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+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<title>Hephaestus — opening the forge…</title>
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://code.silentmode.st/">
+<link rel="canonical" href="https://code.silentmode.st/">
+<style>
+  body{margin:0;background:#0b0e14;color:#e7eaf1;
+       font:15px/1.6 system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,sans-serif;
+       min-height:100vh;display:grid;place-items:center;text-align:center;padding:1rem}
+  a{color:#d6ff3d;text-decoration:none}
+  a:hover{text-decoration:underline}
+  .mark{font-size:44px;line-height:1;margin-bottom:.4rem}
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<div>
+  <div class="mark">⚒️</div>
+  Opening the forge…<br>
+  <a href="https://code.silentmode.st/">code.silentmode.st →</a>
+</div>
+<script>location.replace("https://code.silentmode.st/");</script>
+</body>
+</html>
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+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<title>Hephaestus — opening the forge…</title>
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://code.silentmode.st/">
+<link rel="canonical" href="https://code.silentmode.st/">
+<style>
+  body{margin:0;background:#0b0e14;color:#e7eaf1;
+       font:15px/1.6 system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,sans-serif;
+       min-height:100vh;display:grid;place-items:center;text-align:center;padding:1rem}
+  a{color:#d6ff3d;text-decoration:none}
+  a:hover{text-decoration:underline}
+  .mark{font-size:44px;line-height:1;margin-bottom:.4rem}
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<div>
+  <div class="mark">⚒️</div>
+  Opening the forge…<br>
+  <a href="https://code.silentmode.st/">code.silentmode.st →</a>
+</div>
+<script>location.replace("https://code.silentmode.st/");</script>
+</body>
+</html>
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+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<title>Hephaestus — the forge</title>
+<meta name="description" content="A code host you sign in to with a Bitcoin Cash wallet. Repos hosted, cold blobs on Sia. No email, no password reset, no middleman.">
+<style>
+  :root{
+    --bg:#0b0e14; --panel:#141a24; --panel2:#18202c; --line:rgba(255,255,255,.09);
+    --ink:#e7eaf1; --mut:#8b98a9; --dim:#5e6678; --acid:#d6ff3d;
+  }
+  *{box-sizing:border-box}
+  html{scroll-behavior:smooth}
+  body{margin:0;background:radial-gradient(1100px 560px at 50% -12%,#16202e,var(--bg));
+       color:var(--ink);font:16px/1.65 system-ui,-apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,sans-serif;min-height:100vh;
+       display:flex;flex-direction:column}
+  a{color:var(--acid)}
+  .wrap{max-width:820px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 1.2rem;width:100%;flex:1}
+  header.hero{text-align:center;padding:6rem 1.2rem 1rem}
+  .mark{font-size:64px;line-height:1}
+  h1{font-size:clamp(2.2rem,6vw,3.4rem);margin:.5rem 0 .3rem;letter-spacing:-0.01em}
+  h1 .g{color:var(--acid)}
+  .tag{color:var(--mut);font-size:1.1rem;max-width:600px;margin:0 auto}
+  .cta{margin-top:2rem;display:flex;gap:10px;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap}
+  .btn{display:inline-block;text-decoration:none;padding:12px 22px;border-radius:10px;font-size:14.5px;font-weight:500;
+       border:1px solid var(--line);color:var(--ink);background:transparent;transition:filter .1s,background .1s}
+  .btn.acid{background:var(--acid);color:#0b0e14;font-weight:600;border-color:var(--acid)}
+  .btn:hover{filter:brightness(1.12);background:var(--panel)}
+  .btn.acid:hover{background:var(--acid)}
+  section.facts{padding:3rem 0 1rem}
+  .grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(220px,1fr));gap:14px}
+  .card{background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;padding:20px 22px}
+  .card h3{margin:0 0 .35rem;font-size:15px;color:var(--ink);letter-spacing:.01em}
+  .card p{margin:0;color:var(--mut);font-size:13.5px;line-height:1.6}
+  .card b{color:var(--ink)}
+  section.stack{padding:2rem 0}
+  dl.spec{display:grid;grid-template-columns:auto 1fr;gap:8px 22px;margin:0;font-size:13.5px}
+  dl.spec dt{color:var(--dim);white-space:nowrap;font-family:ui-monospace,monospace}
+  dl.spec dd{margin:0;color:var(--mut)}
+  dl.spec dd b{color:var(--ink)}
+  dl.spec a{color:var(--acid)}
+  section.stack h2{font-size:1.15rem;margin:0 0 .8rem;color:var(--ink);font-weight:500}
+  footer{border-top:1px solid var(--line);padding:2.4rem 1.2rem 3.4rem;color:var(--dim);font-size:13px;text-align:center;margin-top:3rem}
+  footer a{color:var(--mut)}
+  footer a:hover{color:var(--ink)}
+  code{background:#0e131b;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:5px;padding:1px 6px;font-family:ui-monospace,monospace;font-size:12.5px}
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<div class="wrap">
+
+<header class="hero">
+  <div class="mark">⚒️</div>
+  <h1><span class="g">Hephaestus</span></h1>
+  <p class="tag">A code host you sign in to with a Bitcoin Cash wallet. No email, no password reset, no middleman.</p>
+  <div class="cta">
+    <a class="btn acid" href="https://code.silentmode.st/user/oauth2/hephaestus-wallet">Sign in with wallet →</a>
+    <a class="btn" href="https://code.silentmode.st/explore/repos">Browse repos</a>
+    <a class="btn" href="https://silentmode.st/hephaestus/">Read the docs</a>
+  </div>
+</header>
+
+<section class="facts">
+  <div class="grid">
+    <div class="card">
+      <h3>Your wallet is your account</h3>
+      <p>Generate or import a BCH wallet in the browser. Sign one challenge, you're in. <b>Nothing to remember except your recovery phrase.</b></p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="card">
+      <h3>Storage on Sia</h3>
+      <p>LFS, releases, packages, attachments — all sharded and encrypted across independent Sia hosts worldwide. <b>Live git stays on a fast local disk</b> for speed.</p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="card">
+      <h3>Standard git, nothing weird</h3>
+      <p><code>git clone</code>, <code>git push</code>, PRs, issues, releases, container/npm registries. Bring your existing muscle memory.</p>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</section>
+
+<section class="stack">
+  <h2>Where it lives</h2>
+  <dl class="spec">
+    <dt>forge</dt>       <dd><a href="https://code.silentmode.st/">code.silentmode.st</a> — Forgejo 10, Let's Encrypt TLS</dd>
+    <dt>this name</dt>   <dd><b>hephaestus.x</b> — on-chain BCNR certificate, chipnet, owner-controlled</dd>
+    <dt>storage</dt>     <dd>Sia network via <code>s3.silentmode.st:8600</code>, encrypted client-side</dd>
+    <dt>source</dt>      <dd><a href="https://code.silentmode.st/silentmode/silentmode">silentmode/silentmode</a> — under <code>Hephaestus/</code></dd>
+    <dt>protocol</dt>    <dd>BIP-137 "Bitcoin Signed Message" over BCH secp256k1 — any wallet that speaks Sign Message can log in</dd>
+  </dl>
+</section>
+
+</div>
+
+<footer>
+  A tool from <a href="https://silentmode.st/">Silent Mode</a> · alpha on chipnet · one wallet, all of it
+</footer>
+
+</body>
+</html>
