Legacy & inheritance · Optional feature · Off by default

Legacy
Vault Release.

If something happens to you, Vaultneur automatically gives your chosen heir access to your vault — without ever exposing your data to us. One nominated person, one physical card, and a key we mathematically cannot turn.

Optional feature. Off by default — you choose to activate it in Settings, entirely on your own terms.
VAULTNEUR · LEGACY CARD v2
Heir
Maya Okonkwo
One-time claim code
7QK4F2RM9XTDL6BN
Keep this safe. Vaultneur never sees this code.
Generated on your devicePrinted to a PDF you save
Vault key sealed to this codeUseless without the card
One heir
You nominate
A single person you trust to inherit the vault
30 / 60 / 90 days
Check-in interval
One tap resets the timer · 21-day grace before release
Zero-knowledge
By design
We store only a hash — the real code never reaches us
Setting it up

Three decisions, made once.

Legacy Vault Release is entirely your choice — it's off by default and you activate it in Settings when and if you're ready. Setup takes a couple of minutes and happens entirely inside the app on your device.

01

Nominate one heir

You choose the single person who should inherit your vault — a partner, a child, an executor. You add their name and the email where the release link will eventually be sent. This is your decision, and you can change it any time.

02

Set a check-in interval

Pick how often Vaultneur should confirm you're still here: every 30, 60 or 90 days. Shorter means faster release; longer means fewer reminders.

03

Save the Legacy Card

Your device generates a one-time claim code and prints it onto a Legacy Card — a PDF you save and hand to your heir. This card is the only thing that can unlock the vault later.

Check-in & release

A quiet heartbeat, with a 21-day safety net.

As long as you keep confirming you're OK, nothing happens. The release only begins after you've gone silent through a full warning sequence.

We send a reminder At each interval, you get one email: a single tap to confirm you're still here.
One tap confirms You tap "I'm OK." No login, no friction — just proof of life.
The timer resets The clock restarts from zero. Your heir is never contacted. Nothing changes.
Confirm in time, every time, and Legacy Vault Release simply stays dormant.
If you stop responding 21-DAY GRACE WINDOW
Day 0
Missed check-in

You don't confirm. The grace window opens — but nothing is released yet.

Day 7
First warning

We email you again, clearly flagged. One tap still cancels everything.

Day 14
Final warnings

Escalating reminders tell you release is approaching unless you check in.

Day 21
Access released

Only now does your heir receive a release email — a link, and nothing more.

The security design

The release is real. The exposure is zero.

This is the part that matters. The whole mechanism is built so that even a full breach of our servers reveals nothing — because the only thing that can decrypt your vault is a card we never see.

Your device Generates a one-time claim code & prints the Legacy Card PDF
only a hash leaves
Our servers Store a hash of the code + your vault key sealed to it — both useless alone
card required
The Legacy Card The physical code that unseals the vault key — held only by you & your heir
Code generated on-device We store only a hash Vault key sealed to the card Breach exposes nothing
Why a breach reveals nothing

The claim code is the only key that fits.

  • Generated on your device

    When you turn on Legacy Vault Release, your phone creates the claim code with platform-grade randomness. It is printed onto the Legacy Card and never transmitted.

  • We keep only a hash

    Vaultneur stores a one-way hash of the code — enough to verify the right card at claim time, useless for reconstructing the code itself.

  • Your vault key is sealed to the code

    The encrypted vault key can only be unwrapped by the real claim code. A full server breach yields ciphertext and a hash — nothing that decrypts the vault.

At claim time
On the heir's device
  • Heir enters the card's claim code

    Typed or scanned from the Legacy Card you left them. The code stays on their device.

  • The hash is checked, not the code

    Our servers confirm the hash matches — they still never receive the code in usable form.

  • The sealed vault key is unwrapped

    The code unseals the encrypted vault key locally — the one step that can't happen anywhere but on a device holding the card.

  • The vault decrypts on their device

    Documents and records are decrypted with the heir's own key. Vaultneur is never in the loop.

For your heir

What the person you trust actually experiences.

No accounts to untangle, no support tickets, no codes hidden in an email that could be intercepted. Just the card you left them, and the app.

Step 01

A release email arrives

It contains no code and no key — just a link to open the Vaultneur app. There is nothing sensitive in the message itself to leak or steal.

Step 02

They claim with the Legacy Card

Using the card you left them, they enter the one-time claim code. The card is the physical proof that they're the heir you chose.

Step 03

The vault opens on their device

The vault is decrypted locally with their own key. At no point does Vaultneur hold anything that could unlock it — not before, not during, not after.

Transparency

What we hold. What we can't turn.

The honest version of Legacy Vault Release. Everything on the right is impossible by construction, not by policy.

What our servers hold
  • Your chosen check-in interval and last check-in time
  • Your heir's name and release email address
  • A one-way hash of the claim code — for verification only
  • Your vault key, sealed to that code and unusable on its own
  • Whether the release has been triggered
What our servers can't do
  • See the claim code — it's generated on your device, never sent
  • Reconstruct the code from the hash we store
  • Unseal your vault key without the physical Legacy Card
  • Decrypt any document or record, even after release
  • Release access to anyone but the heir holding the card

Inheritance shouldn't mean handing your secrets to a company and hoping. We built Legacy Vault Release so the only key that opens your vault is the one you put in your heir's hands.

— The Vaultneur team

Set up Legacy Vault Release today.

Turn it on in Settings, save your Legacy Card, and the people who matter will never be locked out of what you leave behind. Questions? Email info@vaultneur.com.