Notis testnet v0.3.1

Testnet packages for Notis — an invite-only decentralized social network. Everything defaults to testnet and connects to notis.fun.

No reset

This release keeps the testnet chain that began with 0.3.0 — identities, rep, posts and names carry over. Upgrading a node from 0.3.0: install over it and restart; the data directory stays. No protocol byte moved: the node, its networking and the wire format are 0.3.0's.

The browser extension

Notis now ships as a browser extension — the same client as the extension's own page, your key held inside the extension and never by a website. Sending $NOTIS always asks in a prompt window; rep actions sign silently while unlocked, or ask too if you choose so in settings.

Firefox (140 or later): click notis-extension-0.3.1-firefox.xpi below. It is signed by Mozilla through addons.mozilla.org's unlisted channel, so it installs in a release Firefox with no store page, and it updates itself from this repository's updates branch. At install Firefox shows what the extension sends — what you publish and your $NOTIS sends, under your public key. There is no telemetry, and the secret key never leaves the browser. Chrome: unzip notis-extension-0.3.1-chrome.zip and load it unpacked in developer mode.

Changelog

• Extension: the signing surface — the key in the extension's background, credits signed by hand and rep silently (#232); the prompt window (#234); a Notis link opens in the extension's workspace, by a setting or by the site's add to workspace (#237); the Firefox build signed, self-updating, reproducible from source file for file — packages/web/extension/REVIEWERS.md (#238).
• Web client: sending $NOTIS from the wallet, and the faucet's $NOTIS step (#233); the boxed send and the status corner (#235); the profile cut into three windows — profile, wallet, settings (#236).
• Faucet: POST /faucet/credits (#233).
• Packaging: the .deb no longer carries the tarball and the web zip (#231).

Which file?

File	Platform	Node runtime	How to run
notis-node-0.3.1-win-x64-setup.exe	Windows x64	bundled	Run the installer (per-user, no admin) — two shortcuts: Notis Node and Notis Node (Miner).
notis-node-0.3.1-linux-x64.tar.gz	Linux x64	bundled	Extract and run ./run.sh (a syncing node) or ./run-miner.sh (the same, plus the miner). No system Node needed.
dagsocial-node_0.3.1_amd64.deb	Debian/Ubuntu	requires Node ≥ 22	sudo dpkg -i dagsocial-node_0.3.1_amd64.deb — installs a systemd service. For a server.
notis-web-0.3.1.zip	any static host	none	The web client. Unzip, point the tags in web/index.html at your node and faucet, serve web/. Its README has the details.
notis-extension-0.3.1-firefox.xpi	Firefox 140+	none	Click it in Firefox: signed by Mozilla, installs and updates itself.
notis-extension-0.3.1-firefox.zip	Firefox 140+	none	The same build unsigned — a temporary add-on from about:debugging; what the signed file is reproduced from.
notis-extension-0.3.1-chrome.zip	Chrome 112+	none	Unzip, then Load unpacked in chrome://extensions with developer mode on.

A local node's API answers at http://localhost:3000; the public client at notis.fun/web reaches the public node. On Windows, SmartScreen warns about an unknown publisher — the installer isn't code-signed: More info → Run anyway.

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Testnet — expect chain resets. x64 only. The miner runs at a low duty cycle by default (MINER_PCT). The .deb also ships a faucet service, left stopped — it needs a key you provide.