Chapter 1 – Privacy: How CryptoLegacy Shields You from Coercion

Privacy-by-design prevents coercion by hiding asset information until execution conditions are met.

Imagine Bob, traveling abroad, suddenly detained without explanation. Authorities seize his laptop and phone, leaving him unable to access or control his crypto assets. Pressure shifts to his family, where past tensions — sibling rivalries, unresolved conflicts — become leverage.

With multisig wallets, Bob’s family must urgently coordinate signatures. In doing so, his full balances are immediately exposed. Under pressure and uncertainty, conflicts escalate, increasing the risk of coercion and manipulation.

With shared mnemonics, the situation is even more direct: beneficiaries instantly gain visibility into Bob’s entire holdings, concentrating both power and pressure at the worst possible moment.

Traditional legal approaches offer little relief. They are slow, jurisdiction-bound, and ineffective in situations involving immediate on-chain control — especially across borders.

CryptoLegacy approaches the problem differently, by reducing leverage created through premature disclosure:

• Trusted Guardians: Guardians are selected in advance and operate under predefined thresholds. They do not access funds or control assets. Their role is limited to confirming owner unavailability according to on-chain rules, enabling execution without discretionary decisions.

• Encrypted Asset Data: Information about wallets and assets is encrypted per role and remains inaccessible until predefined conditions are met. Neither guardians nor beneficiaries have visibility into balances or asset structure before execution is permitted.

• Gradual Beneficiary Access: Once assets are transferred into the CryptoLegacy contract, beneficiaries can claim only what the predefined schedule allows. This staged access limits sudden concentration of control and reduces external pressure.

• Hidden Recovery Mechanism: Recovery addresses are stored as cryptographic hashes and remain unlinkable until used. They provide a predefined recovery path for remaining contract-held assets if circumstances change, without exposing control paths in advance.

By separating visibility from authority, CryptoLegacy limits the leverage that third parties can exert during moments of uncertainty.

Bob’s family can act within predefined boundaries, without exposing full balances, concentrating power, or escalating pressure — exactly when restraint matters most.

Your keys. Your crypto. Your privacy.