The dead man's switch

How the Switch works

The full state machine — heartbeat, silence, claim, challenge, finalize — and who can do what at each stage.

What your heir inherits

Exactly what passes on, exactly what does not, and the difference that catches most people out.

Setting up the Switch

The full setup, in order, with the step people skip and the reason it matters.

Choosing your heir

Who to name, how to get their address safely, and why they must accept before anything can work.

Choosing your timer

The inactivity timer and the challenge window — the presets, the trade-off between them, and how to pick.

Depositing assets for your heir

How to move SOL and tokens into the inheritance vault, and the reclaim caveat to understand before you do.

The heartbeat and checking in

What counts as proof you are alive, what does not, and how much maintenance this actually needs.

Warnings and notifications

When the app warns you, what each warning means, and why turning notifications off is the riskiest setting in the product.

Changing or removing your heir

Repointing the inheritance at someone else, and what happens to the old heir's position.

What happens during a claim

The sequence from the moment your heir opens a claim to the moment an estate transfers — and where you can still stop it.

Cancelling a claim

How to stop a claim you did not want, what it takes, and what happens afterwards.