When the holder died, the estate found three cryptosteel plates and four Trezor devices

A 2024 case described by a Bitcoin inheritance specialist involved a holder who had documented their seed phrase using a standard recommendation—storing it on a cryptosteel plate—but had failed to document which of their three Trezor devices corresponded to which seed phrase. When the holder died, the estate found three cryptosteel plates and four Trezor devices (one of which had been wiped and reassigned). The estate needed to match devices to seed phrases using a trial-and-error approach. A technical specialist worked through the combinations systematically and identified the correct pairings, but the process took six weeks and required specialist knowledge.