From 1c295bcab604c050144a77ef8df61b5e55b3a88e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: donkey-ai Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:56:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revisione 1.02: aggiornamento index.html e aggiunta manifesto.html - index.html: nuova landing page con design Slate, sezioni Features, How it works, Will-Executors, Plugin, Install, FAQ (16 domande), compatibile con Electrum 4.7.2 e release v0.4.8 - manifesto.html: nuova pagina dedicata al Manifesto BAL Protocol, firmato Svatantrya, 31 ottobre 2024 (Samhain) --- index.html | 684 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ manifesto.html | 197 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 802 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-) create mode 100644 manifesto.html diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 08a19b0..340ac34 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -1,89 +1,615 @@ - - - B.A.L. - - - - - - - -
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Bitcoin After Life Protocol

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Plugin Electrum releases

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Today, in this Samhain week, time of the year when the two 'worlds' (material and spiritual) close together and better communicate, - we have the launch of this new Protocol to honour Bitcoin and all positivity it will bring to humanity.

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+ ● Open-source · Bitcoin-only · No custodian +

Leave your Bitcoin to your heirs — without a third party.

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The Bitcoin After Life (BAL) Protocol uses time-locked transactions and an open-source Will-Executor network to make decentralized Bitcoin inheritance possible. No notary, no lawyer, no custodian.

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Anybody will have the possibility to create a server Will-Executor to contribute to the protocol and earn commissions, since the code is available as open-source.

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BAL PROTOCOL, together with the Electrum plug-in, besides inheritance can also create a backup of one's own wallets, if planned in advance, to obtain protection in the case of private key loss.

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BAL PROTOCOL is also extremely useful when managing a multi-sig Wallet, in order to have a security option for exceptional cases.

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Many are its potential applications, and we encourage the community to find many more others.

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Our Electrum plug-in

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The B.A.L. plug-in has been created for Electrum wallet, considered the gold standard among bitcoin wallets. We hope one day that Electrum developers will understand - the value of this plug-in and will integrate it directly by default.

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We know technology is useful when it is easily available to people in order to improve their lives; therefore BAL main objective will be - to improve and to simplify this interface

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All the work carried out to implement this project and BAL protocol (Bitcoin After Life) has been procured only with payments in Bitcoin with no use of - FIAT currencies.

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In the website bitcoin-after.life you will find instructions to install the plug-in in Electrum and several practical examples on how to manage heredity - with the Plug-in.

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Plugin Operations

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The plugin generates a transaction with Locktime set to a future date; the transaction is signed and sent to one or several Will-Executors, - who will take care in retaining the transaction and send it at the expiry date.

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In order to provide economic incentives for the Will-Executor to keep and broadcast the transaction, an output will contain a fee payment, - which will be received only when the heredity transaction is confirmed in the block chain.

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+ ₿ + Open-source project. The BAL Protocol is built and funded exclusively with Bitcoin — no FIAT currencies were used.
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What BAL gives you

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Five capabilities, all peer-to-peer, all Bitcoin-only, all open source.

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Decentralized inheritance

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Plan Bitcoin inheritance without any third party — notary, spouse or custodian. Fully peer-to-peer, with no legal overhead and no intermediaries, ever.

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Time-locked transactions

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Transactions are created with a Locktime set to a future date. Will-Executors retain and broadcast them automatically on the delivery date. Your keys never leave your device — Electrum handles all signing.

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Wallet backup

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Pre-sign a recovery transaction to a secondary address. If you lose your seed, the funds are sent automatically to your backup wallet.

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Economic incentives

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Each inheritance transaction includes a fee for the Will-Executor, paid on confirmation. Incentives grow with Bitcoin's value over time.

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Anyone can run a Will-Executor server and earn commissions. The community is encouraged to discover new use cases.

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You stay in control

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The plugin never signs on your behalf. It asks — you decide. Every refresh of your will is confirmed by you, password or hardware wallet included.

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From setup to automatic execution

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Six steps — from first setup to the automatic execution of your Bitcoin will.

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Add heirs

Enter the Bitcoin address of your heir(s) in the BAL plugin. No notary or intermediary required.

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Prepare transaction

The wizard builds a time-locked transaction with your delivery date and the Will-Executor fee.

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Sign

Electrum signs with your key. The plugin never touches your keys — the signed will is stored locally.

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Send to Will-Executors

Your signed will is sent to Will-Executor servers from the WeList. They hold it until the delivery date.

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Use Electrum normally

Keep using Electrum as usual. Every session auto-postpones your delivery date — Check Alive, zero effort. (in Advanced mode)

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On close of your wallet, the plugin checks your balance and asks to refresh your will. You confirm — it never signs for you.

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Note on signing. The plugin never signs on your behalf. If your wallet uses a password or a hardware wallet, you will be prompted to confirm. The plugin asks — you decide. Your will stays accurate and always under your control.

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The beating heart of the protocol

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The economic incentive that makes all this possible is a fee included in each inheritance transaction. It is paid when the Will-Executor transmits the inheritance transaction to the nodes, and is therefore inserted into the block. The first one to send the transaction to the nodes wins the inheritance fee.

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We expect the BAL Protocol to succeed thanks to these incentives. They are substantial and grow with the value of Bitcoin over time, and they are attractive to more and more servers joining the inheritance transactions with a prospect of medium- to long-term gains.

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Anybody can create a Will-Executor server to contribute to the protocol and earn commissions, since the code is available as open source.

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Will-Executors are listed on the public WeList directory and shown directly inside the plugin. Browse the Will-Executor List →

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Plugin, server and docs

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Two open-source components and the documentation that ties them together.

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Bitcoin After Life plugin

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Created for the Electrum wallet — the gold standard among Bitcoin wallets. We hope Electrum developers will one day integrate it by default.

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View plugin repository →

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BAL Server

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The server acts as a Will-Executor: it retains signed transactions and broadcasts them at the delivery date, so the inheritance runs without human intervention.

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View server repository →

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Documentation & examples

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On bitcoin-after.life you'll find instructions to install the plug-in in Electrum and several practical examples on how to manage inheritance.

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Get the plugin running

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The plugin is a behavior-preserving refactor that cleanly separates the business logic from the PyQt GUI. Build a clean, integrity-checkable archive and install it in Electrum.

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Requirements

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Safety. This plugin builds real Bitcoin inheritance transactions with time-locks. Test on testnet or a small fund wallet first, and you always can review the generated transactions before broadcasting.

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How a will is built and kept safe

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The plugin generates a transaction with a Locktime set to a future date. The transaction is signed and sent to one or several Will-Executors, who retain it and broadcast it at the expiry date.

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To provide the economic incentive for the Will-Executor to keep and broadcast the transaction, an output contains a fee payment, received only once the inheritance transaction is confirmed in the blockchain.

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Changes to the beneficiaries or the Wallet Balance

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If there are any changes to the will – for example, prior to the signed locktime, the addition of a beneficiary, or a change to the wallet balance – the will is anticipated by one day and resubmitted to the will executors, without the need to invalidate the old one, saving costly On-Chain fees.

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If the new delivery time is later than a will that was already signed and/or pushed, the previously committed coins must be invalidated on-chain first — otherwise a Will-Executor could broadcast the old, earlier-locktime transaction and execute the inheritance too early.

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The "Server" column

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The will-transaction list shows a dedicated Server column, so you always know whether each inheritance transaction is actually stored on the Will-Executor servers — independently of the row colour. You can use the right mouse button to check the pre-signed transaction in the Electrum wallet.

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Confirmed on serverThe Will-Executor confirmed it stored the transaction.
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Frequently asked questions

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Sixteen answers about the protocol, the plugin and running a Will-Executor.

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01What is the Bitcoin After Life Protocol for?▾ +

It is software designed to manage the inheritance of your Bitcoin stored with a seed phrase (private key). It also lets you create an emergency backup of your wallet in case you lose your seed. The protocol uses time-locked transactions sent to Will-Executor servers, which broadcast them to the Bitcoin network at the pre-set delivery date.

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It is not known exactly who the author or developer is — there are likely several. It is open-source software, belonging to everyone, just like Bitcoin. The first public post about Bitcoin After Life appeared on BitcoinTalk on 31 October 2024 (Samhain week), signed by Svātantrya. The code is open to all, and anyone can contribute through donations.

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03Why a plugin for Electrum rather than a dedicated wallet?▾ +

Because Electrum is hyper-tested and considered the gold standard among Bitcoin wallets. The BAL plugin does not sign transactions itself — that is entirely Electrum's job. This maximises security, reduces the maintenance burden, and lets users trust the signing process completely independently of BAL.

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An inheritance costs two fees, both paid exclusively in Bitcoin — no subscriptions, no credit cards:

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  • Miner fee: chosen by the user at signing time. A higher fee is recommended to ensure future confirmation.
  • Will-Executor fee: deducted directly from the inheritance at execution, when the Will-Executor broadcasts the transaction.
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05How are Will-Executor fees set?▾ +

Will-Executors are free to set their own commissions to cover server costs. The fees are visible both on the official WeList website and directly inside the plugin. It is strongly advised not to manually lower them below what the server requests, as the server may reject the transaction entirely.

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06What is a Will-Executor?▾ +

Will-Executor servers are the beating heart of the BAL Protocol. They receive your pre-signed, time-locked transactions, store them securely, and broadcast them at the pre-set delivery date. They cannot alter or steal the transaction, because it is already fully signed by you. Their only incentive to act correctly is the fee embedded in the transaction, received only once the inheritance is confirmed on-chain.

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No — with the latest versions, even the smallest VPS is enough. The earnings are medium-to-long term: a Will-Executor collects Bitcoin fees in the future, when the inheritance transactions it holds reach their delivery date and confirm on-chain. As Bitcoin's value grows, so does the value of those fees.

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08Can I use the plugin to back up my wallet?▾ +

Yes — you need a second wallet already set up as the destination (for example a BlueWallet on your phone). If you lose access to your original wallet and stop opening Electrum before the delivery date, the funds are sent automatically to the backup address on the pre-established date.

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It is very simple: the plugin includes a step-by-step guided wizard. You set two key parameters:

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The Check Alive defines the period of inactivity after which the BAL plugin — inside Electrum — asks whether you want to postpone your inheritance delivery date.

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Example: say you set a delivery date 2 years out, with a Check Alive of 6 months. If you open Electrum after 7 months (more than 6 months since the last postponement), the plugin prompts you: your delivery date is now only 1 year and 5 months away, and since you are still active you will likely want to push it back to 2 years again — so it asks whether to postpone by another 6 months.

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As long as you keep using Electrum within the Check Alive window, your will is never executed. If you stop opening Electrum before the delivery date, the Will-Executors broadcast the inheritance automatically.

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Yes — the BAL plugin is compatible with any hardware wallet supported by Electrum (Ledger, Trezor, Coldcard, BitBox02, Jade, KeepKey and others). Using a dedicated PC for cold-wallet signing is recommended for maximum security.

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The plugin monitors your UTXO balance every time you close Electrum. If it detects a change (funds sent or received), it automatically prompts you to update the inheritance transaction to reflect the new balance. This prevents two problems: new funds being excluded from the inheritance, or the old transaction being rejected because its inputs were already spent.

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13Can I add my own server to the WeList?▾ +

Yes — the WeList (the official Will-Executor directory) is open to everyone. Adding your server requires a donation of approximately 50,000 satoshis to cover the management costs of the official list. Once registered, your server is visible to all BAL users directly inside the plugin.

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Yes — the plugin was designed for everyday people, not just technical users. The guided wizard simplifies every step, and the BAL team's ongoing goal is to keep the interface as simple and intuitive as possible. Detailed documentation and practical examples are available on bitcoin-after.life.

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Yes — BAL 2.0 is in development. The main new feature will be support for staggered inheritance: instead of a single lump-sum transfer, it will be possible to schedule gradual distributions over time (for example 10% per year), giving heirs a more structured and flexible inheritance plan.

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No problem — the plugin writes the inheritance and sends it to the Will-Executors even with an incoming transaction still pending in the mempool. It is enough that the transaction is visible in the mempool; it does not need to be confirmed yet. The plugin handles this case automatically.

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Bitcoin After Life

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BAL Protocol

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Today, in this Samhain week, time of the year when the two 'worlds' (material and spiritual) close together and better communicate, we have the launch of this new Protocol to honour Bitcoin and all positivity it will bring to humanity.

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This project was originated to solve an existing problem: to leave bitcoin inheritance to one's own children, but in a decentralised manner, without the intervention of an external third party (spouse, public notary, etc...) thus in perfect accordance with the Fundamental principle of decentralisation.

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We have created this protocol, (seeking inspiration from John Nash game theory 'dominant dynamics' on which bitcoin incentives are based) so that it can have own life, without the need of a central Big Brother to make it work.

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It is an open-source code plug-in and a Will-Executor, taking in charge the inheritance transactions' push, will stay active for at least the next 10 years to await the consolidation of the protocol with more and more Will-Executors joining in.

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The economic incentive necessary to make all this possible, is a fee included in each inheritance transaction and is paid when the Will-Executor transmits the inheritance transaction to the nodes, and it is therefore inserted in the block.

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We expect the BAL PROTOCOL to be successful thanks to the incentives included in the inheritance transactions. These incentives are substantial and increase with the Bitcoin value in time and above all are appealing for more and more servers to join in the inheritance transactions with a prospective for middle / long period gains.

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Anybody will have the possibility to create a server Will-Executor to contribute to the protocol and earn commissions, since the code is available as open-source.

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BAL PROTOCOL, together with the Electrum plug-in, besides inheritance can also create a backup of one's own wallets, if planned in advance, to obtain protection in the case of private key loss.

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BAL PROTOCOL is also extremely useful when managing a multi-sig Wallet, in order to have a security option for exceptional cases.

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Many are its potential applications, and we encourage the community to find many more others.

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Our Electrum plug-in. The B.A.L. plug-in has been created for Electrum wallet, considered the gold standard among bitcoin wallets. We hope one day that Electrum developers will understand the value of this plug-in and will integrate it directly by default.

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We know technology is useful when it is easily available to people in order to improve their lives; therefore BAL main objective will be to improve and to simplify this interface.

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All the work carried out to implement this project and BAL protocol (Bitcoin After Life) has been procured only with payments in Bitcoin with no use of FIAT currencies.

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In the website bitcoin-after.life you will find instructions to install the plug-in in Electrum and several practical examples on how to manage heredity with the Plug-in.

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Plugin Operations
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The plugin generates a transaction with Locktime set to a future date; the transaction is signed and sent to one or several Will-Executors, who will take care in retaining the transaction and send it at the expiry date.

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