For your digital assets
Leave clear directions for your digital assets.
Prepare a wallet inventory, recovery sequence and plain-language instructions for one trusted person. Keep sensitive files encrypted and release the handoff only after the check-in and safety periods pass.
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How it works
Write your instructions
Choose a trusted person. Write a short note and preview it before turning anything on.
Keep checking in
Confirm you are checking in from our reminder email. Your instructions stay on hold.
They get access if you stop
After a missed deadline, reminders and your extra waiting time, your person can verify their email and read the note.
ZeroLatch responds to missed check-ins. It does not detect death or verify an emergency.
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One set of instructions for one person. A card-required 14-day trial begins when setting up automatic delivery. Your selected plan renews unless cancelled.
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Your trusted person needs to know which wallets exist, where recovery instructions are kept and who can help. Start with that map. Keep wallet seed words and private keys in a separate recovery arrangement; ZeroLatch delivers instructions, not cryptocurrency.
ZeroLatch does not hold, transfer or monitor cryptocurrency; execute a smart contract; verify death; provide custody; or give a recipient legal ownership. It delivers selected information after the configured inactivity process.
Document the recovery system
Explain the wallet type, network, hardware, passphrase model, multisignature participants and the location of each required recovery factor.
- Wallet and network inventory without unnecessary balances
- Hardware and software compatibility notes
- Clear instructions for a non-technical recipient
Separate context from the secret
A single seed phrase plus a complete wallet map can become a single point of theft. Use the handoff for directions to separately controlled recovery material. Keep wallet seed words and master passwords out of the general message.
- Do not place seed phrases in ordinary email
- Avoid storing every recovery factor together
- Test the complete plan with a low-value wallet
Choose who controls the ZeroLatch key
Simple requires no separate secret after authorised release checks. Private requires the separate password or recovery phrase you control and can reduce provider-side recovery capability.
- Simple avoids a separate ZeroLatch secret
- Private requires a separately shared password or recovery phrase
- Document who can access each independent factor
Keep legal and tax context visible
Technical possession of a key is not the same as legal entitlement. Identify the executor, adviser and records that establish authority before the recipient moves assets.
- Name the relevant legal and tax professionals
- Record acquisition and transaction-history locations
- Warn against immediate transfers or public help requests
Should I store my seed phrase in a digital inheritance vault?
It depends on the threat model. Storing the complete wallet map and every recovery factor together can create one theft target. Many plans store context and directions separately from at least one independently controlled secret.
Does ZeroLatch transfer cryptocurrency to my heirs?
No. ZeroLatch delivers information. It does not hold a wallet, sign a transaction, name a legal beneficiary, interact with a smart contract or determine who owns the assets.
Can my spouse recover a Ledger or Trezor without the device?
Recovery generally depends on the compatible recovery words and any optional passphrase, not merely the original hardware. Exact procedures and supported standards can change, so verify them with the wallet manufacturer and test using a non-critical wallet.
Is Shamir secret sharing required?
No. Secret sharing can add redundancy, but it also adds operational complexity and compatibility risk. Use it only if every participant understands storage, thresholds, replacement and recovery testing.
What is the safest first test?
Use a separate low-value wallet. Have the intended recipient follow the written instructions on a clean device while you observe, then remove assumptions and record any software or hardware dependency.