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Author: Hephaestus Admin <admin@hephaestus.local>
Date:   Mon Aug 31 01:42:45 2026 +0200

    Initial commit: welcome to Hephaestus

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+# 🔥 Welcome to Hephaestus
+
+This is Silent Mode's decentralized code forge. You're looking at the very first repository on it.
+
+## What's under the hood
+
+- **Forgejo** for the UI (git, PRs, issues, packages)
+- **Bitcoin Cash wallet** identity — no email, no password reset. Your keys are your account.
+- **Sia network** for cold storage (LFS, releases, attachments, packages)
+- **Caddy + Let's Encrypt** for TLS
+- **Restic** to nightly-encrypted snapshots on a separate Sia bucket
+
+## Sign in
+
+Click "Sign in with hephaestus-wallet" and either generate a fresh BCH wallet or import one. Your `cashaddr` becomes your Forgejo identity.
+
+## Try it
+
+```
+git clone https://code.silentmode.st/<your-bch_...>/some-repo.git
+```
+
+Push your work. Own your code. No middleman.