Digital Asset Inheritance
ownership • legacy • access control • sovereignty
Digital Asset Inheritance is the process of transferring cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other on-chain assets to heirs or beneficiaries through decentralized methods. By replacing traditional probate systems with smart contracts, multisig setups, or dead-man switches, this approach ensures secure, automated, and jurisdiction-free asset succession.
Use Case: A user configures a smart contract that automatically transfers their Bitcoin and tokenized real estate NFTs to their children’s wallets upon verifiable inactivity for a set period.
Key Concepts:
- Dead-Man Switch — Time-based triggers for asset release upon inactivity
- Automated Inheritance Protocols — Smart contract-based triggers for wealth transfer
- Blockchain Inheritance — Passing control of revenue streams via wallet keys
- Generational Wealth Security — Long-term preservation and automated inheritance of assets
Summary: Digital Asset Inheritance eliminates the need for legal intermediaries, offering a trustless, programmatic way to ensure that on-chain wealth passes seamlessly to future generations.