Guardians are a key part of your account security on Bron. They allow you to safely recover signing capability if a trusted device is lost, stolen, or compromised.
In the future (Q1 2026), we plan to introduce crypto inheritance functionality using Guardians.
What Are Guardians?
Guardians are trusted people—friends, family members, or colleagues—whom you invite to help you recover access to your account. Guardians do not have access to your account, funds, or any sensitive information. They only play a role in the social recovery process.
Tip: Choose Guardians who are familiar with digital security and crypto. You should also be able to reach them directly via phone, messenger, or in person—this is important to confirm that recovery requests really come from you.
How Does the Guardian System Work?
1. Invite Guardians
Choose at least two people and send them an invite via email.
Each Guardian must activate their Bron account by registering.
2. Activation and Security Delay
Once activated, each Guardian is subject to a 48-hour security delay.
During this delay, recovery via that Guardian is disabled.
3. Assigning Roles
You can assign one of two types of roles to a Guardian:
Guardian-only role: the Guardian will not have access to your workspace, balances, accounts, or transactions.
Workspace user: you can also assign an existing workspace user (Owner, Member, or Viewer) as a Guardian.
4. Day-to-Day
In normal use, Guardians don’t need to take any action—they simply need to keep their Bron passkey secure.
How Recovery Works
If you lose your signing capability:
Step 1: Start Recovery
You initiate the Guardian recovery process from the Bron app.
Step 2: Guardians Are Notified
Each Guardian receives an email notification that you’ve started a recovery.
Step 3: Guardians Log In
Each Guardian logs into their Bron account and sees a recovery code in their interface.
⚠️ Bron does not send recovery codes via email—codes are only visible after login.
❗️Before sharing the code with you, Guardians should verify that it was really you who initiated the recovery.
Step 4: You Enter the Codes
Once both Guardians send you their codes, you enter them into the recovery interface in Bron.
Step 5: Security Delay Starts
A 48-hour recovery delay is activated to protect your account.
Step 6: Finalise Recovery
After the delay, you can proceed to restore your ability to sign on a new trusted device.
We have detailed guides for guardians and account owners on how to protect the workspace and restore signing:
What Guardians Can and Cannot Do
To avoid confusion, here is exactly what a guardian is—and what they are not:
Guardians cannot:
See your balances or your transactions.
Initiate transactions.
Start a recovery without your explicit request.
Collude against you to take over your account—this is technically impossible in Bron’s system.
Guardians can:
Assist you only if you lose access to everything and request recovery.
Provide you with a one-time security code when you ask them.
Use any mobile browser—no app install required.
Have no Bron account at all; any person can be a guardian.
Be existing Bron users (each user can serve as guardian for up to 5 workspaces).
Use a free guardian account—no purchases, $BRON tokens, or subscription required.
Other important notes
If a guardian loses access to their passkey or Apple/Google account, you can still recover your workspace—only the recovery delay increases (e.g., instead of 48 hours).
Guardians do not need any crypto knowledge. The only requirement is that they can:
Set up a passkey on their phone
Not lose access to their Apple ID / Google account
Respond to you with a code when needed.
If you have questions, contact our support team via messenger on the Bron platform or by email support@bron.org.