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+# BAL — Bitcoin After Life
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+**BAL** is an open-source plugin for [Electrum](https://electrum.org), the gold standard of Bitcoin wallets, dedicated to managing **Bitcoin digital inheritance**.
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+With BAL you define your heirs, a delivery date, and a list of *will-executor* servers. If you stop accessing your wallet, the pre-signed inheritance transaction is broadcast to the Bitcoin network on the date you set — with no third parties or intermediaries holding your funds.
+
+## Why a plugin and not a new wallet?
+
+Developing a new wallet (or forking Electrum) was not considered reasonable, so as not to put funds at risk. BAL leans on the most tested and secure open-source Bitcoin wallet — Electrum — with the goal that in the future the plugin will ship with Electrum by default.
+
+Being open source, anyone can view, modify, and distribute the plugin code.
+
+## How it works in short
+
+1. You add **heirs** (name, Bitcoin address, amount or percentage).
+2. You set a **delivery time** (locktime): the date the inheritance is transferred.
+3. You set a **check-alive threshold**: if you open your wallet after this time, BAL offers to postpone the inheritance — because you are evidently still alive.
+4. The plugin **prepares, signs, and broadcasts** the inheritance transaction to the will-executor servers, which will send it to the Bitcoin nodes on the delivery date.
+
+## Where to go next
+
+- New user? Start with [Installation](user-guide/installation.md).
+- Want to understand the core parameters? See [Setting up heirs](user-guide/heirs.md).
+- Interested in running a will-executor server? See [Running a server](will-executor/running-a-server.md).
+
+!!! note "Documentation status"
+    This site is a draft based on the **BAL Protocol 1.0 User Manual (revB)**. Corrections and contributions are welcome via the [Gitea repository](https://bitcoin-after.life/gitea/bitcoinafterlife/bal_plugin_manual).