Multi-Location Wallet Custody Ledger
A working definition we use in class: one auditable register of wallet custody facts that remains coherent when storage, people, and clocks sit in more than one place.
Why location is a first-class field
Balances without sites invite quiet disagreement. When Seoul marks a transfer complete and a remote vault still shows a hold, the ledger must show both truths until settlement lands — not average them into a comforting fiction.
NodeEndpoint Core teaches that discipline as operations education. It is not a trading system and not a promise of returns. See Not Financial Advice.
Ledger layers we keep distinct
Custody fact
Who holds keys or delegated control, under which policy, at which site.
Movement intent
Authorized plans that are not yet settled — visible, but not closed.
Close package
The end-of-window snapshot plus exceptions, stamped to a shared clock.
Practice the pattern in the Studio.
The Distributed Custody Ledger Studio turns this model into weekly labs. Or write us if you need a Desk Circle for your unit.