Digital Legacy
What happens to your family's access to your most important files if your cloud storage account is locked, hacked, or the service goes down? Relying on a live internet service is a critical flaw in most digital legacy plans. An offline archive is the only way to guarantee access.
When we introduced the Continuity Protocol, we mentioned a limitation: it required EstateHelm's servers to be operational. If our service ever went down, your beneficiaries wouldn't be able to access their packages.
We've solved that. The Continuity Capsule is a completely self-contained, offline-accessible archive of your EstateHelm data. It's your vault, frozen in time, that anyone with the right credentials can unlock—with or without us.
The Continuity Capsule is part of the Continuity Protocol, available with an Estate subscription. Export your capsule and store it anywhere—a USB drive, cloud storage, your email, a safety deposit box. When you or your beneficiaries need it, simply open the included viewer in any web browser.
Go to the Continuity Protocol page and click "Continuity Capsule." Choose your password settings and what to include.
Save the capsule to multiple locations: USB drives, external hard drives, cloud storage, or a safety deposit box. Multiple copies in different places means maximum redundancy.
Double-click index.html, select the vault folder, enter credentials. No internet, no installation, no accounts needed.
The capsule runs entirely in-browser using standard web technologies. For extra peace of mind, include a portable browser (like Chrome Portable) on the same USB drive—completely self-contained.
The capsule supports different access levels. You (the owner) and your beneficiaries can each unlock only what they're meant to see.
Full access to everything in the vault with master credentials
Access only to specifically assigned content
Choose how your capsule is protected. A single password works for simplicity, or use dual passwords for extra security—one you remember, one stored separately.
One password you create or have generated for you. Simple and effective.
Two passwords combined cryptographically. Store them in different places for maximum security.
Give one password to a family member and the other to a friend or lawyer. Neither can unlock the capsule alone—both parts are required. This ensures no single person can access your data without the other's cooperation. Read more about our security practices.
The offline viewer doesn't just show text—it renders your entire vault experience, including encrypted media playback.
Family photos, IDs, insurance cards
Wills, power of attorney, deeds
Messages to your loved ones
Everything is decrypted in-browser, in-memory. Nothing is written to disk unencrypted.
This isn't just for emergencies. Your Continuity Capsule is a time capsule of your life's important information, a key part of your digital inheritance and digital legacy that you or your family can open at any time:
5 years from now — Your kids need that insurance policy number
20 years from now — Settling an estate after you're gone
50 years from now — Grandchildren discovering family history
The capsule uses AES-256-GCM encryption and standard web APIs. Include a portable browser on the same drive and you have a truly self-contained archive—no servers, no subscriptions, no company dependency.
Self-Contained Offline Encrypted Estate Capsule
The Continuity Capsule technology is protected by a provisional patent application covering the self-contained offline encrypted estate capsule with multi-role and N-of-N password-based access control.
Key claims include: offline decryption without network access, embedded UI runtime, beneficiary-specific key bundles, N-of-N and M-of-N threshold unlock mechanisms, and long-term archival independence from the originating service.
| Feature | Continuity Protocol | Continuity Capsule |
|---|---|---|
| Works offline | No | Yes |
| Automatic release | Yes (after inactivity) | Manual (anyone with credentials) |
| Service required | Yes | No |
| Always up-to-date | Yes (live data) | No (snapshot at export) |
| Buffer period protection | Yes | No (instant access with credentials) |
| Works in 50 years | Depends on EstateHelm | Yes |
The Continuity Protocol handles automatic release during normal circumstances. The Capsule is your backup for worst-case scenarios or long-term archival. Export a fresh capsule periodically.
Whenever you make significant changes to your vault. Some users export monthly, others quarterly. The capsule is a snapshot—more recent exports have more current data. You can use the Maintenance Wizard to help you keep your vault up to date.
Multiple locations for redundancy: a USB drive in your safe, cloud storage (the encryption protects it), emailed to yourself, given to your attorney. The more copies in different places, the better.
No. Each beneficiary has a unique password that only unlocks their assigned key bundle. They cannot see data assigned to other beneficiaries.
There is no recovery mechanism—that's the point. The encryption is real. Use a password manager or store your credentials securely (separate from the capsule itself).
Any modification to encrypted data will cause decryption to fail with an authentication error. The integrity of the data is cryptographically guaranteed.
We recommend Chrome or Edge. For a fully self-contained solution, include a portable version of Edge or Chrome on the same USB drive as your capsule—no installation required.
Export your first Continuity Capsule today. Store it safely. Rest easy knowing your family can access what they need, no matter what.
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