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You write your information in the form
You enter what you want to protect: passwords, important notes, files, and who should receive access later.
- You choose beneficiaries and their email addresses.
- You choose an inactivity delay.
- You can review everything before final confirmation.
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Your information is encrypted in your browser
Before your data leaves your device, it is encrypted locally. This means the plain text is not sent directly as readable content.
- Your browser converts your information into encrypted unreadable data before any upload.
- Only encrypted content is sent to storage.
- This reduces exposure of sensitive data during transfer.
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Encrypted data is stored in decentralized storage
This encrypted unreadable data is uploaded to decentralized storage, meaning it is split across multiple independent computers (nodes) instead of one central server, and it receives a storage identifier.
- This identifier is used later by the contract.
- Storage can be renewed by maintenance jobs when needed.
- Daycade tracks storage status, not your passwords or notes in plain readable form.
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A smart contract is recorded on the blockchain network
A contract records your rules: owner, beneficiaries, inactivity delay, and where encrypted data is stored.
- The blockchain network keeps an immutable record of these rules.
- The contract decides when recovery can start.
- This reduces manual intervention.
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You confirm you are still active to keep control
As long as you confirm you are still active before the delay ends, beneficiary access stays locked.
- Each confirmation resets the countdown.
- No confirmation means the countdown continues.
- Reminder emails are sent at 50%, 75%, 90%, and 95% of contract expiration progress, and progress resets to 0% every time you confirm you are active.
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If inactivity lasts too long, recovery starts
When your configured delay is reached, beneficiaries can start the recovery path according to contract rules. Recovered data stays available for up to 7 days, then becomes permanently unavailable with no recovery option.
- Beneficiaries receive recovery emails when email delivery works correctly.
- They follow a secure access flow.
- A successful recovery ends the normal owner activity cycle for that contract, and recovered access expires permanently after 7 days.
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Operational checks continue in background
Daycade runs background jobs for reminders, renewal checks, and delivery attempts to improve reliability.
- External email systems can still delay or reject messages.
- Network outages can delay some actions.
- Help contact for questions: contact@daycade.com