Leave them a note, not a puzzle.
Write down where your crypto lives and how to reach it. Afterkey keeps the note encrypted and sealed until your family actually needs it, and not a day sooner.
Free during beta. No wallet to connect, no keys to share. Or take the 60-second check first.
Courts can transfer an account. They can't transfer a seed phrase.
Most crypto isn't stolen after its owner dies. It just sits there, because nobody knows where it is or how to get in.
What a family usually finds
What they find with Afterkey
Ledger PIN: sealed envelope at Sam's office.
Coinbase email: dana.old@… (1Password).
Backup codes: blue folder, top shelf.
Seed plate: bank box #412.
Could your family find your crypto tomorrow?
Six questions, about a minute. You'll get two scores and the specific gaps to fix. Nothing you click here is sent anywhere.
Close these gaps in about ten minutes. Get early access to Afterkey:
Ten minutes now. Nothing for years. Then it just works.
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Write the note
Wallets, exchanges, brokers, and where the backups are. It's encrypted on your device before it's saved.
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Print a card for your heir
It holds half of the key. Give it to them, or file it with your will or attorney.
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Check in now and then
One click from an email every 30, 90 or 180 days. You pick the rhythm.
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If something happens
Your heir scans the card. If you don't answer within your waiting period, the note opens for them.
Your heir holds half of the key. We hold the other half.
Neither half opens anything alone. That includes us: we can't read your note, today or after you're gone.
Your heir's half
Printed on their card. On its own, random characters.
Our half
Stored by Afterkey. Released only after a claim's waiting period ends.
Your note, readable
Decrypted on your heir's device. It never travels in plain text.
Try the real thing
This box runs the same encryption the product uses, right here in your browser. Nothing leaves this page.
What happens when your heir scans the card
An example with a 60-day waiting period. You choose anything from 30 to 180 days.
Alive and well? One click on any alert cancels the request, at any point before the last day.
Why you can trust us: you don't have to.
Afterkey is built so that trusting us isn't required. Here's exactly what we hold, and what we never get.
What we keep
- Your note, encryptedUnreadable without the key. We store scrambled text.
- Our half of the keyRandom data on its own. Useless without your heir's card.
- Your email for alertsSo we can ask if you're OK, and tell you about a claim.
- Your heirs' emails, if you add themUsed once: if your dead man's switch fires.
What we never see
- What's written in your noteEncrypted on your device before it reaches us.
- Your passphraseIt never leaves your browser.
- Your heir's half of the keyIt exists only on their printed card.
- Your fundsWe don't connect to wallets or exchanges. We can't move a cent.
Three locks have to open, in this order.
- Someone has your heir's physical card.
- The waiting period you chose has fully passed.
- You didn't answer any alert to say "not yet".
- A fake claim
- You're alerted everywhere. One click cancels it. The card holder learns nothing.
- A forged death certificate
- It can shorten the wait to 14 days. It can't skip it.
- A month in hospital
- Choose a longer waiting period and add backup emails someone can check.
- Your heir doesn't know to look
- Miss your check-ins and three reminders, and the switch tells them for you.
- A lost or stolen card
- Revoke it in one click. The old card stops working forever.
- Our servers get breached
- Attackers get scrambled text and half-keys. Together they open nothing.
Where we are, honestly
- We're new and in beta. Start with locations of things, not the secrets themselves.
- Before we charge anyone, an independent firm will audit our encryption, and we'll publish the report.
- Before we charge anyone, we'll publish our shutdown plan: who holds our half of the keys if we ever close, and under which rules.
How it compares to what people do today
| Feature | Afterkey | Inheritance built into one wallet | Seed phrase in your will | Telling a relative your seed phrase |
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| Covers every wallet and exchange you use | Yes | Only that wallet | Yes | Whatever they remember |
| Says where things are and how to get in | Yes | For that wallet | If you write it | Verbally |
| Nobody can open it early, including the provider | Yes | Depends on the provider | Wills can become public in probate | They have it today |
| You can stop a mistaken or early claim | One click | Usually | No | No |
| No new wallet or hardware needed | Yes | You move funds there | Yes | Yes |
What goes in the note
Anything with a "where" and a "how". Afterkey never connects to your accounts. It keeps your instructions, encrypted.
- Hardware wallets and where their backups are
- Software wallets and browser extensions
- Exchange accounts and the email they use
- Two-factor backup codes and recovery keys
- Brokerage and retirement accounts
- Staking, DeFi positions and multisig setups
- Domain names, websites, hosting
- Password manager emergency access
- A letter to the people you leave it to
Simple pricing. Free while we're in beta.
Everyone on the early access list uses Afterkey free during beta. When paid plans start, you pick one of these.
1 year
$129
One note, up to five heir cards, check-ins, claims and alerts.
5 years
$449
About $90 a year, 30% less. Set it up once and stop thinking about renewals.
Founding members
$79/year
For the first 500 people on the list: $79 a year for life, or $349 for 5 years.
If you ever stop paying, your heirs still get your note. After 7 days without payment the note becomes read-only and we email you an encrypted copy. Heir cards keep working exactly as before.
Questions people ask first
Is this a will?
No. It works alongside one. A will decides who gets what; Afterkey makes sure they can actually find it and get in. Many estate attorneys suggest a separate memorandum for digital assets that your will refers to; ask yours how to mention Afterkey in your plan. We're not a law firm, and nothing here is legal or tax advice.
Can Afterkey read my note?
No. It's encrypted in your browser with a key we never receive. We store the encrypted text and one half of a split key, which on its own is random data. The demo above runs that exact process.
Should I write my seed phrase in it?
You can, and it's encrypted either way. Our advice: write where the backup is ("steel plate in bank box 412, key in the desk drawer") rather than the words. Then even a total breach of every system on earth leaves the words offline.
What happens if I stop paying?
Your heirs are never locked out because of a missed payment. If a payment is 7 days late, your note becomes read-only: no edits and no new heir cards. We email you an encrypted copy of your latest note, which only your passphrase opens. Existing heir cards, check-ins and claims keep working under the same rules. Pay again any time to unlock editing.
Do you ever touch my crypto?
Never. We don't connect to wallets or exchanges, and we can't move anything. You don't move funds anywhere to use Afterkey.
What if my heir loses the card?
While you're alive, revoke it and print a new one in a minute. We also suggest keeping a second copy with your will or attorney.
What if my heir is a child?
Give the card to their guardian, a trustee or your attorney. The card works for whoever holds it, after the waiting period.
What if someone steals the card?
They can start a request, and you'll be alerted right away. Cancel it with one click, then revoke the card. Nothing opens before your waiting period ends.
What happens if Afterkey shuts down?
We'll publish a shutdown plan before we charge anyone: our key halves go to an independent escrow agent, with instructions to release them only under the same rules.
Which blockchains and exchanges does it support?
All of them. Afterkey stores instructions, not connections, so it works with any coin, wallet, exchange or broker, and with things that aren't crypto at all.
Write the note while you can still answer questions about it.
Free during beta. Takes about ten minutes.