2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
<!doctype html>
< html lang = "en" >
< head >
< meta charset = "utf-8" >
< meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" >
< title > Silent Mode — decentralized web infrastructure< / title >
2026-08-31 03:21:39 +02:00
< meta name = "description" content = "Silent Mode is a development department for the decentralized web. Names on the Bitcoin Cash chain (Sirius), apps on Sia (Prometheus), search without a gatekeeper (Helios), messaging by name (Hermes), a code forge that signs you in with a wallet (Hephaestus), and the clients that reach them all." >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< link rel = "stylesheet" href = "shared.css" >
< / head >
< body >
< nav class = "topnav" >
< a class = "brand" href = "/" > ⛓️ Silent < span class = "g" > Mode< / span > < / a >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< a href = "tools/" > Tools< / a >
< a href = "prometheus/" > Prometheus< / a >
< a href = "sirius/" > Sirius< / a >
2026-08-31 03:21:39 +02:00
< a href = "hephaestus/" > Hephaestus< / a >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< a href = "helios/" > Helios< / a >
< a href = "hermes/" > Hermes< / a >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / nav >
< header class = "hero" >
< div class = "mark" > ⛓️< / div >
< h1 > Silent < span class = "g" > Mode< / span > < / h1 >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< p class = "tag" > A development department for the decentralized web. We build names,
hosting, apps, search, messaging, and the clients that reach them — everything you
need to run a site nobody can seize, and everything you need to visit one.< / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< div class = "cta" >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< a class = "btn acid" href = "tools/#theseus" > Download the browser< / a >
< a class = "btn ghost" href = "tools/" > See all tools< / a >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< a class = "btn ghost" href = "https://navigate.st/bns/silentmode.bch" > See our .bch demo< / a >
< / div >
2026-07-30 08:16:55 +02:00
< p style = "margin:1.4rem 0 0;color:var(--dim);font-size:13px" >
New to any of this? < a href = "choose/" style = "color:var(--mut)" > Start with the choice →< / a >
< / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / header >
< div class = "wrap" >
<!-- ============ .st vs .bch — the split ============ -->
< div class = "note" style = "margin-top:1.6rem;font-size:14.5px;border-left-color:var(--sia)" >
< b > This page is ordinary web infrastructure.< / b > < code class = "inline" > silentmode.st< / code >
runs on nginx, a rented server, an ICANN domain, and a Let's Encrypt certificate — because
the point of this page is to < i > talk about< / i > the alternative web, and the widest
audience needs no install to read it.
< br > < br >
The project's own demonstration lives at < b > < a href = "https://navigate.st/bns/silentmode.bch" > silentmode.bch< / a > < / b >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
— same project, hosted < i > with< / i > the tools it describes. No centralized host, no registrar
entity, no DNS, no certificate authority.
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< span style = "display:block;color:var(--dim);font-size:12.5px;margin-top:.6rem" >
Any resolver installed? Try it natively: < a href = "https://silentmode.bch/" > < code class = "inline" > https://silentmode.bch/< / code > < / a >
< / span >
< / div >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
<!-- ============ THE FIVE PRODUCTS ============ -->
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< section class = "plain" >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< h2 > What we build< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > Five products, each named for a figure whose role matches its function.
Each solves one part of the "how do we run a web without gatekeepers" problem, and
all five interoperate around one thing: a name on the Bitcoin Cash chain.< / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< div class = "grid" >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< div class = "card" >
< span class = "pill p-alpha" > alpha< / span >
2026-08-07 20:28:25 +02:00
< h3 > Tools < span class = "src s-chain" > Theseus for Windows & Android< / span > < / h3 >
< p > Two flagship browsers, one brand across platforms — Ariadne resolver built in.
Also: the public relay (no install), the Firefox extension, and a standalone
Ariadne Resolver for system-wide BNS in every browser.< / p >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "tools/" > See all tools →< / a > < / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< span class = "pill p-live" > live< / span >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< h3 > Sirius < span class = "src s-chain" > names< / span > < / h3 >
< p > Domain names on Bitcoin Cash — permanent, no renewal, no registrar. Register a
name in one transaction, hold it in your wallet, point it at any content on any
network.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "sirius/" > Register a name →< / a > < / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / div >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
2026-08-31 03:21:39 +02:00
< div class = "card" >
< span class = "pill p-live" > live< / span >
< h3 > Hephaestus < span class = "src s-sia" > code< / span > < / h3 >
< p > A code forge you sign into with a Bitcoin Cash wallet. Forgejo UI, repos on the
host, LFS/releases/packages on Sia. No email, no password reset, no middleman.
Live at < a href = "https://code.silentmode.st/" > code.silentmode.st< / a > .< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "hephaestus/" > See Hephaestus →< / a > < / p >
< / div >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< div class = "card" >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< span class = "pill p-designed" > designed< / span >
< h3 > Prometheus < span class = "src s-sia" > apps< / span > < / h3 >
< p > Home for apps and programs published on chain, hosted on Sia. Categories,
signed endorsements, verified installs. Anyone can publish; nobody can gatekeep.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "prometheus/" > Browse Prometheus →< / a > < / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / div >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< div class = "card" >
< span class = "pill p-designed" > designed< / span >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< h3 > Helios < span class = "src s-srv" > search< / span > < / h3 >
< p > A search engine for the decentralized web. No central crawler to trust, no
authority to rank, no advertiser to serve. Ranking by trust list, not algorithm.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "helios/" > How it will work →< / a > < / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / div >
< div class = "card" >
< span class = "pill p-designed" > designed< / span >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< h3 > Hermes < span class = "src s-tor" > messages< / span > < / h3 >
< p > End-to-end encrypted messaging over Nostr, addressed by your BNS name instead
of a public-key string. Same wallet is your identity — no email, no phone number,
no company.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "hermes/" > Read the design →< / a > < / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / div >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< div class = "card" >
< span class = "pill p-designed" > designed< / span >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< h3 > Argo < span class = "src s-sia" > hosting pact< / span > < / h3 >
< p > The incentive layer nobody pays for today. Independent hosts pooling to keep
your site up, paid by a covenant on chain. The piece that turns "you can host
it" into "someone will keep hosting it."< / p >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / div >
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
< / div >
< / section >
<!-- ============ THE COMMON THREAD ============ -->
< section >
< h2 > One thread through all five< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > Everything above depends on one thing: a name registered on the
Bitcoin Cash chain, held in a wallet you control. That name is your address on
Prometheus, your identity on Hermes, your ranking signal on Helios, and the URL
Tools resolve. Register once; use it everywhere. Nobody issues it, nobody revokes
it, and no service you use here needs an account.< / p >
< div class = "cta" style = "justify-content:flex-start" >
< a class = "btn acid" href = "sirius/" > Register a name at Sirius →< / a >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / div >
< / section >
< div class = "note" > < b > Verify everything, trust nothing.< / b > Every download published here is
2026-07-31 08:43:31 +02:00
fingerprinted with SHA-256; the canonical list is at < a href = "releases/" > /releases/< / a > .
Alpha software on a test network — expect it to change, and check hashes before you
install.< / div >
2026-07-29 13:54:34 +02:00
< / div >
< footer >
< div > Silent Mode — a Deviant project.< / div >
< div class = "fine" > A development department for the decentralized web. Nothing here is a
service, product guarantee, or investment. Verify against the chain; trust nothing
that cannot be checked.< / div >
< / footer >
< / body >
< / html >
