v0.5.0 · Codex AionisSealed in AION since MMXXVI
AION
Codex Aionis · MMXXVI

The Wheel of AionSeven sovereignsFour reassembleOne vault

Your family cannot inherit
a seed phrase they cannot
find or understand.

AION is testing a founder-led Founding Vault Ceremony: a guided session that turns local-first cryptography into artifacts your heir can actually use. The browser prototype is still free and warning-labeled.

— Sealed in AION —
Book Founding VaultUnseal a VaultRead the Codex

First time here? Read the story of Mira and the seven envelopes →

IIThe Observation
Fort Knox protects gold.
The Federal Reserve protects nations.
Svalbard protects seeds.
Nothing protects a person.
Sealing RecordAION-MMXXVI-0001
Sample
Holder
A sample holder
Sealed
II Maii MMXXVI · 2026-05-02
Hash
a3f9···c8d2···7e4f···8d2e
Witnessed
23:14:07 UTC · public timechain
Threshold
4 of 7 · any four reassemble the secret
Sovereigns
Phase 3 target · seven jurisdictions

“Locked by math. Opened by love.”

A vault locks a secret in. AION makes sure your family can get it out.

IIIThe Architecture

Three moves that have never been combined.

Math, geography, time, memory, trust, and physical reality reinforce each other. AION does not bet the user’s future on one clever lock.

i.

The vault with no address.

Today the prototype creates seven local cryptographic shardswith a four-of-seven threshold — verifiable in your browser, every time. Phase 3 is the sovereign custody network: encrypted shard envelopes carried across separate jurisdictions, with stewardship agreements published on signature.

ii.

The vault that outlives you.

Dead-man-switch. Trustee quorum. Memory proof. Time-locked letters. A descendant in 2125can receive what was sealed without asking AION to decrypt it — the math itself enforces the wait, and the math itself releases.

iii.

The vault that survives civilization.

Encrypted local artifacts today. Substrate permanence research — DNA, synthetic-quartz, paper QR, lunar archive — is documented as a roadmap at the Sanctuaries page. None of those tracks require AION to keep operating, and none of them are sold on the buyer path today.

Read the architecture →
IVThe Constellation

Designed to distribute across seven sovereigns.

Reykjavik, Dublin, Zurich, Toronto, Singapore, Auckland, Santiago. Loss of any three would be harmless. Cooperation of four, unprecedented.

Sovereign recovery model

Sovereigns
7
Unlock
4
May be lost
3

All 7 sovereigns standing. Threshold is 4 of 7.

Vault remains mathematically recoverable.

Any 4 unlock. Any 3 may be lost.

Active · thresholdStandby · reserveLostSymbolic recovery model
See the sovereigns →
VThe Ledger

Deployment truth ledger.

What is shipping today, and what is still a commitment. AION will not photograph empty rooms and call them a network.

Deployment Truth LedgerPROTOTYPE
Phase 1 prototypeBrowser-only seal and unseal — math runs locallylive locally
Current storageNo AION-hosted shard custody — shards live with the holdernot live
Phase 3 targetSeven-sovereign shard envelopes across jurisdictionsfuture
Proof requiredProvider routing + audit logs + stewardship agreementsmissing
Read the honest part →
VIThe Timeline

Engineered for the customer not yet born.

Every architectural choice is for a person living a hundred years from now.

  1. MMXXVI
    You seal your vault.
  2. MML
    Your children inherit your wisdom.
  3. MMCXXV
    Your great-great-grandchild hears your real voice.
  4. MMCCXXV
    A descendant rediscovers what was sealed.
  5. ∞
    Forever sealed. Forever yours.
Read the timeline →
VIIThe Markets

One family-risk wedge today. Seven more behind the doctrine.

AION can become civilizational later. The first paid proof is narrower: crypto holders with family responsibility who will pay for trust, ceremony, instruction, and recovery artifacts.

Crypto Holders
“My family cannot inherit a seed phrase they cannot find or understand.”
A guided recovery ceremony, offline artifacts, and a path an heir can repeat without AION holding plaintext.
Also served by the doctrine
Once the foundation and sovereign network are in place — see the Charter for the wider audiences the doctrine commits to:
Aging Parents · Faith Families · Whistleblowers · Estate Planners · Dissidents · Survivors · AI-Anxious Humans
VIIIThe Tiers

Planned tiers. One promise.

Roadmap packages, not live purchase options. Premium tracks add more humans, more jurisdictions, and more permanence — only when those systems exist. The prototype is free today.

Substrate permanence research — DNA, synthetic quartz, lunar archive — is documented at /sanctuaries as roadmap, not sold as a paid tier today.

Planned · not yet available
i.
Core
$99
planned · per year · or $999 lifetime
  • Single-jurisdiction vault
  • One designated heir
  • Dead-man-switch
  • Sealing certificate
  • Bitcoin anchor proof
  • Open-source recovery toolkit
Join the founding beta
Planned · not yet available
ii.
Plus
$299
planned · per year
  • Everything in Core
  • AI voice clone (future)
  • Up to five heirs
  • Time-locked letters
  • Mobile application
  • Trustee panel (4-of-7)
Join the founding beta
Planned · not yet available
iii.
Eternal
$999
planned · per year
  • Everything in Plus
  • Seven-sovereign Shamir
  • Personal-knowledge crypto
  • Sanctuary access
  • Multilingual ceremony
  • Foundation custodianship
Join the founding beta

Roadmap principle: heirs inheriting an existing vault stay FREE · FOREVER

✦The Final Word

Locked by math.
Opened by love.

Hold to Seal AES-256-GCM · 4-of-7 Shamir · Argon2id

Or read the Gate first →

— Sealed in AION since MMXXVI —