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The self-custody of Bitcoin is an important right, but also a financial responsibility that can scale from pocket money to life savings, and take practice getting used to.

This guide is a straightforward starting point for simple Bitcoin backups, aimed at users of Bitcoin products.
This guide is a straightforward starting point for simple Bitcoin backups, aimed at users of Bitcoin products using the base layer.

If you are a designer or developer, make sure you offer guidance to your users so they can secure their bitcoin with an appropriate backup.

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- Catastrophic events - your backup location got destroyed
- Inheritance loss - next-of-kin were unable to access your wallet

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Lightning wallets also need to back up the full channel state history to be restored properly. See [Backing up a wallet](/guide/onboarding/backing-up-a-wallet/) in the Onboarding chapter to learn more. The guide on this page is only suitable for base layer wallets.

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## Backup levels, basic to advanced

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