Assets Inheritance allows you to securely pass your Bron workspace and its accounts to trusted people, with built-in protection and a clear ownership transfer process. It allows your accounts and balances to be transferred to your chosen beneficiaries in a secure and transparent way, without relying on third parties, lawyers holding keys, or off-chain processes.
How Inheritance works:
The account owner invites as many beneficiaries as they wish to the workspace.
Each beneficiary accepts the invitation and sets up their account using a passkey. Beneficiaries have no access to workspace balances or transactions.
From account setup until an inheritance event, the beneficiary should retain access to their passkey and email account.
When an inheritance event occurs, any beneficiary can initiate the inheritance process. At any stage of this process, the workspace owner can stop and cancel it.
Once the process starts, all guardians and beneficiaries are notified by email.
A delay period begins: 6 months if the workspace has two guardians, or 12 months if there are no guardians.
During the delay period, other beneficiaries can join the inheritance process.
After the delay expires, all existing users are removed from the workspace. The workspace settings are automatically updated so that any action involving funds or security policies requires approval from all beneficiaries who joined the inheritance process.
After the automatic policy update, beneficiaries can obtain their Signing Access and manage the funds at their discretion — either keep them in Bron or transfer them to any address. If multiple beneficiaries participated in the inheritance process, each transaction requires approval from all of them.
How to Add a Beneficiary
Beneficiaries are trusted people who can request access to your workspace if inheritance is ever required.
To add a beneficiary:
Open your workspace in Bron.
Go to Workspace → Team Members.
Invite a user and assign them as a Beneficiary.
Who can become a beneficiary?
A beneficiary can be:
an Owner
a Member
a Viewer
an active Guardian
or only a Beneficiary (without any other workspace role)
You can add an unlimited number of beneficiaries to your workspace.
Accepting a Beneficiary Invitation
Once someone adds you as a beneficiary, you will receive an email invitation from Bron.
To accept the invitation:
Open the email.
Click Become a beneficiary.
Follow the steps to confirm.
Once accepted, you are all set. No further action is required unless an inheritance process is started in the future.
Requesting Access Through Inheritance
If the workspace owner is no longer able to access their account (for example, in the event of passing away), beneficiaries can begin the inheritance process.
To request access:
Sign in to Bron.
Open the workspace where you are listed as a beneficiary.
Go to the Inheritance section.
Click Request access.
Starting the Inheritance Process
After clicking Request access, you will be asked to confirm the inheritance request.
Review the message carefully.
Click Confirm to start the process.
Once confirmed:
All assigned guardians will be notified by email
All beneficiaries will also be notified
What Happens After the Request Starts
Once inheritance begins, the request enters a secure process to protect the workspace.
At this stage:
Other beneficiaries can join the request
Ownership does not change yet
Withdrawals and sensitive actions protected
Joining an Inheritance Request (Other Beneficiaries)
If multiple beneficiaries are assigned to the workspace, they can join the inheritance request at any time.
To join:
Sign in to Bron.
Open the workspace inheritance page.
Click Join.
Once the inheritance process completes, all joined beneficiaries become workspace owners.
Two Ways to Continue the Inheritance Process
After starting inheritance, there are two possible paths depending on whether guardian recovery codes are available.
Option 1: Guardian Recovery (6 months)
If the workspace owner had guardians set up, you can shorten the process to 6 months.
To continue:
Contact two guardians listed on the screen.
Ask them for their recovery codes.
Click Enter recovery codes and submit them.
This will activate the 6-month security delay.
Option 2: Extended Security Delay (1 year)
If you cannot reach guardians or recovery codes cannot be provided, you can continue using an extended delay.
This allows inheritance to proceed without guardian recovery codes, but the security delay becomes 1 year.
You can freely switch between:
6 months (guardian recovery)
1 year (extended delay)
Security Delay in Progress
After continuing, inheritance enters a security delay period. This delay is required and cannot be skipped.
During the security delay:
The workspace remains protected
Ownership does not transfer yet
Other beneficiaries still have time to join the request
Security delay duration depends on the method used:
6 months (guardian recovery)
1 year (extended security delay)
Becoming a Workspace Owner
Once the security delay ends, all joined beneficiaries become owners of the workspace and all accounts inside it.
At this point:
Ownership transfers to the joined beneficiaries
All previous workspace team members are removed
The inherited workspace behaves as if it was created by the new owners
Important Rules After Inheritance
After becoming a workspace owner, Bron applies additional security protections.
Security restriction when one beneficiary becomes the only owner
When one beneficiary becomes the only owner of the workspace, security delays are automatically enabled.
Any critical change will require a 48-hour waiting period before it takes effect, including:
Transaction limit changes
Address book updates
Team member changes
Workspace security setting changes
This is a protection mechanism to prevent misuse immediately after inheritance.
Multiple Beneficiaries = Multiple Owners
If the workspace has multiple beneficiaries, they will all become owners once the inheritance process completes. However, no single owner can act alone.
Any sensitive action (such as withdrawals, swaps, or changing workspace security settings) requires approval from all owners.
This ensures all inherited owners must come to the same decision before assets can be moved.
If you have any questions or need help, contact us at support@bron.org