# Continuity by Contract **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Contract / Infrastructure **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Corpus bridge ## Definition **Continuity by Contract** is the model in which preservation or hosting depends primarily on enforceable private agreements rather than public entitlement. ## Continuity Significance It is likely to be an early transition regime but creates provider-failure, inequality, lock-in, and successor-enforcement problems. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Cryonics and private digital-afterlife services already operate contractually. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note A contract model is not equivalent to a human right or public utility. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Continuity Contract|Continuity Contract]] · [[wiki/Privateered Continuity|Privateered Continuity]] · [[wiki/Continuity Commons|Continuity Commons]] · [[wiki/Continuity as Public Utility|Continuity as Public Utility]]