# Continuity Trust **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Finance / Fiduciary Governance **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Proposed continuity instrument grounded in existing trust and segregated-fund structures ## Definition A **Continuity Trust** is a ring-fenced fiduciary arrangement intended to hold assets, rights, keys, records, or payment streams for continuity beneficiaries independently of an operating provider's ordinary estate. ## Continuity Significance Separating beneficiary resources from the provider reduces the chance that insolvency converts a service failure into loss of protected state or standing. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Perpetual-care trusts, endowments, client-fund segregation, and private preservation trusts are structural analogues. They do not establish a present legal trust form for rights-bearing computational subjects. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Continuity Finance|Continuity Finance]] · [[wiki/Continuity Fiduciary|Continuity Fiduciary]] · [[wiki/Client Funds Segregation|Client Funds Segregation]] · [[wiki/Continuity Receivership|Continuity Receivership]]