In recent years discussions centered around digital inheritance have increased among social media users and across blockchain ecosystems. As a result digital assets such as social media content cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens have become increasingly valuable and widespread, leading to the need for clear and secure mechanisms for transferring these assets upon the testators death or incapacitation. This study proposes a framework for digital inheritance using soulbound tokens and the social recovery pallet as a use case in the Polkadot and Kusama blockchain networks. The findings discussed within this study suggest that while soulbound tokens and the social recovery pallet offer a promising solution for creating a digital inheritance plan the findings also raise important considerations for testators digital executors and developers. While further research is needed to fully understand the potential impacts and risks of other technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing this study provides a primer for users to begin planning a digital inheritance strategy and for developers to develop a more intuitive solution.

翻译：近年来，社交媒体用户及区块链生态系统中围绕数字遗产继承的讨论日益增多。随着社交媒体内容、加密货币及非同质化代币等数字资产的价值与普及度不断提升，亟需建立明确且安全的机制以在被继承人死亡或丧失行为能力时转移此类资产。本研究提出一种基于Polkadot与Kusama区块链网络的数字遗产继承框架，以灵魂绑定代币及社交恢复模块为应用案例。研究结果表明，虽然灵魂绑定代币与社交恢复模块为创建数字遗产继承方案提供了可行路径，但该方案同时向被继承人、数字遗产执行人及开发者提出了若干重要考量。尽管仍需进一步研究以充分理解人工智能与量子计算等其他技术的潜在影响与风险，本研究为用户规划数字遗产继承策略及开发者构建更直观的解决方案提供了基础指引。