Aegis was most of what was left of launch cost: its crypto and
WizardConnect deps block the main thread for ~0.6 s right after the first
frame. It now declares its panel and "activation": "on-demand"; the
dapp bridges are still on every page from the start, and the first page
call, panel open or wiz:// link starts it.
activate() returns a promise the host waits on, so the call that woke
Aegis finds WizardConnect and the mounted wallets. With a locked vault it
does not wait for the mount (derive blocks until unlock), so the page gets
the usual locked answer in ~0.7 s instead of after the host's 5 s limit.
Two things only work while Aegis runs: a live WizardConnect pairing (no one
else listens on its relays) and "stay unlocked" (which also opens
Settings > Passwords). While either is on, Aegis asks the host to start it
at launch, and withdraws the request when both are off. Pairings left
behind by a removed wallet do not count.
Boot trace, same profile, 3 warm runs: main thread blocked in the first
6 s 970-1040 ms -> 300-320 ms, longest block 605-667 ms -> 227-244 ms,
toolbar 1.34-1.61 s -> 0.83-0.87 s.
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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