For example, the app allows a healthy father to record congratulatory messages that his children can listen to years later when they graduate, in the event that he dies before reaching that moment, as mentioned in a promotional video.
A Mexican has designed an electronic application that allows its users to store last messages and wishes that they want to share with their loved ones after their death.
The app, called “Past Post”, allows users to “arrange the situation in preparation for this moment that arrives at an unexpected time”, as its creator, businessman Miguel Farrell, explains to AFP.
For example, the app allows a healthy father to record congratulatory messages that his children can listen to years later when they graduate, in the event that he dies before reaching that moment, as mentioned in a promotional video.
The Paste Post application keeps the video in the form of “NFT”, which is a certificate of authenticity of the authenticity of digital documents (images, texts or music tracks) that cannot be copied or changed.
NFT is recorded on the blockchain, a technology used mainly to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
For $19 per year, the app is included in the context of “afterlife” solutions.
It also makes it possible to record advance directives, including preferences for care or the organization of a funeral. The user can also leave instructions on managing his bank assets or accounts on social networks.
The application designer explains that “Paste Post” cannot replace the real will, according to the laws that require that this will be written and officially approved.
He stresses that the document generated by the application “has no legal value, but its symbolic value is very important.”
In Mexico, the country known for its “Day of the Dead” revival, the vast majority of Mexicans do not have a will or an inventory of their assets, according to the “Past Post” website.
