Hands-on education for individuals and businesses moving into self-custody and DeFi. I teach you how hardware wallets, backups, and blockchain transactions actually work, while you retain exclusive control of your devices, credentials, and assets at every step.
Before anything else, here's exactly what this service is and isn't. These aren't disclaimers. They're how the engagement works.
Every engagement is instruction and walkthrough. You hold the device, you enter every credential, and you approve every transaction.
How cold storage actually works, what threat models it addresses, and where its limits are. Concepts first, so decisions come from understanding rather than instructions.
Device authenticity verification, official firmware and software installation, wallet initialization, and a small test transaction. You perform every step and enter every credential.
Planning a move between wallets, devices, or network standards. Sequencing, test transfers, address and network verification, and a rollback plan before anything moves.
How liquidity pools, lending, staking, bridges, and approvals function mechanically, and where liquidation, impermanent loss, oracle, slashing, and composability risks come from. Never which protocol to use.
A structured review of your current setup: approval hygiene, phishing and address-poisoning exposure, device and firmware posture, backup integrity. Delivered as a written checklist you keep.
How backup schemes work, common failure modes, and how to think about access continuity for family or a business, structured so no third party, including me, ever holds your secrets.
Team-level training for businesses handling digital assets: role separation, approval workflows, incident response, and social-engineering resistance.
Moving into self-custody is stressful enough without an open meter running. Most engagements are flat-rate with a defined deliverable, so you know the number before we start.
Best for a first hardware wallet.
Best for multiple wallets, networks, or a migration.
Best for an existing setup you want checked.
| Discovery call | Free · 30 minutes |
| Blockchain / self-custody consulting | $250/hr · 2-hour minimum |
| General IT consulting | $175/hr |
| Staff training (up to 10 people) | $2,750/day |
| Business, entity, and enhanced engagements | Scoped per engagement |
Hardware wallets and devices are purchased directly by you from the manufacturer. StoneMile does not resell, supply, or handle devices, and receives no commission on any product recommendation.
Four steps, written down in advance. Nothing about the process depends on me holding anything of yours.
A short readiness questionnaire covering your systems, experience level, and goals. No secrets, account numbers, or credentials on the form, ever.
A written Statement of Work naming exactly what's covered, what's excluded, the schedule, and the fee. No open-ended engagements.
Guided walkthrough, remote or in person. You hold the device. You type every credential. You approve every transaction.
You keep written checklists and a security summary tailored to your setup, so the knowledge outlasts the session.
No procedure makes digital assets risk-free. Understanding these categories is part of the education, not a footnote to it.
Transactions may be final, sent to the wrong address or network, or unrecoverable.
Lost, destroyed, exposed, or incorrectly backed-up credentials can cause permanent loss.
Asset values and fees may change rapidly and may fall to zero.
Code may contain bugs, exploits, upgrade controls, governance risks, or malicious functions.
Exchanges, issuers, bridges, validators, and custodians may fail, freeze access, become insolvent, or commit fraud.
Pools, lending, staking, and leverage add liquidation, impermanent-loss, oracle, slashing, and composability risks.
Malicious approvals, phishing, address poisoning, fake applications, and clipboard malware can drain wallets.
Congestion, forks, reorgs, outages, unsupported tokens, or incorrect network selection may cause delay or loss.
Devices, firmware, backups, storage media, or supply chains may fail or be compromised.
Rules and reporting duties vary and may change; transactions can create tax consequences.
Digital assets may lack deposit insurance, chargebacks, or any party able to restore a loss.
Setting up self-custody for the first time, or consolidating holdings scattered across exchanges, apps, and old devices.
Treasury handling, staff training, role separation, and approval workflows for teams that touch digital assets.
Acting for a trust, estate, or entity and needing to understand what exists, how it's accessed, and how continuity should be structured.
A first call is for figuring out what you actually need, and whether this is the right fit. No commitment, and nothing technical required to show up.
Book a Free ConsultationStoneMile Technology provides technology education and consulting services only. It is not a broker-dealer, investment adviser, exchange, money transmitter, custodian, or law or accounting firm, and does not provide investment, legal, or tax advice. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any digital asset. Pricing is subject to a written Statement of Work for each engagement.