# Theseus Navigator

The browser — the consumer face of the stack. Native `.bch` support with the
resolver built in, so a user installs **one app** instead of modifying their
operating system. Named for the thread through the labyrinth: the chain is the
thread.

## Scope
- Electron shell (Chromium engine, no forking): tabs, address bar, history.
- **In-process `.bch` resolution** — no system daemon, no NRPT, no OS
  trust-store changes; reuses `bns.js` from the BNS repo as a library.
- Record handling: `h` render, `ip` connect, `p`/`s3` via in-app gateway,
  `u` redirect.
- **TLS via cert-verify hook** (Electron `setCertificateVerifyProc`) against the
  BNS root / on-chain `tls` fingerprints — no OS store touched.
- **Provenance indicator**: shows whether a page came from the chain / Sia / a
  direct server, with NFT category and record type — the decentralized padlock.

## Status: not started
Build it in its own session/repo. The ready-to-paste brief is
**`BROWSER-PROMPT.md`** (a reference copy in this folder; canonical source is
`D:\Dev\NameCoin\BROWSER-PROMPT.md` — if they diverge, NameCoin wins). It points
here and reuses the resolver core. `theseus.bch` is registered and should
eventually serve the browser's own homepage over the protocol it implements.

## Roadmap
[BUILD-ROADMAP.md](../BUILD-ROADMAP.md) Stage 5.