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< span > theseus< span class = "g" > .x< / span > < / span >
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< a href = "#what" > What it is< / a >
< a href = "#features" > Features< / a >
< a href = "#download" > Download< / a >
< a href = "#verify" > Verify< / a >
< a href = "/extensions/" > Extensions< / a >
< a href = "https://sirius.x/" title = "Register a BCNR name" > sirius.x< / a >
< a class = "get" href = "#download" > Get Theseus< / a >
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< h1 > Theseus < span class = "g" > Navigator< / span > < / h1 >
< p class = "tag" > A Chromium-based browser that resolves Bitcoin Cash names on the
device itself. No OS-level daemon, no DNS shim, no root-store install. Type
< code > silentmode.bch< / code > , get the on-chain answer, see which registry &
which storage served it.< / p >
< div class = "cta" >
< a class = "btn acid" href = "#download" > Download for Windows< / a >
< a class = "btn ghost" href = "#download" > Android APK< / a >
< a class = "btn ghost" href = "#what" > How it works< / a >
< / div >
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< section id = "what" >
< h2 > What it is< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > Theseus is a browser built around the assumption that names should
be resolved by the person using them, not by an intermediary. It ships an
embedded resolver (Ariadne) that watches the Bitcoin Cash chain directly and answers
name lookups locally — the app < i > is< / i > both the browser and the resolver.
Every page carries a badge showing which registry produced the record
(BCNR, ICANN) and which backend served the bytes (on-chain, Sia, direct IP,
or a plain HTTPS fallback).< / p >
< div class = "grid" >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > < span class = "dot d-chain" > < / span > On-chain first< / h3 >
< p > Every dotted host is asked of BCNR before anything else. If the chain
answers, that answer wins — no matter what any DNS operator says. If
BCNR has no record, Theseus falls through to the clearnet.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > < span class = "dot d-sia" > < / span > Trust one thing< / h3 >
< p > The app is the trust boundary. No daemon, no root cert, no proxy in the
middle. Uninstall it and BCNR is gone from that machine — nothing lingers
in the OS.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > < span class = "dot d-srv" > < / span > Warm from the first click< / h3 >
< p > A bundled beacon snapshot loads before the first navigation can fire; a
background delta refresh keeps the index current every 30 s; a Sia
snapshot pull on boot catches long-idle installs up in one HTTP call.< / p >
< / div >
< / div >
< / section >
< section id = "features" >
< h2 > What's inside< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > Everything a mainstream browser has, plus what the chain enables.< / p >
< div class = "grid" >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > Native BCNR< / h3 >
< p > Type a name, get the on-chain record. < code > h< / code > serves from the chain,
< code > s3< / code > from Sia storage, < code > ip< / code > direct-connects, < code > u< / code >
redirects. TLS fingerprint pinning against the on-chain < code > tls< / code > record
for < code > ip< / code > hops.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > window.bcnr API< / h3 >
< p > Every page can call < code > window.bcnr.resolveName(…)< / code > ,
< code > isRegistered(…)< / code > , < code > getBcnrTlds()< / code > , and
< code > getRecordVersion(…)< / code > . dApps don't need to ship their own resolver.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > Password manager< / h3 >
< p > Local vault, deterministic derivation from a BIP-39 seed. Same seed on a
different device produces the same passwords. Autofill on demand — never
watches the page for you.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > Tor toggle< / h3 >
< p > One click routes everything through a bundled Tor client — pluggable
transports included for hostile networks. Off by default; nothing is
proxied without your say-so.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > Anti-fingerprinting< / h3 >
< p > Timezone / locale / language / geolocation can be shown, hidden, spoofed
with a plausible decoy, or set manually. Media-device labels blanked by
default so < code > enumerateDevices< / code > can't leak an audiooutput ID.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > Privacy by default< / h3 >
< p > Cookies, cache, storage, and history clear on quit unless you opt in.
Camera and microphone denied by default. WebRTC IP policy set to
public-only.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > System-wide, optional< / h3 >
< p > Theseus's resolver is in-process by default — nothing else on the
machine is touched. The Windows installer offers < b > Ariadne's Thread< / b >
as a recommended-on checkbox: one click also installs a system-wide
resolver so Chrome, Edge, and every other browser resolve BCNR too.
Uninstalling Theseus asks whether to remove it. Skip the checkbox and
Theseus is still fully self-contained.< / p >
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< h3 > Small, auditable< / h3 >
< p > Under 100 MB, Electron + a few kilobytes of BCNR glue. Source at
< a href = "https://silentmode.st/" > silentmode.st< / a > . Reproducible builds
with < code > SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH< / code > .< / p >
< / div >
< / div >
< / section >
< section id = "download" >
< h2 > Download< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > Latest is < b > 0.0.9< / b > . Windows installer + portable, and an
Android build (Ariadne mobile — same brand, phone form factor).< / p >
< div class = "plats" >
< div class = "plat" >
< div class = "lbl" > Desktop · Windows 64-bit< / div >
< h3 > Theseus for Windows< / h3 >
< p > Full-window desktop browser with Tor toggle and the multi-source BNS
warm-start.< / p >
< div class = "meta" > v0.3.44 · installer ~118 MB (bundles Ariadne's Thread) · portable ~117 MB · unsigned< / div >
< div class = "btns" >
< a class = "btn acid" href = "https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.44.exe" > Installer< / a >
< a class = "btn ghost" href = "https://dl.silentmode.st/TheseusNavigator-0.3.44-portable.exe" > Portable .exe< / a >
< / div >
< div class = "hashes" id = "hashes-win" >
< div class = "h" > < b > Installer< / b > < code > 6dd510184a3c1488ac93b7fd0194ddd239fe4e31083705afcc3c7bde0f530107< / code > < / div >
< div class = "h" > < b > Portable< / b > < code > 346be24804db0d8a00cd76a2c89cd3bd2b9af17e5505b25ec326f30c3ceec6ad< / code > < / div >
< / div >
< / div >
< div class = "plat" >
< div class = "lbl" > Mobile · Android 5.0+ (API 21)< / div >
< h3 > Ariadne for Android< / h3 >
< p > Phone-sized browser with tap-to-verify provenance — the block and
transaction behind each name are one tap away.< / p >
feat(ariadne/mobile): 0.17 — the address bar finally searches
Direct answers to the three complaints in one release.
"Doesn't load any results even if I type a keyword" — navigateTo used to
always append .bch to any bare label. So "bitcoin" became
https://bitcoin.bch/ and NXDOMAINed. Now: input with a space, or bare
label with no dot, routes to the user's chosen search engine. Input with
a dot (hello.bch, example.com) stays a URL. Matches Chrome/Firefox
omnibox behaviour exactly.
"Has no check for updates in settings" — new Updates section shows the
installed version + signing-cert SHA-256, with a "Check for updates now"
button that manually polls dl.silentmode.st and toasts the result. If a
newer version exists, the standard silent-prefetch → green-chip → tap-to
-install flow (unchanged from 0.15) kicks in.
"Looks poor compared to a regular browser" — Settings gains three more
sections beyond Resolution / Ariadne's Thread / Maintenance:
- Search: segmented picker for DuckDuckGo (default), Startpage, Brave
Search, Google, Kagi. Persists via SharedPreferences.
- Updates: version + cert + manual check.
- Privacy: "Clear browsing data" — cookies (CookieManager), form data,
cache, per-tab history, all in one tap. Bookmarks + tabs preserved.
- About: silentmode.st/theseus + theseus.x links, brand credit.
serveSettingsPage() signature grew to take (indexerOn, searchKey,
currentVersion) so it can render the current selection + version. Added
searchEngineSegment() helper for the picker layout.
Release: ariadne-v0.17.apk sha256
8a655081782ecc17a50a7fcd67c28625ccb0c905cf6b583bdd703a128b2b9b10
Deployed to dl.silentmode.st + silentmode.bch (Sia mirror). Site pages
bumped: silentmode.st/tools + /releases + /theseus + theseus.x.
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< div class = "meta" > v0.17 · ~146 KB · self-signed release key · in-app auto-update< / div >
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< div class = "btns" >
feat(ariadne/mobile): 0.17 — the address bar finally searches
Direct answers to the three complaints in one release.
"Doesn't load any results even if I type a keyword" — navigateTo used to
always append .bch to any bare label. So "bitcoin" became
https://bitcoin.bch/ and NXDOMAINed. Now: input with a space, or bare
label with no dot, routes to the user's chosen search engine. Input with
a dot (hello.bch, example.com) stays a URL. Matches Chrome/Firefox
omnibox behaviour exactly.
"Has no check for updates in settings" — new Updates section shows the
installed version + signing-cert SHA-256, with a "Check for updates now"
button that manually polls dl.silentmode.st and toasts the result. If a
newer version exists, the standard silent-prefetch → green-chip → tap-to
-install flow (unchanged from 0.15) kicks in.
"Looks poor compared to a regular browser" — Settings gains three more
sections beyond Resolution / Ariadne's Thread / Maintenance:
- Search: segmented picker for DuckDuckGo (default), Startpage, Brave
Search, Google, Kagi. Persists via SharedPreferences.
- Updates: version + cert + manual check.
- Privacy: "Clear browsing data" — cookies (CookieManager), form data,
cache, per-tab history, all in one tap. Bookmarks + tabs preserved.
- About: silentmode.st/theseus + theseus.x links, brand credit.
serveSettingsPage() signature grew to take (indexerOn, searchKey,
currentVersion) so it can render the current selection + version. Added
searchEngineSegment() helper for the picker layout.
Release: ariadne-v0.17.apk sha256
8a655081782ecc17a50a7fcd67c28625ccb0c905cf6b583bdd703a128b2b9b10
Deployed to dl.silentmode.st + silentmode.bch (Sia mirror). Site pages
bumped: silentmode.st/tools + /releases + /theseus + theseus.x.
2026-09-13 20:19:34 +02:00
< a class = "btn acid" href = "https://dl.silentmode.st/ariadne-v0.17.apk" > Download APK< / a >
2026-09-12 01:56:40 +02:00
< / div >
< div class = "hashes" id = "hashes-android" >
feat(ariadne/mobile): 0.17 — the address bar finally searches
Direct answers to the three complaints in one release.
"Doesn't load any results even if I type a keyword" — navigateTo used to
always append .bch to any bare label. So "bitcoin" became
https://bitcoin.bch/ and NXDOMAINed. Now: input with a space, or bare
label with no dot, routes to the user's chosen search engine. Input with
a dot (hello.bch, example.com) stays a URL. Matches Chrome/Firefox
omnibox behaviour exactly.
"Has no check for updates in settings" — new Updates section shows the
installed version + signing-cert SHA-256, with a "Check for updates now"
button that manually polls dl.silentmode.st and toasts the result. If a
newer version exists, the standard silent-prefetch → green-chip → tap-to
-install flow (unchanged from 0.15) kicks in.
"Looks poor compared to a regular browser" — Settings gains three more
sections beyond Resolution / Ariadne's Thread / Maintenance:
- Search: segmented picker for DuckDuckGo (default), Startpage, Brave
Search, Google, Kagi. Persists via SharedPreferences.
- Updates: version + cert + manual check.
- Privacy: "Clear browsing data" — cookies (CookieManager), form data,
cache, per-tab history, all in one tap. Bookmarks + tabs preserved.
- About: silentmode.st/theseus + theseus.x links, brand credit.
serveSettingsPage() signature grew to take (indexerOn, searchKey,
currentVersion) so it can render the current selection + version. Added
searchEngineSegment() helper for the picker layout.
Release: ariadne-v0.17.apk sha256
8a655081782ecc17a50a7fcd67c28625ccb0c905cf6b583bdd703a128b2b9b10
Deployed to dl.silentmode.st + silentmode.bch (Sia mirror). Site pages
bumped: silentmode.st/tools + /releases + /theseus + theseus.x.
2026-09-13 20:19:34 +02:00
< div class = "h" > < b > APK< / b > < code > 8a655081782ecc17a50a7fcd67c28625ccb0c905cf6b583bdd703a128b2b9b10< / code > < / div >
2026-09-12 01:56:40 +02:00
< div class = "h" > < b > Signing key< / b > < code > 46ebbbe5dc73148d66410fd0337b1e6683472128c983e8e2578200b9e3ca548c< / code > < / div >
< / div >
< / div >
< / div >
< div class = "note" > < b > Nothing is signed by an authority your device trusts< / b >
— by design. Verify the SHA-256 below before running. The machine-readable
manifest is at
< a href = "https://dl.silentmode.st/releases-manifest.json" > releases-manifest.json< / a > .< / div >
< / section >
< section id = "verify" >
< h2 > Verify what you downloaded< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > The hashes above are the same ones published at
< a href = "https://silentmode.bch/releases/" > silentmode.bch/releases< / a > (Sia
mirror, name-anchored) and inside the on-chain
< code > releases.silentmode.bch< / code > pointer. Three independent surfaces —
they should all agree.< / p >
< pre > Windows PowerShell:
Get-FileHash TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.0.9.exe -Algorithm SHA256
macOS / Linux:
sha256sum TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.0.9.exe
Expected:
5452a34f211176cf04b7ea77a70fb838f0031b6ea0faed2cd270eae989b20c60< / pre >
< / section >
< footer >
< p > theseus.x is a BCNR name resolving to a Sia-hosted static site.
Source and issues: < a href = "https://silentmode.st/" > silentmode.st< / a > .
Alpha software on a test network.< / p >
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