Physical coercion

Cases in this category involve custody arrangements that came under physical or behavioral coercion. Outcomes depend on whether structural protections — geographic key separation, multisig thresholds, or time-delay mechanisms — existed.

Coercion cases reveal a structural tension between custody security and custody survivability under threat. Setups that protect against unauthorized access — passphrases held in memory, keys distributed geographically — can also protect an attacker from being forced to act. Cases where coercion was resisted structurally involve multisig thresholds that cannot be met from a single location, or keys distributed across jurisdictions beyond immediate physical reach.