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A History of Dead Man's Switches: From Locomotive Brakes to Nuclear Codes to Bitcoin

From Westinghouse's 1872 train brake to the Soviet Dead Hand system to WikiLeaks insurance files to modern crypto inheritance — the long, strange history of the switch that fires when you stop showing up.

May 22, 2026 Read more