Two updates this week.

First: we published a deep dive on how Trustbourne encrypts your vault. Both modes - Seamless and Maximum Privacy - what the tradeoffs are, what we can and can't see, and why we're upfront about the difference. If you care about what happens to your files on our servers (you should), give it a read.

Second: we're opening the beta.

Until now, access was invite-only with a handful of testers. That phase gave us real feedback and a list of things to fix. Now we want more people using it for real.

To get started:

Go to app.trustbourne.com/register Use invite code: TB_BETA_2026

Set up your vault, upload some files, add a trusted contact, run through check-ins. Then tell us what broke, what confused you, or what's missing. There's a feedback link in the app, use it.

A few things to know:

It's beta. Bugs exist. Everything should work, but use it as you would for real. Just maybe don't store your actual crypto seed phrases yet.

There's a test mode (Settings → Danger Zone) that compresses the release timeline to 1440x speed. One day becomes one minute. You can test the full escalation and vault release flow in under an hour. It sends real messages to you and your contacts and actually releases your vault. Only the timing is different.

Payment buttons connect to our test system. Click through the flow, but no real money moves.

When beta ends, early testers get locked-in pricing. More on that later.

Questions? Reply to this email.

—Frank