Edit 001 · 5/22 — The Exit Clause

Snowmoon, ch. 16: Gladias tests his wallet's social-recovery procedure while nothing is wrong. One guardian checks the transaction before signing; another verifies him with a security question. An emergency procedure rehearsed on a calm afternoon.

Ethereum's evolving account model makes recovery and delegated authority increasingly programmable. But a valid recovery path is only part of the problem. Assets can remain encumbered, permissions can outlive their purpose, and economic relationships can be harder to escape than the accounts that hold them.

The Exit Clause takes recovery beyond wallets and into those relationships. Having a way out doesn't mean the way out works.

Exit terms become standing, testable facts: what's PORTABLE now, what's ENCUMBERED under named conditions, what's RETAINED forever. Even revocation must be honest about what it cannot undo.

The right to leave is the guarantee every other guarantee depends on.

A fire escape for economic relationships: drawn in advance, tested while nothing burns, independent of the landlord.

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