# Client Funds Segregation **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Finance / Custody **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Established regulatory mechanism ## Definition **Client Funds Segregation** requires customer assets to be kept separate from an operator's ordinary assets so provider insolvency does not automatically consume beneficiary property. ## Continuity Significance It is a direct financial analogue for separating continuity reserves from the hosting provider. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Gaming, brokerage, legal trust accounts, payments, and other regulated sectors use segregation rules. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Segregated funds protect assets, not identity or execution state unless continuity law extends the principle. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Continuity Trust|Continuity Trust]] · [[wiki/Financial Assurance|Financial Assurance]] · [[wiki/Privateered Continuity|Privateered Continuity]] · [[wiki/Malta Player Funds and Regulatory Custody|Malta Player Funds and Regulatory Custody]] ## Sources / Provenance - https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/guidance/customer-funds-segregation-disclosure-to-customers-and-reporting/introduction-customer-funds-segregation-disclosure-to-customers-and