A Chromium-based browser that resolves Bitcoin Cash names on the
- device itself. No OS-level daemon, no DNS shim, no root-store install. Type
- silentmode.bch, get the on-chain answer, see which registry &
- which storage served it.
Theseus is a browser built around the assumption that names should - be resolved by the person using them, not by an intermediary. It ships an - embedded resolver (Ariadne) that watches the Bitcoin Cash chain directly and answers - name lookups locally — the app is both the browser and the resolver. - Every page carries a badge showing which registry produced the record - (BCNR, ICANN) and which backend served the bytes (on-chain, Sia, direct IP, - or a plain HTTPS fallback).
-Every dotted host is asked of BCNR before anything else. If the chain - answers, that answer wins — no matter what any DNS operator says. If - BCNR has no record, Theseus falls through to the clearnet.
-The app is the trust boundary. No daemon, no root cert, no proxy in the - middle. Uninstall it and BCNR is gone from that machine — nothing lingers - in the OS.
-A bundled beacon snapshot loads before the first navigation can fire; a - background delta refresh keeps the index current every 30 s; a Sia - snapshot pull on boot catches long-idle installs up in one HTTP call.
-Everything a mainstream browser has, plus what the chain enables.
-Type a name, get the on-chain record. h serves from the chain,
- s3 from Sia storage, ip direct-connects, u
- redirects. TLS fingerprint pinning against the on-chain tls record
- for ip hops.
Every page can call window.bcnr.resolveName(…),
- isRegistered(…), getBcnrTlds(), and
- getRecordVersion(…). dApps don't need to ship their own resolver.
Local vault, deterministic derivation from a BIP-39 seed. Same seed on a - different device produces the same passwords. Autofill on demand — never - watches the page for you.
-One click routes everything through a bundled Tor client — pluggable - transports included for hostile networks. Off by default; nothing is - proxied without your say-so.
-Timezone / locale / language / geolocation can be shown, hidden, spoofed
- with a plausible decoy, or set manually. Media-device labels blanked by
- default so enumerateDevices can't leak an audiooutput ID.
Cookies, cache, storage, and history clear on quit unless you opt in. - Camera and microphone denied by default. WebRTC IP policy set to - public-only.
-Theseus's resolver is in-process by default — nothing else on the - machine is touched. The Windows installer offers Ariadne's Thread - as a recommended-on checkbox: one click also installs a system-wide - resolver so Chrome, Edge, and every other browser resolve BCNR too. - Uninstalling Theseus asks whether to remove it. Skip the checkbox and - Theseus is still fully self-contained.
-Under 100 MB, Electron + a few kilobytes of BCNR glue. Source at
- silentmode.st. Reproducible builds
- with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
Latest is 0.3.74. Windows installer + portable, and an - Android build (Ariadne mobile — same brand, phone form factor).
- -Full-window desktop browser with Tor toggle and the multi-source BNS - warm-start.
- -ca35382ec33458ca9ac65bc4a288f8bf1c117a329c37f8f0b965066d844605e7510fd26fce1b8977d4b5740d9ddc5ca412d681ea37d4758a88e238ca4eaa026dPhone-sized browser with tap-to-verify provenance — the block and - transaction behind each name are one tap away.
- -920272deb1ff3cb163d609882f4fdaf422c163648b96944d16670ba0ba2ac5bf46ebbbe5dc73148d66410fd0337b1e6683472128c983e8e2578200b9e3ca548cdl.silentmode.st/latest/…, which always redirects to the current
- build, so a saved link never goes stale. The machine-readable
- manifest is at
- releases-manifest.json.The hashes above are the same ones published at
- silentmode.bch/releases (Sia
- mirror, name-anchored) and inside the on-chain
- releases.silentmode.bch pointer. Three independent surfaces —
- they should all agree.
Windows PowerShell: - Get-FileHash TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.74.exe -Algorithm SHA256 - -macOS / Linux: - sha256sum TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.74.exe - -Expected: - ca35382ec33458ca9ac65bc4a288f8bf1c117a329c37f8f0b965066d844605e7-
A Chromium-based browser that resolves Bitcoin Cash names on the
+ device itself. No OS-level daemon, no DNS shim, no root-store install. Type
+ silentmode.bch, get the on-chain answer, see which registry &
+ which storage served it.
Theseus is a browser built around the assumption that names should + be resolved by the person using them, not by an intermediary. It ships an + embedded resolver (Ariadne) that watches the Bitcoin Cash chain directly and answers + name lookups locally — the app is both the browser and the resolver. + Every page carries a badge showing which registry produced the record + (BCNR, ICANN) and which backend served the bytes (on-chain, Sia, direct IP, + or a plain HTTPS fallback).
+Every dotted host is asked of BCNR before anything else. If the chain + answers, that answer wins — no matter what any DNS operator says. If + BCNR has no record, Theseus falls through to the clearnet.
+The app is the trust boundary. No daemon, no root cert, no proxy in the + middle. Uninstall it and BCNR is gone from that machine — nothing lingers + in the OS.
+A bundled beacon snapshot loads before the first navigation can fire; a + background delta refresh keeps the index current every 30 s; a Sia + snapshot pull on boot catches long-idle installs up in one HTTP call.
+Everything a mainstream browser has, plus what the chain enables.
+Type a name, get the on-chain record. h serves from the chain,
+ s3 from Sia storage, ip direct-connects, u
+ redirects. TLS fingerprint pinning against the on-chain tls record
+ for ip hops.
Every page can call window.bcnr.resolveName(…),
+ isRegistered(…), getBcnrTlds(), and
+ getRecordVersion(…). dApps don't need to ship their own resolver.
Local vault, deterministic derivation from a BIP-39 seed. Same seed on a + different device produces the same passwords. Autofill on demand — never + watches the page for you.
+One click routes everything through a bundled Tor client — pluggable + transports included for hostile networks. Off by default; nothing is + proxied without your say-so.
+Timezone / locale / language / geolocation can be shown, hidden, spoofed
+ with a plausible decoy, or set manually. Media-device labels blanked by
+ default so enumerateDevices can't leak an audiooutput ID.
Cookies, cache, storage, and history clear on quit unless you opt in. + Camera and microphone denied by default. WebRTC IP policy set to + public-only.
+Theseus's resolver is in-process by default — nothing else on the + machine is touched. The Windows installer offers Ariadne's Thread + as a recommended-on checkbox: one click also installs a system-wide + resolver so Chrome, Edge, and every other browser resolve BCNR too. + Uninstalling Theseus asks whether to remove it. Skip the checkbox and + Theseus is still fully self-contained.
+Under 100 MB, Electron + a few kilobytes of BCNR glue. Source at
+ silentmode.st. Reproducible builds
+ with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
Latest is 0.3.75. Windows installer + portable, and an + Android build (Ariadne mobile — same brand, phone form factor).
+ +Full-window desktop browser with Tor toggle and the multi-source BNS + warm-start.
+ +5917e59987275b61d25986f985c26e832a2bf7382533fbd1827b1f3a3ede2efe19f4a1701170f0c8037eebe73ace8eff13cb80304dc73fda4964360418c66fe5Phone-sized browser with tap-to-verify provenance — the block and + transaction behind each name are one tap away.
+ +920272deb1ff3cb163d609882f4fdaf422c163648b96944d16670ba0ba2ac5bf46ebbbe5dc73148d66410fd0337b1e6683472128c983e8e2578200b9e3ca548cdl.silentmode.st/latest/…, which always redirects to the current
+ build, so a saved link never goes stale. The machine-readable
+ manifest is at
+ releases-manifest.json.The hashes above are the same ones published at
+ silentmode.bch/releases (Sia
+ mirror, name-anchored) and inside the on-chain
+ releases.silentmode.bch pointer. Three independent surfaces —
+ they should all agree.
Windows PowerShell: + Get-FileHash TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.75.exe -Algorithm SHA256 + +macOS / Linux: + sha256sum TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.3.75.exe + +Expected: + 5917e59987275b61d25986f985c26e832a2bf7382533fbd1827b1f3a3ede2efe+