A standalone page window on the same session (cookies, bns:// protocol,
session-wide bcnr preload) with Theseus's fingerprint + WebRTC policy and
no toolbar. Loads BCNR-first like a tab: a dotted host with a BCNR record
goes over bns://, otherwise clearnet; collision names follow the configured
policy without the "Open with…" interstitial. Cross-host navigations inside
the window stay BCNR-first; popups go to the main window's tabs. Its own
context menu offers open-in-tab / open-in-window / copy link and
back/forward/reload. Add-on page bridges (wallet inject) are tab-scoped and
don't run in these windows. openLinkWindow is exported for the test harness.
Verified in the dev app: coinspectrum.x opened as bns://coinspectrum.x with
the page title; navigate.st stayed https.
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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