01 / Objective
Name the job: mobility, permanence, tax-residence optionality, reporting posture, business access, or legacy.
The Decision Framework
Choose the jurisdiction after you define the Job.
The strongest passport on a generic ranking can still be the wrong instrument for your family, your Bitcoin, and your order of operations.
Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, 21 CBIDecision guidance, updated 11 July 2026
Five questions. One defensible Decision.
A jurisdiction earns a place in the brief only when it clears all five criteria. A failure on one can outweigh strength on the other four.
02 / Capital
Separate irreversible government contribution, professional fees, ongoing costs, and liquidity needs.
03 / Time
Test the real filing sequence, not the advertised best case. Document readiness often controls the clock.
04 / Compliance
Ask whether the source-of-funds record, nationality, public profile, and counterparties can survive diligence.
05 / Maintenance
Read the renewal, physical-presence, passport-validity, family, and reporting rules after approval.
A ranking is evidence. It is not your Brief.
The Bitcoin Passport Index is the evidence layer for comparing jurisdictions through a Bitcoin lens. The inaugural 2026 edition evaluates a wider field than the two programs 21 CBI productizes. It is published research, not a program menu, and a high ranking is not a serviced-program endorsement.
Use the live index to understand the field. Use the five criteria to decide whether any result belongs in your own architecture. Rankings move, so this guide never hardcodes a country’s position or score.
Read the live index
Review the complete ranking and the published methodology before turning a country into a personal recommendation.
Open the Bitcoin Passport Index (opens in a new window)Audit the source discipline
See how moving figures and load-bearing program claims are verified before publication.
Read the methodologyTwo productized programs. Bespoke work follows the Facts.
21 CBI productizes El Salvador through passport.sv and Vanuatu through cbi.vu. A jurisdiction outside those two enters only as bespoke advisory, scoped after the paid Sovereignty Strategy Session.
This is a depth decision. A wide menu can disguise shallow diligence. The right answer may be one of the two productized programs, a bespoke screen, or no citizenship filing at all.
Screen. Verify. Compare. Then make the Decision.
- 01Write the objective in one sentence.
- 02Remove any jurisdiction that fails a non-negotiable constraint.
- 03Verify the current legal and operational position from primary sources.
- 04Compare full cost, process, compliance, and maintenance together.
- 05Sequence the citizenship alongside residence, tax, and entity decisions.
Common Questions
Questions about choosing a jurisdiction.
No. Start with the destinations and rights you actually need, then weigh them against cost, compliance, timing, and maintenance. A larger visa-free count can still miss the one corridor that matters.
No. The Bitcoin Passport Index is independent editorial research. 21 CBI productizes only El Salvador and Vanuatu; every other jurisdiction is either bespoke scope or outside the engagement.
The paid Sovereignty Strategy Session can scope a bespoke jurisdiction screen or conclude that a citizenship filing is not the right move. A forced fit is more expensive than an honest no.
Refresh it before money moves or a filing begins. Program rules, government fees, mobility access, tax law, and operational status can change after the first round of research.
Begin Your Sovereignty.
One paid hour with Adam Juchniewicz, CEO. $500, or 5% less when you settle via BitSettle ($475). The amount paid credits toward professional fees on retention. No obligation to proceed beyond the Session.
Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, 21 CBI