Chain-Enforced Validator Succession and Dead-Man Continuity.

Transfers a validator's role to a designated heir under sealed dead-man rules. 20 claims.

A primitive by which a validator's stake, keys and duties on a proof-of-stake chain transfer, under sealed on-chain trustee-succession and dead-man-switch rules, to a designated heir validator upon a sealed inactivity or incapacity condition. The validator role survives operator incapacity or withdrawal with no central authority, the succession attested and the activation sealed. Filed 10 June 2026 as GB2613392.6.