Bron, the world’s first non-custodial wallet combining institutional-grade security with seamless recovery, today announced the launch of its Digital Inheritance feature. The feature addresses one o...
Autore: Business Wire
New feature enables secure, delayed transfer of crypto to heirs, addressing a growing gap as millions hold digital assets long term
CAYMAN ISLANDS: Bron, the world’s first non-custodial wallet combining institutional-grade security with seamless recovery, today announced the launch of its Digital Inheritance feature. The feature addresses one of crypto’s most persistent and unresolved challenges: what happens to digital assets when their owner dies.
As early crypto adopters age and digital assets become part of mainstream wealth planning, inheritance has emerged as a critical gap in self-custody. Blockchains have no concept of death, and traditional seed phrases–often written down or memorized–were never designed for the eventualities of estate planning. The result has been widespread permanent loss of funds, or the reintroduction of custodial risk through workarounds.
Bron’s inheritance feature is designed for real-world conditions, rejecting both risky automation and custodial control. Instead, it introduces a deliberate, human-verified inheritance process that preserves self-custody while prioritizing security.
Key features include:
How it works:
In a death scenario one “shard” is effectively lost with the user. When a Bron Wallet user passes, any of their nominated successors can initiate the digital inheritance procedure. When they do, the wallet owner's Guardians will be notified, who then provide a code to each nominated successor. Once all nominated successors have been validated by the Guardians, the wallet owner’s Trusted Third Party and Bron will facilitate reconstruction of the lost shard through an automated, non-discretionary process. Each nominated successor will then have a copy of that shard. Following a mandatory six month security delay, all nominated successors become co-owners of the wallet. However they all need to sign for any subsequent transactions.
“Inheritance has been the missing primitive in self-custody,” said Dmitry Tokarev, Founder and CEO of Bron. “Seed phrases work until they don’t, especially when real life intervenes. We built Bron so people can hold crypto for decades, knowing it won’t disappear when they do.”
Unlike features aimed at active traders, Bron's digital inheritance system is built for families and long-term holders, bringing practical succession planning to crypto without compromising on cryptographic security.
With this launch, Bron positions inheritance as table stakes for self-custody as the industry matures from speculative use cases to long-term wealth preservation.
The inheritance feature is now available to Bron users. See more here.
About Bron
The Bron wallet is a next-generation, non-custodial crypto wallet that makes digital asset ownership secure and simple. Built with multi-party computation (MPC), the Bron wallet eliminates the risks of seed phrases and single points of failure. Transaction authorization uses a three-party MPC architecture with three distributed cryptographic components (‘shards’): one held on the user's device, one operated automatically within the Bron platform, and one held by an independent third party appointed by the user for recovery process only, without any ability to sign transactions or move assets. To authorize a transaction, the user signs with their device, which triggers the Bron shard to co-sign automatically. No single party - including Bron - can access, reconstruct, or control the complete signing material or initiate transactions unilaterally.
Bron wallet users maintain full control of their assets, while enjoying seamless recovery options and frictionless sign-up that takes just 30 seconds. Whether moving from a custodial exchange or setting up a wallet for the first time, Bron empowers individuals to control their digital assets with institutional-level security and self-sovereignty.
Disclaimer:
Bron's Digital Inheritance feature is a wallet-access mechanism that enables the technical transfer of signing capability to user-designated recipients. It does not constitute estate planning, legal succession, or financial advice, and does not determine or affect legal entitlement to any assets. Legal ownership of digital assets upon death is governed by applicable succession law, including testamentary instruments (such as a will) or, in the absence of a valid will, the intestacy rules of the relevant jurisdiction. Users are strongly encouraged to execute a valid will that addresses their digital assets and to seek independent legal counsel regarding estate planning. Bron does not act as a fiduciary, trustee, executor, or estate administrator and has no role in determining the legal rights of any party to the assets held in a user's wallet.
Fonte: Business Wire