How the Protocol Works

Regular cloud storage services — Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud — were designed for temporary access. Their model is "Rent and Repeat." SovSeal was purpose-built for a different mission: Autonomous Succession.

The Mechanism of Sovereignty

The SovSeal protocol bridges the gap between your present life and your future heirs via three core layers:

1. Passive Persistence Protocol

Instead of a centralized data center, your encrypted directives are woven into the Arweave Network. This is Passive Persistence—storage that does not require an active company to survive. Once your endowment is paid, the data is permanent, independent of any monthly billing cycles.

Key Properties:

• Self-sustaining storage for 200+ years.
• No central point of deletion.
• Mathematically guaranteed uptime.
• Ownership-based, not rent-based.

2. The Digital Airlock (Zero-Knowledge)

All encryption occurs within a "Digital Airlock" on your local device before data is ever persisted. This ensures that SovSeal—and any potential bad actors—never touch your plaintext.

Your Device (Airlock)          Sovereign Protocol
    |                             |
    | [1] Zero-Trace Encryption   |
    | [2] Fragmented Persistance  |
    |---------------------------->|
    |                             | [3] Perpetual Monitoring

Security Fact: Not even SovSeal can view your assets. We are the Trustee of the Protocol, not the Custodian of the Data.

3. Liveness Verification (Proof of Life)

Your legacy remains dormant as long as you are active. We monitor your "Digital Heartbeat" through our Liveness Verification engine:

• Verification Pulse: You set the cadence (e.g., every 90 days).
• Grace Period: If a pulse is missed, a "Verification Window" begins where we attempt to confirm your status across multiple secure channels.
• Trigger State: Only after the verification window closes without authorization does the protocol enter the "Succession" state, notifying your Guardians and Heirs.

4. Network Assurance

Network Assurance is the service layer that manages the transition between layers. Funded by your initial endowment, it provides:

• Vigilance Orchestration: Monitoring your connected liveness signals (Email, Social, SMS).

• Guardian Coordination: Managing the cryptographic threshold required to reconstruct the inheritance map.

• Identity Safeguard: Ensuring heirs undergo institutional-grade verification before receiving delivery.

Why We Are Superior to a "Dead Man's Switch"

Most decentralized "Dead Man's Switches" (like Sarcophagus) fail because they require Active Maintenance. If you forget to "re-wrap" your keys or sign a transaction every 30 days, your data is leaked or deleted.

SovSeal is designed for Passive Succession. We do not require you to act to prove you are alive; we simply confirm when you have ceased to be active.

The Operational Lifecycle

1. Sealing: You encrypt your directives via the Digital Airlock. The endowment funds the Arweave persistence.
2. Delegation: Fragmented authority (SSS) is distributed to your Guardians.
3. Persistence: Your encrypted legacy sits in the global ledger, awaiting a trigger.
4. Verification: The protocol monitors your liveness pulse passively.
5. Succession: Upon confirmed inactivity, the protocol matures. Guardians release authority. Heirs receive their inheritance.

Related Topics

• Guardian Architecture
• Pricing Tiers