• Help me build a bitcoin wallet that actually fits a family
  • The questionnaire
  • Who I’m asking
  • What I’m testing
  • What you get
  • Why I’m the one building this
  • Timing
  • The CTA, again

§Help me build a bitcoin wallet that actually fits a family

Every bitcoin wallet I’ve tried assumes I’m a single user. Alice can’t share my wallet without handing me her keys. My 9-year-old can’t earn from chores because he doesn’t have a phone. If I die tomorrow, my bitcoin becomes a problem for someone to solve with a lawyer and a prayer.

That’s not how real families use money.

I’ve spent the last few months designing a wallet where every family member — parents, partner, each kid, optionally an attorney — holds their own keys. Kids earn from chores through age-appropriate modes (including a mode for kids who don’t have devices yet). Couples share household wallets. Savings use multisig. Inheritance is set up once and unlocks years or decades later, even if we’re gone.

Nothing is custodial. Not even by me.

Before I write a single line of code, I want to know whether this is a real problem for real families — or whether I’m solving my own itch and projecting it onto an audience that doesn’t exist.

§The questionnaire

5 minutes. Fully anonymous. No email required. No tracking pixels. No marketing list. No follow-up unless you explicitly opt in at the end.

👉 https://onbitcoinstandard.com/family-wallet-survey/

§Who I’m asking

• Parents with kids under 18
• Couples who share or want to share financial decisions
• Anyone thinking about how bitcoin fits in a multi-generational household
• Anyone who has tried to involve their family with bitcoin and hit walls
• Especially: skeptics. Tell me why this won’t work.

§What I’m testing

Five specific hypotheses. The questionnaire maps to them:

1. Parents want their kids to earn bitcoin in ways that teach real custody, not training wheels
2. Inheritance planning matters more than bitcoiners admit
3. Non-technical partners will use this if the UX is right — not because they love bitcoin
4. Self-custody for families can be more approachable than “hide your seed phrase” — if we stop copying Coinbase’s UX
5. There’s real demand for an opinionated family-first wallet, not another single-user wallet with “family features” bolted on

§What you get

Nothing material. No whitelist, no reward, no pre-sale access.

What you get is a small voice in shaping a product before it exists. If you’re interested in being an alpha tester, there’s a place to say so at the end. Otherwise the responses feed quiet design decisions that change whether I build the right thing or the wrong thing.

§Why I’m the one building this

I’m Rajesh Medampudi — a 40-year-old parent, a long-time bitcoin user, a regular OBS (onbitcoinstandard.com) writer. I’ve been running parts of my own family on bitcoin for years. I know the friction. I’ve hit the inheritance wall personally. I’ve watched my wife struggle with existing wallet UX. I’m convinced there’s a better way.

And I’m building this for my own family first. If it works for them, it works for yours. If it doesn’t, the questionnaire will probably tell me before I waste a year of my life.

§Timing

• Questionnaire open for 30 days
• Synthesis published as a public follow-up in ~60 days
• If signals are strong, alpha pilot starts in Q3 2026 (July)
• Public launch targeted Q4 2026 / Q1 2027

§The CTA, again

👉 https://onbitcoinstandard.com/family-wallet-survey/

Thank you. I owe you a detailed follow-up when the responses are in.

— Rajesh onbitcoinstandard.com rajesh.medampudi.com