Populates addon-update-pubkeys.js with the Silent Mode ops Ed25519
pubkey generated 2026-09-07. From this build forward, Theseus polls
each installed add-on's updateURL 30 s after boot, verifies the
signed updates.json, and stages any newer version for promotion on
the next launch. The screenshot add-on's addon.json already
advertises https://addons.silentmode.st/screenshot/updates.json;
publishing a signed entry there (via scripts/sign-addon-update.mjs
with the ops private key) is what activates real updates.
No updates.json is published yet, so the client's boot-time fetch
will 404/DNS-fail silently until the operator lands the first signed
entry.
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.
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