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Argus � the BNS public gateway (navigate.st) and its library layer. Serves BCNR names over HTTPS, verifies signed records, mints TLDs.
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Local Dev ff76e4cf94 sirius.x portal: /api/holdings endpoint + favicon paths + roadmap link 
gateway/public-gateway.mjs:
  * GET /api/holdings/<scripthash> and POST /api/holdings {scripthashes:[…]}
    — server-side wallet-holdings lookup for the portal. Bns-indexer is
    beacon-only so it can't answer listunspent for arbitrary addresses; the
    gateway does the electrum roundtrip and cross-joins with the cached BCNR
    index. Client posts scripthashes (no libauth needed on the server) and
    gets back the names owned.
  * elConnect now falls through to whole-buffer JSON.parse when a Fulcrum
    response lacks a trailing newline — chipnet.bch.ninja does this and
    otherwise every elCall to it times out. Same tolerance pattern as
    bns-indexer.test.mjs's tiny electrum client.
  * verifyElectrum picks a full electrum with a 3s server.version probe so a
    hung server fails over to the next in seconds instead of stalling 20.
  * Skips silentmode.st/electrum and coinspectrum.duckdns.org:50011 for
    /api/holdings — both are bns-indexer routes that don't do listunspent.

web/register-entry.js: export addressToScripthash so the portal can derive
the scripthash for each of its wallet's watched addresses before POSTing.
Browser bundle rebuilt.

site-sirius-x pages:
  * favicon + logo hrefs made relative (./assets/… on index/portal,
    ../assets/… on docs/theseus). Absolute /sirius-x/… broke on the sirius.x
    BCNR route where the site is served from root instead of under /sirius-x/.
  * Roadmap nav link added back to portal, docs, theseus — the landing has an
    anchor to a section on itself, so subpages now link to it explicitly.
  * portal.html: loadNames rewritten to POST scripthashes to /api/holdings
    instead of doing client-side electrum. Works on browsers whose networks
    block chipnet electrum ports; same-origin HTTPS on 443.
  * portal.html: bundle import ?v= bumped so Chrome's in-memory ES module
    map picks up the new bundle instead of a stale cached copy.
2026-08-31 05:40:47 +02:00
setup BNS: per-TLD on-chain registry, multi-beacon indexer, enforcement gate 2026-08-29 17:11:02 +02:00
src sirius.x portal: /api/holdings endpoint + favicon paths + roadmap link 2026-08-31 05:40:47 +02:00
test BNS: per-TLD on-chain registry, multi-beacon indexer, enforcement gate 2026-08-29 17:11:02 +02:00
.gitignore Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
ariadne.config.json BNS: per-TLD on-chain registry, multi-beacon indexer, enforcement gate 2026-08-29 17:11:02 +02:00
BROWSER-PROMPT.md Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
build-web.mjs Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
DESIGN-collision-modes.md Resolver 3438d558: ASCII-clean install.ps1 + multi-TLD NRPT + VPS-first electrum 2026-07-31 23:09:23 +02:00
DESIGN-hosting-pact.md Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
DESIGN-root-tld-cert.md Collision modes (BCNR/ICANN) + root TLD cert + VPS electrum-source indexer 2026-08-02 11:39:00 +02:00
ENGINE.md Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
namespaces.pdf Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
OPERATIONS-electrum.md Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
package-lock.json BNS: per-TLD on-chain registry, multi-beacon indexer, enforcement gate 2026-08-29 17:11:02 +02:00
package.json BNS: per-TLD on-chain registry, multi-beacon indexer, enforcement gate 2026-08-29 17:11:02 +02:00
PROTOCOL.md Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
README.md Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
ROADMAP.md Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
sia-test.html Initial commit — Silent Mode baseline (2026-07-29) 2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00

README.md

BNS — Namecoin-style decentralized names on Bitcoin Cash (chipnet)

A working prototype of "Option 3": names are CashTokens name certificates on the BCH chain (no fork, no sidechain), records ride in OP_RETURN, discovery via a beacon address, and the resolver is embedded in a wallet app with a built-in browser pane — the Brave/MetaMask-browser architecture in miniature.

See PROTOCOL.md for the on-chain design and its honest limitations.

Layout

  • src/lib/bns.js — protocol core: payload codec, chain indexer/resolver, tx builders
  • src/wallet-app.js — wallet + embedded resolver + browser UI (npm run wallet → http://localhost:4626)
  • src/register.js / src/update.js / src/resolve.js — CLI equivalents
  • wallets.json — chipnet seed phrases (TESTNET ONLY — never reuse for real funds)
  • src/lib/gen-wallets.js — one-time wallet generation (already run)

Setup

  1. npm install
  2. Fund the wallet with free chipnet tBCH: go to https://tbch.googol.cash/, paste the wallet address (shown in the app sidebar or by node src/lib/gen-wallets.js), pick chipnet, solve the captcha. ~0.001 tBCH funds hundreds of registrations.
  3. npm run wallet and open http://localhost:4626

Standalone resolver daemon (make EVERY browser resolve .bch)

  • src/daemon/bnsd.js — DNS server (answers *.bch from the chain, forwards everything else upstream) + HTTP gateway that serves on-chain sites by Host header. Test unprivileged: node src/daemon/bnsd.js --dns-port 5354 --http-port 8081, then node src/daemon/dig.js hello.bch.
  • setup/install.ps1 — run from an elevated PowerShell. Installs the daemon as a boot-time scheduled task (SYSTEM, auto-restart) and wires the OS to it:
    • default (-Mode nrpt): adds an NRPT rule so only .bch queries reach the daemon; all other DNS is untouched.
    • -Mode full: points every adapter's DNS at 127.0.0.1 (daemon forwards non-.bch upstream, ncdns-style); original servers are saved and restored on uninstall.
  • setup/uninstall.ps1 — reverses everything (rule/adapters/task).

HTTPS for .bch: the "BNS Local Root CA" (created on demand in ca/, keep root-ca.key private) signs per-name certs. The daemon's :443 gateway mints them on the fly for locally-served names; node src/lib/issue-cert.js <name> issues one for a real server (see the coinspectrum.bch nginx vhost). The installer trusts the root machine-wide and enables Firefox's enterprise-roots policy; cert fingerprints are published in "tls" chain records for pinning.

Caveats: browsers with "secure DNS" (DoH) enabled bypass the OS resolver — disable it or add an exception; ports 53/80/443 must be free.

Try it

  • Register hello with inline HTML (a website stored entirely on-chain), then type hello.bch in the address bar — the app resolves it from the blockchain (not DNS) and renders it.
  • Or CLI: node src/register.js hello '{"h":"<h1>Served from the BCH chain</h1>"}' then node src/resolve.js hello