lost in exchange & platform security incidents (2009–2024)
A. Not your keys, not your coins.
Exchanges fail, freeze, and vanish. Third-party custody puts
every user one counterparty behind a single point of failure.
B. One key, a single point of failure.
The recent Coldcard compromise made it plain: leaving custody
doesn't remove the single point of failure, it just moves it.
One vendor, one device, one seed — one flaw away from zero.
C. Lost your keys, lost your coins.
Lose a seed phrase, lose everything. No recovery, no
inheritance, no safety net.
Every failure above is the same failure: one key, one device, one
custodian. We build so no single point can lose your money.
今
Why Now?
Paper Bitcoin ≠ Bitcoin. Bitcoin had its AOL moment — we know what came after AOL.
Preservation, not speculation.
In high-inflation markets, Bitcoin will be used to preserve wealth
— but people still need to spend from savings. Lightning and
instant stablecoin rails make that possible.
Smart vaults are here.
Taproot + Miniscript unlock inheritance, recovery, and policy
controls on Bitcoin. The building blocks now exist.
Trust is broken.
Every layer you're asked to trust — the custodian, the vendor, the
node — is a surface for capture. Demand for Bitcoin you hold and
verify yourself is rising.
AI-powered development.
AI tools are unlocking 10× productivity. A lean team powered by
Claude can build what once required a department.
Three pillars of sovereign banking.
T1
Translate
Move value between fiat and Bitcoin without asking
permission or suffering a proctology exam.
T2
Transact
Send, receive, and spend Bitcoin — and dollars — easily.
On-chain, Lightning, Spark. It should just work.
T3
Transport
Move Bitcoin across space and time — securely, with
inheritance, recovery, and policy controls built in.
天守 Tenshu
The desktop keep. Holds the Vault, Spark, and Marketplace.
Keychain
Your phone, turned into a signing device.
Connect
The backbone — backup, recovery, duress.
Translate
COINCUBE|TENSHU|Marketplace
In development · targeting Q1 2027
Buy/Sell via Meld globally and Mavapay in
Nigeria — fiat on-ramp / off-ramp, transacted inside the app.
Voucher on-ramp — Azteco integration under
evaluation: buy Bitcoin with a paper or digital voucher, no
exchange account to open.
Bitcoin is permissionless money. You shouldn't need permission to
buy or sell it. The Marketplace eliminates the friction of moving
funds between unsafe exchanges and complex wallets — it's all
under one roof. Held back from launch deliberately: we don't ship
money movement until a rail is proven with real money.
Transact
COINCUBE|TENSHU|Spark
Lightning Network — sub-cent fees, instant
settlement, anywhere in the world.
Lightning Address — give out
you@coincube.io like an
email address. Anyone can pay you, instantly.
Send dollars — pay USDT and USDC recipients
across 30+ networks straight from your Bitcoin balance.
Get paid in dollars — accept USDT, USDC and
100+ other assets; it arrives as Bitcoin in your Spark wallet.
Stable Balance — hold dollars in-wallet earning
3.5–6%, ready to spend at any time.
One savings vault, one spending wallet. Spark powers daily
payments — and quietly bridges saving and spending through its
Stable Balance.
Transport
COINCUBE|TENSHU|Vault
Advanced multi-sig Bitcoin wallet using
Taproot and Miniscript.
Create additional spend paths for
inheritance and recovery.
Time-lock funds for forced hold and security. (Coming Soon)
The Vault offers smart custody — manage wealth securely with
inheritance recovery and time-locked savings. Peace of mind for
the future.
Transport
COINCUBE
| Keychain
Turn any phone into a Bitcoin signing device.
Easily onboard family and friends for inheritance and social
recovery.
Works seamlessly with the Vault.
Our companion mobile app acts as your dedicated signing device —
simple inheritance, strong security, fewer hardware devices.
Transport
COINCUBE
| Connect
Easily back up your wallet descriptor with our Connect service.
Run your own Bitcoin node — or use our Esplora service free with
Connect.
Enable Duress Mode — have a wrench attack plan
already in place.
Powers Legacy — our inheritance and recovery
protocol. Connect is the backbone that makes time-locked
recovery and family key onboarding possible.
Our Connect service is the layer that lifts the Vault into a new
class of self-custodial wallets — providing backup, node access,
duress protection, and the infrastructure behind our Legacy
inheritance protocol.
Sovereign banking for everyone.
Vault-grade security + inheritance + policy controls, paired with a
daily Lightning wallet that spends Bitcoin and dollars anywhere —
packaged for consumers.
Translate, Transact, and Transport value in a Bitcoin-native way. No
PhD in cryptography required.
The market is growing.
If we offer self-custody with great UX and peace of mind, adoption
follows.
Tenshu, the desktop app, is built and shipping. Keychain mobile app
launching with Pro and Legacy subscription tiers.
Q1–Q3 2026
Development ✓
Tenshu built & operational. Multi-sig architecture
proven. Lightning integration tested.
Q4 2026
Public Launch
Tenshu live on desktop. Keychain on iOS & Android. Pro &
Legacy subscriptions live. Spark Lightning + stablecoin payments.
Q4 2026 – Q1 2027
Pre-Seed Round
SAFE at $3M cap / 20% discount. Raising $500K — $300K minimum —
to accelerate growth and expand the team.
Q1 2027
Marketplace
Marketplace ships — Buy/Sell via Meld, Azteco vouchers. 2–3K AMU ·
~400 PMU · ~$50K ARR. Expand to LatAm & SE Asia.
Builders with skin in the game.
Robert Allen
Founder & CEO
Early Bitcoin pioneer. Former NYC licensed stockbroker (Series
7 & 66).
Brokered precious metals under economist Peter Schiff.
Lead developer at Elpis Squared (2021–2024) — acquired by
Itron Inc. for $35M.
Co-founded Satlantis.io in 2024, securing $1M+ in VC funding.
"We are building the product we needed for ourselves."
The Ask
SAFE Note
Simple, founder-friendly terms. Capital goes directly to building.
$3M
Valuation Cap
20%
Discount
$500K
Target Raise
$300K
Minimum to Close
Allocation
Growth 50%
Engineering 35%
Ops 15%
Round opens at a $300K minimum and closes at
$500K — capital funds growth, not discovery,
with the product already live.
Projected first-year revenue:
$50K