Picking a Silence Limit

The silence limit is the one number in a vault that is about you rather than about the funds. It is how long you can go without answering before the vault passes on.

There are three limits: 30, 60 and 90 days. Each vault has its own, picked when it is locked.

“Pick a limit longer than your longest stretch out of reach.”

A shorter limit gets the funds to the beneficiary sooner, and needs an answer from you more often. A longer limit gives you more room, and makes the beneficiary wait longer.

Think of the longest you are ever out of reach, with no way to open the app, and pick a limit longer than that. A silence is read as a silence, whatever the reason for it.

The limit is fixed once the vault is locked. To use a different one, close the vault and lock a new one. The new vault starts with a full clock.