A home for apps, programs, dApps, and libraries — listed on the Bitcoin - Cash chain, hosted on Sia, endorsed by signature. Anyone can publish. Nobody can - gatekeep. Named for the one who gave fire to humans and did not ask the gods first.
+ +A home for apps published on the Bitcoin Cash chain — + listings on chain, binaries on Sia, scan reports signed, endorsements signed. + Anyone can publish. Nobody can gatekeep.
+ ++ prometheus.x is a BCNR name — it resolves in + Theseus or any browser with + Ariadne's Thread installed. The + apps.silentmode.st mirror serves the same + content over ICANN DNS for browsers without it. +
On a conventional store, one company decides which shelf an app belongs - on. Here the publisher labels their own listing, and your trust list decides whether - to show it. The categories below are the initial shape; a new one gets proposed by - publishing a listing against it.
+A directory of apps that publish themselves. Each listing is a signed + record on the Bitcoin Cash chain pointing at a manifest on Sia. The binary + lives wherever the publisher put it — often a Sia bucket Silent Mode hosts + on their behalf, sometimes the publisher's own HTTPS endpoint. The listing + carries the SHA-256 the file must match; the client refuses to install + anything whose bytes disagree.
-Messengers, voice, boards, group chats. Clients that route through peers rather - than someone else's server.
- 0 listings - -Tor and mix-net tooling, key and vault managers, disk crypto. The things a - conventional store delists first when a government writes.
- 0 listings - -BCH wallets, cross-chain bridges, point-of-sale terminals. The chain publishes - the listing and the chain settles the payment.
- 0 listings - -Standalone titles, on-chain leaderboards, in-app purchases that reach the - publisher instead of a 30% toll.
- 0 listings - -SDKs, libraries, indexers, faucets, protocol utilities. The pieces other apps - on this list are built out of.
- 0 listings - -Readers, players, one-file blogs, podcast hosts. Clients that find their - audience without going through an aggregator.
- 0 listings - -File tools, format converters, backup, calculators. The small sharp things that - solve one problem and do not ask for an account first.
- 0 listings - -Anything that does not fit above. New categories are proposed in-band — any - listing can declare one and clients will offer to add it.
- 0 listings - -Scan reports are signed by Prometheus (ClamAV plus VirusTotal where a + key is configured) and attached to the listing. Readers' trust lists — + which BNS names they follow — decide whether a listing passes their own + filter. There is no central approval queue and no editorial pick.
APS1 record
- to Bitcoin Cash — same protocol shape as a BNS name registration, different
- prefix. The payload is a hash pointing at a full manifest stored on Sia:
- name, description, category, icon, version, download URL, binary SHA-256, and
- signing-cert fingerprint. Nobody approves the record; the transaction is the
- publish.alice.bch,
- vouch for this app." Your client shows the endorsements from names on trust
- lists you subscribe to — a security researcher's, a friend's, your own. A
- one-star review from a bot you don't follow simply doesn't render. Curated
- registries and formal reputation come later; permissionless comes first.Every publisher needs a name to sign as. Any BNS name works — the same one you'd - register at Sirius. Fractions of a cent, no monthly bill.
+Browse by category on prometheus.x/browse. + Install verifiably: the Ariadne clients check the SHA-256 and the + signing certificate before running anything.
Upload the app binary + manifest to a Sia bucket you control. Silent Mode's own - gateway can host on your behalf if you don't want to run a Sia daemon.
+Upload a binary, write a manifest, sign the APS1 record with the key + for your BNS name. One transaction, fractions of a cent. Full walkthrough at + prometheus.x/publish.
One transaction: APS1 record with the manifest hash,
- signed by your name's key. From that moment on, anyone can find your app by
- browsing the category, and the client can install it verifiably.
An update is another signed record referencing the same app id. Clients pull - updates the same way they installed the app — verify against the chain, then - install. Nobody can push a hostile update without your key.
+Publish signed endorsements of apps you vouch for. Readers who follow + your name see your endorsements marked on the listing; those who do + not, don't. The trust graph is the real curation layer.
Prometheus does not decide what is on it. Malware can be published — as it can - on any store. Trust lists and endorsements are what filter your view. If nobody - you trust endorses it, your client says so.
-Content that is illegal in your jurisdiction is your responsibility to avoid, - same as any other permissionless network. Silent Mode operates infrastructure; - it does not decide what runs on it.
-Sia hosting is inexpensive but not free — publishers pay for the bytes their - apps take. There is no advertising model, no data harvesting, no subscription. - Storage is the only cost, and it is small.
-The service is live at prometheus.x on chipnet.
+ Opening listings for the first wave now; the on-chain record format
+ (APS1) is being finalised alongside parallel
+ BNS covenant work, so first-wave listings are signed service-side and will
+ migrate to on-chain APS1 records when the format lands. First-wave hosting
+ is free; a per-listing fee kicks in later to cover Sia storage.
APS1) exists on paper — see
- _coordination/sessions/mobile-resolver.md. The browsing UI,
- publish flow, and trust-list plumbing are next. This page will look the same when
- Prometheus is live; the "0 listings" counters just start counting up.