nunchuk scores 7
- If this fails, who is actually on the hook — and can I find their number in a register?5/10 here; Bitkey (Block) scores 6
- What does this cost me every year until I die, and what happens to my heir if I stop paying?7/10 here; Nunchuk scores 8
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What will Casa cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Transactions per year
- 1k
How safe is Casa?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read October 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Casa
Compare all 4- 2Nunchuk9 points above · stronger on recovery without the vendor (9 against 6)72
- 4Vault12 Guard3 points below · weaker on recovery without the vendor (5 against 6)60
- 5Bitkey (Block)9 points below · stronger on trigger enforcement and wrongful release (6 against 5)54
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Find out if Casa fits you
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Why this rank
Why Casa ranks #3
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (18.0 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
326+6.146.010#4/9Loading evidence…
285+4.485.09#5/9Loading evidence…
245+3.845.08#5/9Loading evidence…
167+3.587.010#4/9Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−9behind Nunchuk, #2
RobustnessHoldsacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 61–65 and stays #3
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Casa’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins? 6 → 4 on its ladder · Vault12 Guard passes it−259#3 → #4
What actually makes the handover happen — code, a contract, or somebody's goodwill? And who can start it without me? 5 → 3 on its ladder · Vault12 Guard passes it−260#3 → #4
If this fails, who is actually on the hook — and can I find their number in a register? 5 → 2 on its ladder · Vault12 Guard passes it−359#3 → #4
Strengths
0 from the score dataWhere it leads
No scored criterion is at or within one point of the category best, so no strength can be stated from the data.
Tradeoffs
4 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins? — 6/10 against a category best of 10/10
- What actually makes the handover happen — code, a contract, or somebody's goodwill? And who can start it without me? — 5/10 against a category best of 9/10
- If this fails, who is actually on the hook — and can I find their number in a register? — 5/10 against a category best of 8/10
- What does this cost me every year until I die, and what happens to my heir if I stop paying? — 7/10 against a category best of 10/10
Record watch-outs
- The heir you chose does not, on Casa's own published key-split, hold enough keys to spend without Casa. Casa's shutdown article promises that "If Casa ever ceased to exist, shut down, went offline, or was otherwise unavailable, you would still be able to access and move your funds" — but that sentence is written for the vault OWNER, who holds two personal keys. Your Recipient is given "the Mobile Key and the Casa Recovery Key" on a 3-key vault: one key they control, one key Casa holds and gates. Casa is also the party that both enforces and can waive the six-month window — its Enhanced Verification "eliminates the six-month waiting period in favor of manual verification from the Casa team", and a clause you will not find on casa.io/inheritance lets Casa grant an estate representative, or an agent under a power of attorney while you are still alive, "access to your Casa account including your Recovery Key" "in Casa's sole discretion". Meanwhile lapse switches off exactly the key your heir depends on after 30 days, and no Casa page says what that does to a pending or future claim.
Competitive position
Where Casa leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 914.0 of 20 · pool best
Published criteria#5 / 913.5 of 30 · best 20.4
Friction#1 / 92.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 93.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 98.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Casa leadsNo criterion in the top third of its pool.
Where it trailsNo criterion in the bottom third of its pool.
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
Vault12 Guard#4 of 9 · score 60 · 3.0 points behind
Casa leads on
- If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins?6 vs 5
- What does this cost me every year until I die, and what happens to my heir if I stop paying?7 vs 6
Vault12 Guard leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason Casa is ahead: published criteria (+2.9 display points).Scenario cost: Vault12 Guard has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Nunchuk#2 of 9 · score 72 · 9.0 points ahead
Casa leads on
- If this fails, who is actually on the hook — and can I find their number in a register?5 vs 4
Nunchuk leads on
- If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins?9 vs 6
- What actually makes the handover happen — code, a contract, or somebody's goodwill? And who can start it without me?7 vs 5
- What does this cost me every year until I die, and what happens to my heir if I stop paying?8 vs 7
Largest single reason Nunchuk is ahead: published criteria (+9.1 display points).Scenario cost: Nunchuk has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Bitkey (Block)#5 of 9 · score 54 · 9.0 points behind
Casa leads on
- If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins?6 vs 3
- What does this cost me every year until I die, and what happens to my heir if I stop paying?7 vs 6
Bitkey (Block) leads on
- What actually makes the handover happen — code, a contract, or somebody's goodwill? And who can start it without me?6 vs 5
- If this fails, who is actually on the hook — and can I find their number in a register?6 vs 5
Largest single reason Casa is ahead: availability (+5.2 display points).Scenario cost: Bitkey (Block) has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
81 vs 63 · gap 18.0Why Liana (Wizardsardine) ranks above Casa
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 18.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisLiana (Wizardsardine)Gap share
Availability · 23% weight14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight13.520.4−17.9, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisLiana (Wizardsardine)Points
If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins? · w32610−4.10, worse
What actually makes the handover happen — code, a contract, or somebody's goodwill? And who can start it without me? · w2859−3.58, worse
What does this cost me every year until I die, and what happens to my heir if I stop paying? · w16710−1.54, worse
Net6381−18.0
Your scenario
Casa is not priced for this scenario
The cheapest published tier that covers your usage. List price before any discount; add-ons priced separately are excluded. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Transactions per year · your input1k
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 28 October 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory medianNot priced0 of 9 rows priced
Cheapest pricedNone pricedDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filter
9 of 9 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 28 October 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessHoldsrank #3 across every one-point re-run
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 28 October 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins?strength 6 · weight 32Report an error—28 October 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.What actually makes the handover happen — code, a contract, or somebody's goodwill? And who can start it without me?strength 5 · weight 28Report an error—28 October 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.If this fails, who is actually on the hook — and can I find their number in a register?strength 5 · weight 24Report an error—28 October 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.What does this cost me every year until I die, and what happens to my heir if I stop paying?strength 7 · weight 16Report an error—28 October 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Control failure (Casa 5/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.Scored by What actually makes the handover happen — code, a contract, or somebody's goodwill? And who can start it without me? · 28%
- Execution failure (Casa 5/10): you get a worse price, later, or nothing.Scored by If this fails, who is actually on the hook — and can I find their number in a register? · 24%
- Exit failure (Casa 6/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by If this company is gone in twenty years, can the person I chose still move the coins? · 32%
Not assessed by this ranking: Custody failure, Key failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: What does this cost me every year until I die, and what happens to my heir if I stop paying? (16%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- casa.io/pricing, read 28 October 2026 (HTTP 200): Standard "30-day free trial" "$250/yr" (its feature list includes "Inheritance"); Premium "$2,100/yr"; Private Client "$7,500/yr", now priced (it read "Custom pricing" on 28 September 2026); the FAQ on the same page: "Casa plans start at $250 a year. Standard ($250/yr) includes a 3-key vault with inheritance built in." The plan comparison lists the "Inheritance protocol" as "Included" on Standard and Premium and "Enhanced verification*" on Private Client. https://
casa .io /inheritance (28 October 2026) states inheritance is "included with every Casa plan at no extra cost, starting with Standard at $250 a year." The monthly figures quoted in September are no longer shown.Casa — official pricing page ↗ · 28 October 2026 - Prices published in
- USDCasa — official pricing page ↗ · 28 October 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- HONEST DISCLAIMED SELF-CUSTODY, AND THE DISCLAIMER MATCHES THE MECHANISM.
- Supported chains
- Bitcoin, Ethereum
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, SEPARATED. (1) FOOTPRINT — the base inheritance feature is worldwide by Casa's own words, read on https://
casa .io /inheritance 2026-08-17: "Participate anywhere in the world" / "The internet is everywhere. Our inheritance feature is available worldwide, so you and your loved ones can manage keys no matter where you are." and "Casa Inheritance requires no Personal Identifiable Information (PII) or Know Your Customer (KYC) data collection. Just provide an email address for your Recipient." (2) A REAL MARKET RESTRICTION, but only on the ACCELERATED variant: "Casa Inheritance with Enhanced Verification is an advanced security feature available to Casa Private Clients who reside in the U.S." (casa.io/inheritance, 17 August 2026). The terms extend the documented Private Client inheritance arrangement to exactly two countries — https:// casa .io /terms-of-service, read 17 August 2026, headings "U.S.-resident Casa Account Members" and "Mexico-resident Casa Account Members", plus the entity limit "At the current time, our Inheritance Program is available exclusively for individuals and is not available for corporate, company or other entity clients." (3) STANDARD OFAC/SANCTIONS REPRESENTATION, NOT A REGIONAL FOOTPRINT — same page: "You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties" and the export clause referencing "the United States Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)". That is an eligibility rule applying everywhere and is NOT a market restriction. Governing law: "These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York". - CCSS level
- Not on the register as read 15 October 2026 (absent from that page, not a finding that no audit exists)C4 completed CCSS audits register ↗ · 15 October 2026
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
10 methodology entries
- 28 October 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 63, #3 of 9. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.7Forty-one more products are offered only where their own quoted terms serve- fixed 141 country exclusions on 31 rows, each the name of a country the row's own quoted terms exclude: for example Mercuryo Hungary, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia and Morocco; Gemini Custody the United Kingdom, Australia and the EU after its wind-down; Backed xStocks the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Nigeria, the Philippines and Venezuela.
- changed Thirteen rows list the only countries their terms serve: Coins.ph the Philippines, Spritz bill pay, Brex, Unchained, WisdomTree, Franklin BENJI and AnchorWatch the United States (with its territories for AnchorWatch), PRYPCO Mint the UAE, N26 crypto seven EU countries, Gemini Tokenized Stocks the EU, XNET the US, Canada and the UK, Coldbit Steel and MetaMask Card the countries they list.
- changed Published (no-country) orders do not move. Country results change: in India six categories each lose one row (bill pay, cards, off-ramps, P2P, seed backup, tokenised real estate), and bill pay there has no row confirmed available, so it shows the published order marked as such; country pages list 23 fewer rows (24,357 to 24,334). The grounding test now matches full country names in any case, which shows seven earlier exclusions were quoted all along: the named debt of unquoted exclusions falls from 40 to 33 pairs.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt key_recovery:casa:2026.10.18:9e23226e3510
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