diff --git a/caddy/Caddyfile b/caddy/Caddyfile
index 2668fa6..b11c046 100644
--- a/caddy/Caddyfile
+++ b/caddy/Caddyfile
@@ -1,22 +1,57 @@
 # Caddy fronts the whole Hephaestus stack.
-# - Automatic Let's Encrypt cert for code.silentmode.st (HTTP-01 challenge on :80)
-# - Path-based routing:
-#     /auth/* → auth-proxy container (prefix stripped before forwarding)
-#     /       → Forgejo container
-# - HTTPS-only for browser traffic; SSH git access stays on port 2222 outside Caddy.
 #
-# {$SITE_HOSTNAME} is provided by docker-compose from .env (SITE_HOSTNAME).
+# TWO HOSTNAMES:
+#   code.silentmode.st   Traditional DNS + Let's Encrypt HTTP-01 cert. Same as before.
+#   hephaestus.x         BCNR name (chipnet). TLS cert issued by Silent Mode's own
+#                        root CA (Argonautica) — trusted by Theseus/Ariadne users;
+#                        other browsers see a self-signed-style warning. hephaestus.x
+#                        also serves static content from /srv/hephaestus.x/* (the
+#                        landing pages) BEFORE falling through to Forgejo, so
+#                        marketing/docs pages don't get eaten by Forgejo's routes.
+#
+# ROUTING (both hostnames):
+#   /auth/*       → auth-proxy container (prefix stripped)
+#   /             → Forgejo container    (with per-hostname behaviour below)
+#
+# {$SITE_HOSTNAME} comes from docker-compose .env (SITE_HOSTNAME=code.silentmode.st).
 
+# --- code.silentmode.st: unchanged from before ---
 {$SITE_HOSTNAME} {
     encode gzip zstd
 
-    # Auth-proxy under /auth/*. handle_path STRIPS the /auth prefix before proxying,
-    # so /auth/challenge upstream is just /challenge on auth-proxy.
     handle_path /auth/* {
         reverse_proxy auth-proxy:4000
     }
 
-    # Everything else → Forgejo. Big body size so git push + LFS + release uploads work.
+    handle {
+        reverse_proxy forgejo:3000
+        request_body {
+            max_size 2GB
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+# --- hephaestus.x: static-first, Forgejo-fallback, Silent Mode CA cert ---
+hephaestus.x {
+    encode gzip zstd
+
+    # TLS cert from Silent Mode's Argonautica CA (name-constrained to permitted TLDs).
+    # Theseus + Ariadne users have this CA in their trust store per the setup docs.
+    tls /etc/caddy/certs/hephaestus.x.crt /etc/caddy/certs/hephaestus.x.key
+
+    handle_path /auth/* {
+        reverse_proxy auth-proxy:4000
+    }
+
+    # Static-file-first, Forgejo-fallback. If /srv/hephaestus.x/{path} (or {path}/index.html)
+    # exists, serve it. Otherwise the request falls through to Forgejo so all git/api/user
+    # routes still work.
+    root * /srv/hephaestus.x
+    @static file {path} {path}index.html {path}/index.html
+    handle @static {
+        try_files {path} {path}index.html {path}/index.html
+        file_server
+    }
     handle {
         reverse_proxy forgejo:3000
         request_body {
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index aefadf4..30193b1 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ services:
     environment:
       SITE_HOSTNAME: ${SITE_HOSTNAME}
     volumes:
-      - ./caddy/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
+      # Mount the whole caddy/ dir so both Caddyfile AND certs/ are accessible.
+      - ./caddy:/etc/caddy:ro
+      # Static content for hephaestus.x — landing pages served before falling through to Forgejo.
+      - /var/www/hephaestus.x:/srv/hephaestus.x:ro
       - caddy-data:/data
       - caddy-config:/config
     depends_on:
diff --git a/scripts/sync-hephaestus-x-to-sia.sh b/scripts/sync-hephaestus-x-to-sia.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21d1b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sync-hephaestus-x-to-sia.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# sync-hephaestus-x-to-sia.sh — nightly disaster-recovery backup of the
+# static hephaestus.x content from VPS to the Sia bucket.
+#
+# The BCNR record on hephaestus.x currently points at the VPS via `ip:` only,
+# so users route through this VPS. This script keeps a parallel copy on Sia
+# for disaster recovery: if the VPS dies, updating the BCNR record from
+# `ip:` back to `s3:"bns/hephaestus.x/"` (single Argus CLI call) restores
+# service from the Sia bucket in the time it takes for one BCH transaction
+# to confirm on chipnet.
+#
+# Runs on the p2pexchange VPS via systemd timer (hephaestus-x-sia-sync.timer).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."   # → /root/hephaestus
+set -a; source .env; set +a
+
+: "${SIA_STORAGE_ENDPOINT:?}"
+: "${SIA_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY:?}"
+: "${SIA_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY:?}"
+
+# Use rclone with an inline S3 remote — no config file needed.
+export RCLONE_CONFIG_SIA_TYPE=s3
+export RCLONE_CONFIG_SIA_PROVIDER=Other
+export RCLONE_CONFIG_SIA_ENDPOINT="https://${SIA_STORAGE_ENDPOINT}"
+export RCLONE_CONFIG_SIA_ACCESS_KEY_ID="$SIA_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY"
+export RCLONE_CONFIG_SIA_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="$SIA_STORAGE_SECRET_KEY"
+export RCLONE_CONFIG_SIA_REGION=us-east-1
+
+echo "[$(date -u +%FT%TZ)] syncing /var/www/hephaestus.x/ → sia:bns/hephaestus.x/"
+rclone sync /var/www/hephaestus.x/ sia:bns/hephaestus.x/ --checksum
+
+echo "[$(date -u +%FT%TZ)] done. bucket contents:"
+rclone size sia:bns/hephaestus.x/