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FAQ

Short answers to the questions that come up most. Follow a link to go deep.

What does it cost?​

A uniform per-capsule price, paid in $DIG at the live rate — the same whether you mint your first one (init / first Publish) or ship an update (commit / re-Publish) — plus a small XCH transaction fee. A store's lifetime cost is the uniform per-capsule price × the number of capsules. The price is uniform by design.

DIG Super Supporters pay half: publishing through DIGHUb with a Super Supporter NFT held in your wallet halves the $DIG price shown and charged. DIGHUb checks live ownership across your whole wallet at publish time, so the discount applies only while the NFT is in that wallet — the same live check used for the handle discount below. Mint a Super Supporter badge (150 $DIG) at hub.dig.net to get one.

Can I try it for free?​

Yes. Scaffolding, building, and previewing cost nothing. You spend DIG only when you publish a capsule on-chain. Start from the Quickstart — build and preview a draft for free, fund a wallet only at the Publish step.

Why is every capsule the same price — isn't a small update cheaper?​

No, and that's intentional. Each capsule compiles to a fixed-size module (padded so its length leaks nothing about content size). A price that varied with size would re-leak the size the padding hides — so the price has to be uniform. See why the price is uniform.

Do I need a wallet to start?​

Not to build and preview. You connect a Chia wallet only at the moment you publish. Your wallet is your account — no email, no password.

How do I connect my wallet?​

Click Connect wallet, then approve the pairing in your wallet app. If you're using Sage, its WalletConnect setting is a little hidden the first time — see Connect your wallet with Sage for the exact steps.

Where do I get DIG?​

DIG is the DIG Network token (a Chia CAT). Swap XCH for it on TibetSwap ↗, dexie.space ↗, or 9mm.pro ↗, then send it to your wallet's receive address. See Where to get DIG. DIG asset id: a406d3a9de984d03c9591c10d917593b434d5263cabe2b42f6b367df16832f81.

Is there a testnet?​

No. There's no testnet mode; everything runs on Chia mainnet. Use a wallet funded with only as much XCH and DIG as you intend to spend. (You can still iterate for free — see above — because previews never touch the chain.)

How can the host not read my app?​

The host only ever stores ciphertext keyed by hashes. Encryption and decryption happen entirely in the client; the URN is both the address and the key, and the URN never reaches the host (only SHA-256(URN) does). The host literally cannot read or scan your content. See URNs & Encryption.

How do I update a site after it's live?​

Publish again. Edit, preview the new draft for free, then Publish (web) or digs commit (CLI) to ship a new capsule for the uniform capsule price. Each capsule is immutable; an update is a new one, and your store points at the latest.

Is my store reachable as soon as I publish?​

Yes — over the read path. The moment a capsule confirms on-chain it's readable through the dig RPC by its URN / chia:// address: universal, verified client-side, no registration and nothing more to pay. A friendly *.on.dig.net web address is a separate, optional step (next question).

Can I get a *.on.dig.net address or use my own domain?​

A store does not get a *.on.dig.net subdomain automatically. You get one by registering a handle for the store in DIGHUb — a paid registration that pins the store to that name. (Your account handle and a store's slug are separate namespaces; they don't auto-expose a subdomain.) DIGHUb also supports custom domains with TLS. Either way, the store is already readable by its URN / chia:// address without any of this. See DIGHUb ↗.

DIG Super Supporters pay half for a handle registration. The discount applies only while the Super Supporter NFT is held in the wallet you're paying from — DIGHUb checks the live chain across all your wallet's addresses at purchase time. If the NFT is staked, moved, or sold, the discount doesn't apply and DIGHUb shows the full price up front (so the payment is never underfunded). To get the discount, keep the NFT in your wallet when you register.

What happens if I lose my seed?​

The store stays on-chain and existing content stays readable, but you can't publish new capsules to it. Back up ~/.dig/seed.enc and your mnemonic. See On-chain anchoring.

Public vs private — what's the difference?​

A public store needs only its URN to read. A private store adds a secret salt; the URN alone isn't enough — the reader also needs the salt. Treat the salt like a password. See URNs & Encryption.

How do I deploy from CI?​

Add the GitHub Action: push to main and it publishes a new capsule to your existing store — git-push-to-deploy. Use a dedicated, funded deploy wallet.

Is it open source?​

Yes. dig-store is GPL-2.0 — see the dig-store repository ↗. The whole protocol is specified in the Protocol section.