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< title > Silent Mode — decentralized web infrastructure< / title >
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< a class = "brand" href = "/" > ⛓️ Silent < span class = "g" > Mode< / span > < / a >
< a href = "nav/" > Tools< / a >
< a href = "apps/" > Apps< / a >
< a href = "register.html" > Names< / a >
< a href = "store/" > Store< / a >
< a href = "hermes/" > Messenger< / a >
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< div class = "mark" > ⛓️< / div >
< h1 > Silent < span class = "g" > Mode< / span > < / h1 >
< p class = "tag" > A development department for the decentralized web. We build the names,
the hosting, and the clients that reach them — everything you need to run a site
nobody can seize, and everything you need to visit one.< / p >
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< a class = "btn acid" href = "apps/#theseus" > Download the browser< / a >
< a class = "btn ghost" href = "nav/" > See all tools< / a >
< a class = "btn ghost" href = "https://navigate.st/bns/silentmode.bch" > See our .bch demo< / a >
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New to any of this? < a href = "choose/" style = "color:var(--mut)" > Start with the choice →< / a >
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< 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.
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The project's own demonstration lives at < b > < a href = "https://navigate.st/bns/silentmode.bch" > silentmode.bch< / a > < / b >
— same project, hosted < i > with< / i > the tools it describes. No host, no registrar, no DNS,
no certificate authority.
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Any resolver installed? Try it natively: < a href = "https://silentmode.bch/" > < code class = "inline" > https://silentmode.bch/< / code > < / a >
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< h2 > Ways in — pick one< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > Three paths to open a name registered on the Bitcoin Cash chain, from
"nothing installed" to "full browser." The < a href = "nav/" > tools hub< / a > explains
each in depth.< / p >
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< span class = "pill p-live" > live< / span >
< h3 > Relay < span class = "src s-srv" > no install< / span > < / h3 >
< p > Read any < code class = "inline" > .bch< / code > name through < a href = "https://navigate.st/" > navigate.st< / a >
over ordinary HTTPS. Works on any device, in any browser, without downloads.< / p >
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< span class = "pill p-alpha" > alpha< / span >
< h3 > Theseus Navigator < span class = "src s-chain" > browser< / span > < / h3 >
< p > A desktop browser that speaks < code class = "inline" > .bch< / code > and other BNS TLDs
natively — provenance badge on every page, secret-free.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "apps/#theseus" > Download for Windows →< / a > < / p >
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< span class = "pill p-alpha" > alpha< / span >
< h3 > Ariadne Resolver < span class = "src s-chain" > system-wide< / span > < / h3 >
< p > A small background service that teaches your whole computer to open BNS names
in < i > every< / i > browser. Windows now; other platforms next.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "apps/#resolver" > Download →< / a > < / p >
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< span class = "pill p-alpha" > alpha< / span >
< h3 > Ariadne for Android < span class = "src s-chain" > phone< / span > < / h3 >
< p > Resolve < code class = "inline" > .bch< / code > names on the phone itself. Tabs, tap-to-verify
provenance badge, no account.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "apps/#android" > Download APK →< / a > < / p >
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< h2 > Names & hosting< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > Own a name on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain — permanent, no renewal, no
registrar who can take it back. Attach a website you host anywhere: inside the
blockchain transaction, on the Sia storage network, or on a server you already run.< / p >
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< span class = "pill p-live" > live< / span >
< h3 > Register a name< / h3 >
< p > Search availability, mint the name certificate to your own wallet, done.
Fractions of a cent, no monthly bill.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "register.html" > Search a name →< / a > < / p >
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< span class = "pill p-alpha" > alpha< / span >
< h3 > Point it at content< / h3 >
< p > Three storage backends — inline on chain (tiny pages), Sia network (full sites,
encrypted & sharded across strangers), or your own server.< / p >
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< span class = "pill p-designed" > designed< / span >
< h3 > Hosting pact < span class = "src s-sia" > Argo< / span > < / h3 >
< p > The incentive layer nobody pays for today: independent hosts pooling to keep
your site up, paid by a covenant on chain. Designed; not built.< / p >
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< h2 > Coming next< / h2 >
< p class = "lede" > Two products moving from design into build. Both use BNS names as the
root of identity, so nothing about them depends on ICANN, app stores, or accounts.< / p >
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< span class = "pill p-designed" > designed< / span >
< h3 > App store< / h3 >
< p > An app-store-shaped listing where the entries themselves live on chain and the
reviews are signed endorsements you filter by who you trust. No gatekeeper
approves what ships.< / p >
< p style = "margin-top:.8rem" > < a href = "store/" > How it will work →< / a > < / p >
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< span class = "pill p-designed" > designed< / span >
< h3 > Hermes — messenger< / h3 >
< p > End-to-end encrypted DMs over Nostr, addressed by your < code class = "inline" > .bch< / code >
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 >
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< div class = "note" > < b > Verify everything, trust nothing.< / b > Every download published here is
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 >
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< 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 >
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