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+// Prove Theseus can resolve hello.bch through ONLY our VPS-hosted BNS indexer.
+// Uses the directIP path (pinned IP + SNI) because this machine's system resolver
+// mangles Node's getaddrinfo — same reason test-directip.mjs exists.
+import WebSocket from "ws";
+import { resolveName, buildIndex, CHIPNET_ELECTRUM } from "../../Argus/src/lib/resolver-web.js";
+
+const OURS = CHIPNET_ELECTRUM[0]; // freshly added — Silent Mode's own server
+const PUBLIC = CHIPNET_ELECTRUM.find(s => s.url.includes("chipnet.bch.ninja"));
+const NAME = "hello.bch";
+
+console.log("Our seed[0]:", OURS);
+console.log("Public reference:", PUBLIC.url, "\n");
+
+console.log("1) resolving", NAME, "via OUR indexer (directIP → pinned ip + SNI) …");
+const mine = await resolveName(NAME, {
+  WebSocket, electrum: [OURS], directIP: true,
+});
+console.log("   ", mine ? "records: " + Object.keys(mine.records).join(", ") : "NOT FOUND");
+console.log("    txid:", mine?.txid, "height:", mine?.height, "category:", mine?.category);
+
+console.log("\n2) resolving", NAME, "via a public server (directIP) …");
+const ref = await resolveName(NAME, {
+  WebSocket, electrum: [PUBLIC], directIP: true,
+});
+console.log("   ", ref ? "records: " + Object.keys(ref.records).join(", ") : "NOT FOUND");
+
+console.log("\n3) diff:");
+const ok = mine && ref &&
+  JSON.stringify(mine.records) === JSON.stringify(ref.records) &&
+  mine.category === ref.category &&
+  mine.txid === ref.txid;
+console.log(ok ? "   ✅ IDENTICAL — Theseus resolves hello.bch via our server."
+                : "   ❌ mismatch:\n     mine=" + JSON.stringify(mine) + "\n     ref =" + JSON.stringify(ref));
+process.exit(ok ? 0 : 1);