Origin of wealth
Employment, business, inheritance, sale, mining, or another lawful source that explains the capital before it became Bitcoin.
Before the Filing
A clean file begins with the Origin.
Wallet balance proves possession. It does not prove how the Bitcoin was acquired, how the capital grew, or why the transaction belongs to you.
Adam Juchniewicz, CEO, 21 CBIDecision guidance, updated 11 July 2026
Provenance before Balance.
A citizenship file has to explain origin, acquisition, ownership, movement, and current control as one coherent record. The blockchain can verify transactions, but it does not identify the legal owner or supply the missing off-chain documents.
The readiness question is not whether the Bitcoin exists. It is whether a reviewer can follow the position from lawful origin to the wallet funding the transaction without guessing at the missing years.
Five records form the evidence Spine.
Acquisition records
Exchange exports, bank transfers, OTC confirmations, mining records, or contemporaneous evidence for the initial position.
Wallet history
A scoped address and transaction map that explains custody changes without disclosing unrelated holdings by default.
Tax record
Returns, elections, basis schedules, and professional correspondence that agree with the transaction history.
Written narrative
A chronology that connects the documents and on-chain evidence in language a government reviewer can test.
Missing records are a workstream, not a Footnote.
Closed exchanges, peer-to-peer purchases, early mining, wallet consolidations, mixers, inherited keys, and incomplete tax records each require a different evidence strategy. None should be hidden inside a generic letter.
Readiness means identifying those gaps before a government fee, agent fee, or irreversible filing commitment is made. A weak file does not become strong because the passport is urgent.
Read the public Methodology.
The full source-of-funds page explains the documentation layers, address privacy boundary, narrative build, and pre-screening approach in reference-grade detail.
Common Questions
Questions about source-of-funds readiness.
Usually not by itself. It may prove one acquisition or withdrawal, but the file still has to connect lawful origin, ownership, later wallet movement, and the funding transaction.
The evidence should be scoped to what the reviewing authority requires and the funds used for the transaction. Unrelated holdings should not be exposed by default, but the submitted history must remain complete and truthful.
Build the record from the surviving evidence: bank statements, email confirmations, exports, tax records, device archives, counterparties, and on-chain transactions. The gap must be explained, not ignored.
Before selecting a filing date or moving a government contribution. Source-of-funds reconstruction can control the real timeline, especially for a long-held or frequently reorganised Bitcoin position.
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