Articles
April 16, 2026
Americans say their digital assets are worth $191,516 on average. Scale that across a population and you have a multi-trillion-dollar inheritance gap that most families have no plan for.
March 29, 2026
The OpenID Foundation just declared digital death 'the biggest unsolved problem in identity.' Here's what that means for your digital legacy.
March 12, 2026
1Password, Bitwarden, Lastpass and Dashlane have emergency access. But that's not inheritance planning. Your master password belongs in a Trustbourne vault. Here's why.
March 4, 2026
Every few weeks, someone posts on r/Bitcoin: my dad died and we can't access his crypto. I collected real stories. The patterns are sobering.
February 23, 2026
You created a vault. Now what? A practical guide to what belongs inside — from password manager access to crypto recovery to the stuff that's easy to forget.
February 12, 2026
Every email, every message, every screen — from the moment you add someone as a trusted contact to the moment they open your vault.
February 2, 2026
Every file is encrypted in your browser before it reaches our servers. Here's how both encryption modes work, what the tradeoffs are, and why we're honest about them.
January 12, 2026
Notary vaults like IZIMI are free but limited: heirs only, death certificates required, 1 GB storage. Trustbourne works differently. Here's how to choose.
January 2, 2026
Contacts, check-ins, escalation. The dead man's switch is built. Beta soon.
December 20, 2025
The vault interface is live
December 11, 2025
Foundation is built, security first
November 24, 2025
Billions in digital assets are locked away forever. We're building the fix.