{
  "handle": "GlacialVault",
  "mechanism": "Information is encrypted such that it physically cannot be decrypted until a certain amount of time has passed (using Verifiable Delay Functions). No keyholder can rush it. It incorporates a {{decay}} function into the encryption scheme, ensuring decryption is computationally impossible before the delay period.",
  "gloss": "Time-locked storage",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Hardware speedups reduce the delay."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Delay time immutable."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 2,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:GlacialVault#mh:SHA-256:f521c96b7e3037f39724b9a723f707ec195074f3099f6b0db122271de96d5677",
      "sema:GlacialVault#mh:SHA-256:2b9fb3dcc823fcfb25fcf08b01812ecb31a9f584670c9978d0b81e3537ad578c"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:GlacialVault#mh:SHA-256:17355c2dc0e9ce3adeaa9062efb0a49d7c4b4f44c6921e4ce103d8e9e9bfbc99",
  "sema_ref": "GlacialVault#1735",
  "sema_stub": "1735",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "decay": "sema:Decay#mh:SHA-256:482b97f7196f35c8c50be1b2537ec6e04410a4920fcd8409bec735db3278737a"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Protocols",
  "used_by": {}
}