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The WILL tab
The WILL tab shows your inheritance transactions and their progress on each will-executor.
Columns
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Locktime | The date of the inheritance |
| Txid | Identifier of the Bitcoin transaction |
| Will-Executor | Address of the will-executor |
| Status | Progress of the transaction (see below) |
Commands
- Prepare — prepares the inheritance and puts it on the list.
- Sign — signs your legacy transaction with your private key (wallet password or hardware key).
- Broadcast — sends the inheritance transaction to the online will-executor servers in your service list.
- Display — opens the Will-Details window with all available data: locktime, creation time, transaction fee (miners), status, heirs, will-executor address, and the will-executor's base fee.
!!! note "Automatic execution on close" When you close Electrum, the plugin automatically runs Prepare → Sign → Broadcast for any step not yet completed, to ensure the inheritance is correctly executed.
Checking storage on servers
Transactions pushed to will-executor servers are stored there, but are not publicly accessible (for privacy). You can verify at any time that your transaction is properly stored: right-click the inheritance transaction in the WILL tab and select Check. If it is online on the server, its status becomes Checked.
Transaction statuses
Transactions in the WILL tab are color-coded by status:
| # | Status | Meaning | Color | HEX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | New inheritance TX | White (transparent) | #FFFFFF |
| 2 | Signed | TX signed in the wallet | Azure | #2BC8ED |
| 3 | Pushed | TX sent to will-executor | Azure-green | #73F3C8 |
| 4 | Checked | TX actually present on the will-executor | Bright green | #8AFA6C |
| 5 | Confirmed | TX confirmed on the blockchain | Gray | #BFBFBF |
| 6 | Pending | TX awaiting confirmation on the blockchain | Yellow | #FFCE30 |
| 7 | Failed | Communication failure with the will-executor | Red | #E83845 |
| 8 | Invalidated | A UTXO input is no longer available | Orange | #F87838 |
| 9 | Replaced | A backdated-locktime transaction spends the same input | Violet | #FF97E9 |
Behavior when the wallet balance or UTXOs change
If the balance or UTXO set of your BAL-managed wallet changes (you receive or spend funds), the inheritance must be updated. BAL checks this automatically when Electrum closes and updates the inheritance if needed.
This means you can use an inheritance-ready wallet for everyday Bitcoin transactions (ideally signing with a hardware key), knowing the entire wallet content will go to your heirs.
!!! warning "Read-only wallets and shared seeds" - If you receive funds on this wallet via a read-only copy on another device (Zpub/Xpub), those funds are not added to the inheritance until you open the wallet in Electrum with BAL, so the plugin can update the UTXOs and re-send the will to the executors. - If you use the same seed on multiple devices (strongly discouraged), spending even one satoshi elsewhere invalidates the inheritance: the UTXO structure changes and nodes discard the inheritance transaction.