Self-sovereign digital legacy, summer 2026
From 10102: quantum-safe recovery, gas-free claims, and a claim kit that works even if we disappear.
Your digital assets should not vanish when you do. But in self-custody, they usually do. Seed phrases get lost, wallets go dormant, and no one knows where to look.
10102 fixes this on Ethereum. Your legacy lives in smart contracts, not in a company’s database. You designate who receives what, and the contracts enforce it.
This summer we improved across the stack: new contracts on mainnet, and a better experience on top. Here’s what changed.
Check-ins: manual by default, auto-renew for premium
By default, the owner checks in periodically to confirm they are still active. If they stop, the legacy can activate and beneficiaries can claim. This is how the smart contracts work, and it has not changed.
What’s new is an optional premium service: auto-renew from your own wallet activity. Your regular transactions keep your legacy current, so you never have to think about manual check-ins. It is a convenience layer on top of the contracts, not the contracts themselves. If you don’t subscribe, nothing changes - you just check in manually.
Dashboard: protection score and watchlist
The dashboard was rebuilt from scratch. You see a clear summary of what you are protecting, a protection score, and a watchlist that tracks assets even outside your legacy. Pricing reads from live market data with a backup source if the primary one goes offline. The number you see is always current.
Beneficiary claim kit
For beneficiaries, we shipped a guided claim kit. Recipients get a step-by-step path to access what was left for them. Legacy owners can prepay the transaction costs so beneficiaries do not need to fund a wallet first. This was the most-requested feature from beta feedback - beneficiaries often had no ETH to pay for gas, and the claim process assumed they did.
Guardian reputation on Ethereum
Guardian reputation is now public on-chain. The community can vouch for the people serving as guardians, and anyone can check a guardian’s history before trusting them with a role. This replaces the old private reputation system that only the app could see.
Open source contracts
The core smart contracts are MIT-licensed and open source. Anyone can audit, fork, or run their own instance. Self-sovereign digital permanence should not require trusting a single operator. If 10102 disappears tomorrow, your legacy still works - the contracts are on Ethereum, and the code is public.
Quantum readiness: know your exposure
Your legacy plan is measured in decades. On that horizon, quantum computers are expected to eventually break the signatures every Ethereum wallet uses today. Not tomorrow - but the timeline is shrinking faster than people realize.
The dashboard now shows whether your wallet’s signing key is already exposed on-chain (every wallet that has signed a transaction reveals it forever) or still safely hidden. You can also register a recovery fingerprint in a public, unchangeable registry on Ethereum - an early timestamp that proves you were the owner before any future break. Something a key thief can never fake.
We say quantum-ready, not quantum-proof. This is a head start, honestly labeled, and the enforcement layers come next.
Built for agents, not just humans
A new section on Home shows how to point an AI agent at our read-only MCP endpoint. Your agent can check your contracts and prepare setup links, and you always sign in your own wallet. We are building for a future where programs manage their own identities on Ethereum - not just people.
Where to go next
Curious but cautious? Try a test legacy on Sepolia - durations measured in minutes, no real funds. Open the app in test mode.
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