Legacy

Legacy contracts hold the rules for how, when, and to whom your assets pass. Two shapes, Transfer and Multisig, for different legacy styles.

A legacy contract is a small, purpose-built Ethereum contract that sits between you and your beneficiaries. It doesn't take custody of your assets; it just holds the rules (who, how much, and under what condition) and executes them when the condition is met.

There are two shapes to choose from.

Transfer Legacy

Designed for asset-level transfer: "when I've been inactive for X days, beneficiary A gets 40% of these tokens, B gets 60%".

• Works with an EOA (MetaMask, Ledger, Trezor, Rainbow, Coinbase Wallet…) or a Safe.

• Beneficiaries don't need to work together or sign anything jointly. Any one of them can activate once the window has elapsed, and distribution happens according to the pre-set allocations.

• You retain custody until activation. The contract only has the ERC-20 allowances you've explicitly approved.

• Up to 10 primary beneficiaries, each with a percentage allocation summing to 100%.

• Premium users can add up to two additional contingent layers; see Contingent Beneficiaries.

When to pick it: you want precise control over what passes to whom, and you don't need your beneficiaries to collectively continue running a Safe.

Multisig Legacy

Designed for wallet-level transfer: your Safe is the legacy, and your beneficiaries become its co-signers on activation.

• Requires an existing Safe. Create one at app.safe.global first if you don't have one.

• On activation, beneficiaries are added as signers to your Safe. They then control the entire Safe, including anything it holds, stakes, governs, or is credited with (reputation, airdrop eligibility, governance positions, off-chain privileges tied to the address, etc.).

• The activation threshold for the new signers is configurable (e.g. 2-of-3 beneficiaries required to act on the Safe).

• Every on-chain change follows your Safe's existing signature threshold. You're not bypassing your Safe's security model, you're building on top of it.

• Allocations aren't applicable here; the Safe passes as a unit.

When to pick it: your Safe is your long-term vault, you want beneficiaries to take over the whole thing (positions and all), not just cherry-picked assets.

Transfer vs. Multisig at a glance

	Transfer	Multisig
Wallet type	EOA	Safe only
What passes	Specified ERC-20s + storage tokens	The entire Safe wallet
Granularity	Per-asset, per-beneficiary percentages	The wallet is one unit
Requires beneficiaries to coordinate?	No, any one activates	Yes, once they're co-signers
Custody before activation	Owner's wallet	Owner's Safe

What's next

• Create a Legacy Contract: the full creation flow.

• Legacy Contract Details: reading and operating a legacy after it's live.

• Edit or Delete a Legacy Contract: changing the rules or tearing it down.

• Activate a Legacy Contract and Claim Funds: the beneficiary's side.

• Legacy Claim Card: the printable safety net.