How it works
How WillChain works
Four roles, one rule: confirmations can speed things up, but only you can stop them.
Who does what
Owner
Writes the will, funds it and can change anything, or stop a declaration, while alive.
Guardians
Accept the role, then one day confirm the owner's passing. They never touch the funds.
Beneficiaries
The people and causes who receive the estate, in the shares the owner chose.
Estate administrator
Receives the estate record and settles everything outside the will with the notary.
The life of a will
Every will moves through the same stages. The dashed paths are the ones only the owner can take.
Draft
Private, free to edit
Inactive
Waiting for guardians
Active
All guardians accepted
Window running
A guardian confirmed
Executable
Window elapsed
Executed
Estate released
Proof of life: Window running → Active
Cancel: Inactive, Active, Window running → Canceled
Play with the window
Set your window, then confirm as each guardian. Watch the date move.
Guardians
Nobody has confirmed. Nothing is running.
Wait = maximum − (maximum − minimum) × confirmed weight ÷ total weight
What happens at execution
Once the window has elapsed, any guardian can execute. Four things happen in one transaction.
- 01
Snapshot
The balances held by the will are recorded at a block, for the estate administrator.
- 02
Conversion
Every asset is swapped into a stablecoin, so heirs don't inherit a market swing.
- 03
Lock
The stablecoins are locked in the testament contract. From here the will is final.
- 04
Release
Each beneficiary receives their share, or the total goes to the owner's pre-linked estate account through a regulated off-ramp.
The rules that protect you
- Guardians can't block, only you can.
- Confirmations only ever shorten the wait. The single way to stop a declaration is the owner's proof of life.
- A veto buys you three days of quiet.
- After a proof of life, no guardian can declare again for three days, so you can update the will in peace.
- Nothing moves before the minimum.
- Even if every guardian confirms within the hour, the estate waits at least the minimum you chose.
- After the window, it's final.
- Once executed, nobody can alter the will, not even WillChain.
See it with real flows
Confirm a passing, prove you're alive and execute an estate in the demo.