How to set up a Digital Vault.

Download and Install

To download the Vault12 app, visit the Vault12 website or from your mobile device, open the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store and search for "Vault12," or click one of these links:

IMPORTANT: To make sure you are downloading the correct app - the Developer should be listed as "Vault12, Inc."

Configure your Vault

Once your app has successfully been installed, you can choose among 2 options :

1. Create a new Vault
2. Join someone else's Vault as a Guardian
3. Restore an existing Vault (below the buttons)

You also can access Settings on the top right corner, to switch Language or access some other Advanced features.

To carry on and create a Vault, choose the first option. On the next screen, app informs you how it handles sign in with your Face ID and then by clicking Continue, you also accept the "Terms of Service" and "Privacy Policy".

• Access to Contacts is used to help you select trusted people as Guardians. No Contact information is stored on Vault12 servers - only on the selected, trusted devices.
• Notifications are required so that you know when Guardians have responded to your future requests.

Then Vault creation starts and.. that's it! Super easy, just several clicks.

Now you can see your Vaults main screen. There are:

• Big tabs to swipe on top, with helpful articles on how to benefit most from using Vault12 with your digital assets,
• The navigation bar at the bottom to switch promptly between main app sections,
• And 3 main action buttons to interact with your Vault in between,
  1. Add assets to your Vault (like your "Web3 wallet"),
  2. Set up Guardians to your Vault - this is the main task to succeed with - add Guardians who will be enabled to help you with recovering your Vault in case of phone loss.
  3. Set up the inheritance - this is the unique achievement you can reach with Vault12 Guard - enable your decentralized crypto inheritance.

Add Guardians to your Vault

Now you are ready to move on with assigning Guardians, which will be enabled to help you recover your Vault in case of any accidents, like phone loss. These are usually a set of:

• trusted people from your friends/family network, like your spouse/partner, a close friend, or parent,
• additional device(s) under your control also might be assigned as Guardians, such as an iPad, additional or backup smartphone, or your modern Macbook with an M-series CPU that supports the installation of iOS applications.

Now you will be asked to configure your Vault with your name and email address. Your contact information is used to allow your Guardians to respond to your future requests to Restore or Unlock your vault. This information is not stored on any Vault12 servers.

Now that your Vault is configured with basic information, you will be asked to subscribe to a trial plan.
Trials are free for the first 30 days, and you can choose any of the plans right now.

To use the Vault12 platform to protect your assets after the Trial period, you will need to activate a subscription plan that includes the ability to own a Vault. You can review what is included in each plan on the Vault12 download page.

Once you have made your selection, press "Next" and confirm. The number of Guardians cannot be changed once setup is complete, so this is an important step. You can, however always change which Guardians are assigned to your Vault by using the "Replace Guardian" option.

Select Guardians

There are two ways to add new Guardians:

1. Invite trusted people from your inner circle.
2. Enroll trusted mobile devices.

Once you've invited your first Guardian, you will be asked to continue adding Guardians until you've invited the Total Number of Guardians that you selected earlier.

To enroll devices, download the Vault12 app onto the chosen device, and when you get to the "Get started" prompt, swipe to select the option "Join an existing Vault." Often people will enroll devices under their control, but this approach also works with devices controlled by other trusted people such as your lawyer or wealth manager.

Give the device a name - this is how the Guardian will be labelled in your Vault. Press "Next" to display the Vault12 QR code.

To assign this device to your Vault, switch back to your main device (the one on which you have been setting up your Vault), and choose the "Scan Device" option.

This will bring up a secure image scanner. Use this to scan the QR code displayed on your new Guardian device. This will enroll the device as a Guardian of your Vault.

Once all your Guardians have accepted the invitations you sent, your Vault setup is complete.

Now that the Vault setup is complete, the app will display how many days you have left in your free trial.

In addition, now that you have a Vault, you can do the following:

1. Add assets including cryptocurrency seed phrases and other types of digital assets.
2. Generate a cryptocurrency seed phrase.
3. Assign a beneficiary Guardian to inherit your digital assets.