# Backup transaction

Accessible from `Tools → Plugins` (BAL parameters).

**Backup Transaction** (default: *Disabled*) lets you keep the inheritance transaction (locktime TX) even **without** relying on the automation of the will-executor online servers.

![Backup transaction parameter](../img/fig_p06_0.png)

When enabled, you get an **offline backup of the signed legacy transaction** — useful in the (highly unrealistic) event that all will-executor servers are destroyed.

The backup can be saved locally, on a USB stick, or wherever you prefer — and delivered through a notary, trusted persons, or even directly to the heir. In the latter case, note that the heir will learn they are receiving an inheritance on a specific date and of a specific amount, which could be imprudent.

Once delivered to the heir, the backup transaction can be sent to the nodes via Electrum (on a date later than the delivery time) to receive the funds.

## Risks of relying only on the backup

1. The transaction is **invalidated** if you accidentally spend even one satoshi from the wallets whose UTXOs were pre-signed in the legacy transaction.
2. Delivering the signed transaction reveals the inheritance and its value to the heir.
3. Every step must be handled by hand, with risk of errors.

## Saving the backup

With Backup Transactions enabled, the transaction appears in the **WILL** tab with status `NONE` in the Will-Executor column.

![Backup transaction in the WILL tab](../img/fig_p07_0.png)

Right-click it, select **Details**, and save the transaction to your preferred medium (USB drive, cloud, NAS, etc.).

![Transaction details](../img/fig_p07_1.png)