Four ways to reach a name registered on the Bitcoin Cash chain, from "nothing installed" to "the whole computer speaks it." Pick by how much of your machine you want to change.
A public gateway that reads the blockchain for you and hands the page to your ordinary browser over ordinary HTTPS. Works on any phone, tablet or computer, in any browser, with nothing to download and no settings to change.
| Open this | What you get | Where the page lives |
|---|---|---|
navigate.st/bns/hello.bch |
A small page | inside a blockchain transaction |
navigate.st/bns/coinspectrum.deviant.bch |
A full multi-file site | Sia storage network |
navigate.st/bns/coinspectrum.bch |
The same site again | an ordinary web server |
navigate.st/bns/argo.bch |
A small page | inside a blockchain transaction |
.bch sites you
ask for. It is also one thing that can be blocked. Install anything below and the
lookup happens on your own machine — no operator in the middle.A desktop browser that speaks .bch,
.p2p and other BNS TLDs natively. Tabs, search, a home
page, a one-click Tor switch, and a registry badge on every page showing which
chain a name resolved on and whether the content came from the chain, from Sia, or
from a server. Changes nothing on your system.
Somebody who wants to browse BNS names on their own laptop without touching the DNS or the trust store. Portable and installer both available.
Windows 64-bit. macOS and Linux builds not yet packaged.
Unsigned by design — a code-signing certificate would require a legal identity,
which is what this project exists to avoid. Check the SHA-256 on the download
page against the on-chain releases/ list.
A small background service plus an installer. Teaches your whole computer to open BNS names in every browser, with HTTPS working. The most complete option; asks for administrator rights because it changes how your machine resolves names.
Runs a local DNS resolver that answers BNS names from the chain first and
forwards everything else. Mints TLS certificates on the fly, signed by a local
root that's name-constrained to the BNS TLDs — it cannot vouch for
.com.
Adds a background service, points DNS at loopback, imports one root certificate into the machine trust store. Everything reverses with the bundled uninstaller.
Windows now. Linux/macOS after — the daemon itself is portable Node.js.
A browser add-on that resolves BNS names inside Firefox — no background service, no system changes. The lightest install: 8 KB, zero dependencies.
Firefox users who want BNS in one browser only, without touching the OS. Also runs on Firefox for Android.
Nothing to run — it resolves names in-extension against public electrum nodes. No local daemon, no hosted resolver, no account.
No TLS pinning yet — sites reached over ip records
are only as trustworthy as the upstream server. Being fixed.
A phone app that resolves BNS names on the device itself — no relay in the middle. Tabs, a start page built from the names actually registered on chain, and a badge on every page showing whether it came from the chain or from DNS.