Choose your guardians
Register a recovery group and the number of guardian authorizations required. The threshold is an explicit part of the identity’s recovery policy.
Plan for a lost key
Keep the identity. Recover control.
Configure guardians, a threshold, a timelock, and an abort path for Sigil’s on-chain identity recovery ceremony.
Social RecoveryIllustrated study
Defined scope / checked / bounded
A permission is a condition, not a blank cheque.
Social Recovery
01 / Built for a purpose
Recovery starts before the key is lost.
A durable identity needs a recovery plan. Sigil’s dedicated ceremony lets an identity configure the conditions under which a replacement controller key can be accepted, with a waiting period and a way to abort an unwanted attempt.
A visible pending ceremony
Initiation creates a recovery attempt that can accumulate guardian approvals. The process has defined states instead of an informal support request.
Time to respond
The configured timelock separates sufficient authorization from final key rotation. Interfaces can show when finalization becomes eligible.
An abort path
The panic-abort key or the current authorized key can stop a pending ceremony under the protocol’s rules. Keep that recovery material separate from everyday signing.
Rotate the controller
Finalization checks the ready state and rotates the identity’s controller key. The recovery history remains attributable through signed transactions.
02 / From intent to outcomeA clear path through
A clear path through
social recovery.
- 01
Prepare
Register guardians, threshold, delay, and the panic-abort key while you control the identity.
- 02
Authorize
Open a recovery attempt and collect the required guardian signatures.
- 03
Wait and finalize
Observe the timelock, abort if necessary, and finalize an eligible replacement key.
The details matterGood questions.
Good questions.
Clear answers.
Can recovery be configured after all keys are lost?+
The ceremony depends on a previously registered recovery policy. Set it up while you control the identity and maintain the required recovery material.
Should I use the older single-step identity recovery transaction?+
No. The supported recovery workflow is the dedicated multi-step ceremony. The older generic recovery transaction is not enabled.
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