There is no one to ask.
-That is the whole difference. Not better software — a missing layer. - The part of the internet that grants permission, and can therefore withdraw it, - is simply absent here. Everything below follows from that one hole.
+Anonymous by default. Not by exception.
+Two missing layers, and everything follows from them. The part that + grants permission — and can therefore withdraw it — is absent. So is the part that + could ever be asked who you are, because it never collected the answer. Not held on + your behalf. Not held at all.
Silent Mode
-Two internets. Twice over.
-The web you use every day is owned — companies decide which names exist, - which pages load, and whose voice carries. There is a second web running on the same - wires, with no registrar and no gatekeeper. Whether you want to use it or - build on it, it starts the same way: something you install, and a name that is - actually yours.
- - -The web you browse
-Where you read, post, and are read. Pick the one you want to live in.
-The blue one
-Stay where it is easy.
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-
- Your account is a permission. It exists while the platform allows it, - under terms they rewrite when they like. -
- What you publish stays up until it does not. Moderation is theirs, - appeals go to them, and the reasons need not be given. -
- You are the measured product. Attention is the business model, so - being watched is not a bug in the system — it is the system. -
- The reach you built is not portable. Leave, and the audience stays - behind. -
The red one
-Step outside it.
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-
- No account, anywhere. No email, no sign-up, no password to reset. - Nothing to suspend, because nothing was granted. -
- A name that is yours by key, not by permission. Held on a public - ledger; no registrar stands between you and it. -
- Pages nobody can pull. On your own server, spread across strangers - who are paid to keep it, or inside a transaction the whole network stores. -
- Nobody to petition, because nobody is in charge. That cuts both ways, - and it is the honest trade. -
The web you build on
-If you ship things, the question repeats one layer down — and this time the - gatekeepers have invoices.
-The blue one
-Rent it, like everyone.
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-
- A domain is a lease, not a title. You rent it yearly at whatever the - registrar charges next time, and forgetting once can lose it. -
- Suspension is a supported feature. Registrars act on court orders, UDRP - rulings and their own policy — by design, not by failure. -
- Every layer keeps a veto. The host has terms of service. The CDN has an - acceptable-use policy. The certificate authority can revoke. -
- It is genuinely good infrastructure. Fast, cheap, supported, and - someone answers the phone. That is the deal you are making. -
The red one
-Own the name outright.
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-
- The name is a certificate you hold. A CashToken on Bitcoin Cash — your - key controls it, and there is no company in the middle to ask. -
- Host it however you like. Your own server, the Sia storage network, or - on-chain for something small. Repoint it whenever, for free. -
- No API key and no account. Names are CashTokens, records are OP_RETURN, - and one beacon address enumerates the whole registry. No sidechain, no fork. -
- Run every part of it yourself. A node plus a small BNS-only indexer - fits a one-core VPS. Any TLD works — the protocol has no allowlist. -
- Running on Bitcoin Cash chipnet — an alpha on a test network, free to try, and
- honest about being early.
- You are reading this on silentmode.st, the
- ordinary-web face of the project. The same pages served the other way live at
- silentmode.bch.
-
Silent Mode
+Two internets. Twice over.
+The web you use every day is owned. Companies decide which names exist, + which pages load, and whose voice carries. Registrars record who bought what. Card + networks and banks sit in the middle of every payment. The browser you are reading this + in reports home, and so does most of what it loads. There are privacy-forward providers + that will hold your identity on your behalf — but they still hold it, and a + court order still reaches them. Sirius.x removes the surface instead: names you hold by + key, pages nobody can pull, payment with no card and no bank, and a browser with nobody + to report to. Anonymous by default, not by exception. Whether you want to + use it or build on it, it starts the same way: something you install, + and a name that is actually yours.
+ + +The web you browse
+Where you read, post, and are read. Pick the one you want to live in.
+The blue one
+Stay where it is easy.
+-
+
- Your account is a permission. It exists while the platform allows it, + under terms they rewrite when they like. +
- You are measured everywhere you go. The browser reports home, the pages + report home, and the profile follows you between them. Attention is the business + model, so being watched is not a bug — it is the system. +
- What you publish stays up until it does not. Moderation is theirs, + appeals go to them, and the reasons need not be given. +
- The reach you built is not portable. Leave, and the audience stays + behind. +
The red one
+Step outside it.
+-
+
- No account, anywhere. No email, no sign-up, no password to reset. + Nothing to suspend, because nothing was granted. +
- A browser with nobody to report to. Theseus resolves names straight + from the chain — no lookup service in the middle logging what you typed. +
- A name that is yours by key, not by permission. Held on a public + ledger; no registrar stands between you and it, and none of them learns your + name to give you one. +
- Pages nobody can pull. On your own server, spread across strangers + who are paid to keep it, or inside a transaction the whole network stores. +
- Nobody to petition, because nobody is in charge. That cuts both ways, + and it is the honest trade. +
The web you build on
+If you ship things, the question repeats one layer down — and this time the + gatekeepers have invoices, and a record of who paid them.
+The blue one
+Rent it, like everyone.
+-
+
- Anonymous only by exception. The default path binds the name to your + legal identity — WHOIS/RDAP holds the registrant data, ICANN requires it be + accurate, and the card ties it all together. Privacy providers like Njalla take + Monero and behave well — pair them with Tor or a VPN and the real-world privacy + is genuinely good. Pay with a bank card, and none of it applies. Either way, the + provider still holds what they were told and can be compelled to produce + it. +
- A domain is a lease, not a title. You rent it yearly at whatever the + registrar charges next time, and forgetting once can lose it. +
- Suspension is a supported feature. Registrars act on court orders, UDRP + rulings and their own policy — by design, not by failure. +
- Every layer keeps a veto, and a bank sits under all of them. Host, + CDN, certificate authority, payment processor. Any one can decline. +
- It is genuinely good infrastructure. Fast, cheap, supported, and + someone answers the phone. That is the deal you are making. +
The red one
+Own the name outright.
+Sirius.x — names and hosting, paid in crypto
+-
+
- Anonymous by default, not by exception. No account, no email, no card, + no bank — because the stack does not support them. Nothing to compel out of a + provider that never held it. +
- Payment is peer to peer. You pay in crypto, direct to the seller, with + no processor deciding whether you may and no bank keeping a record of the + purchase. Add Tor or a VPN to cover the network layer, which nothing else can + do for you — no stack removes your IP. +
- The name is a certificate you hold. A CashToken on Bitcoin Cash — your + key controls it, and there is no company in the middle to ask. +
- Host it however you like. Your own server, the Sia storage network, or + on-chain for something small. Repoint it whenever, for free. +
- The whole stack is yours to run. Browser, resolver, indexer, registry — + a node plus a small BNS-only indexer fits a one-core VPS. Any TLD works; the + protocol has no allowlist. +
+ Running on Bitcoin Cash chipnet — an alpha on a test network, free to try, and
+ honest about being early.
+ You are reading this on silentmode.st, the
+ ordinary-web face of the project. The same pages served the other way live at
+ silentmode.bch.
+
Rent it, like everyone.
This is the stack almost every site on the internet is built on. It is mature, it is inexpensive, and it is very good at its job. It is also five separate - companies, each of whom can independently decide your project is over.
+ companies, each of whom can independently decide your project is over — and every one + of them keeps a record that reaches back to you. + ++ But the mechanism is different. Those providers hold an identity, or a payment, + or a network address on your behalf, and can be compelled to produce what they + have. Anyone who paid with a bank card, or opened an account with an email that reaches + back to them, has not really used the privacy path at all — they have used a privacy + brand attached to the ordinary rails. The conventional stack is + anonymous only by exception, and the exception is compellable. Sirius.x is + anonymous by default — the identity, the payment record, and the account were + never collected, because the stack cannot collect them. +
Who holds what
The other option is not a replacement for all of that. It replaces exactly one - layer — the one that decides whether the name is still yours — and leaves the rest of - your choices open. Same day, few cents, no account.
+Sirius.x removes two of these surfaces — the one that decides whether the name + is still yours, and the one that could ever be asked what you paid or who you are. + Not held on your behalf; not held at all. The rest of your choices stay open. Same + day, few cents, no account, no card.
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