Everyone will die, but not everyone has planned what they want to happen with their digital assets after they're gone. Tying up loose ends can become a nightmare for the living, especially when the volume of digital assets is enormous. Still, the more you know, the better you can plan for your own digital estate, and the easier it will be to manage someone else's. Digital assets can have as much monetary value as sentimental value. At present, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are considered “digital assets” and thus need to be treated that way when doing any estate planning.