On a date
WhatA time capsule. A letter for a birthday in 2040. Nothing opens early.
NeedsA time-lock layer, or a custodian who holds it until then
B2Floor · The Cold Harbour
The Cold Harbour
In Old English, a cold harbour was a cold shelter: a roof in the open, somewhere to wait out the weather. Here it is where sealed things wait until it is their time to leave.
Departures
Three ways a sealed thing can open.
Keepers together
WhatTwo of three keepers meet and open it, for a reason you wrote down.
Needs2 of 3 keepers
After a long silence
WhatIf you stop checking in, your keepers confirm, wait, and open in stages, starting with practical things only.
NeedsSilence period, two keepers, veto window
After a long silence
Silence, reminder, confirmation, veto.
Defaults below. You can change them in your own file.
Silence
Six months with no signed check-in. Choose anything from three to eighteen.
Reminder
Thirty days before, in neutral words.
Confirm
Two of three keepers confirm independently, after calling you and an emergency contact.
Veto
Twenty-eight days in which you or any keeper can stop it. One check-in from you cancels everything still pending.
IF IT GOES WRONG
The misfire plan
What has been opened cannot be closed again. So the first stage opens nothing personal. If a letter goes out by mistake, the keeper you named in advance contacts the recipient, apologises, and asks them to delete it.
NOTICES
Our notices are boring on purpose.
A Cold Library notice never contains a link, never asks for money, never asks you to type or download anything. If a message claiming to be from us does any of these, it is not from us.