Rebrand as blackbeard #15

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grenade · 2026-09-16T16:27:24Z

grenade commented

2026-09-16 16:27:24 +00:00

Part of #1. The extension still presents itself as "polkadot{.js} extension". It becomes blackbeard, sharing the sigil and palette of blackbeard.observer.

Visible

Manifest name and short_name become blackbeard, and default_title and page <title>s follow.
Description: a post-quantum wallet for the Quantus Network.
Icons (16–128) and favicon are rendered from observer's sigil.svg, which also replaces the header's pjs.svg.
The accent colour moves from polkadot orange (#FF7D01) to the sigil's gold (#BD8829).
The remaining "polkadot{.js}" UI strings: the header fallback and the phishing page.

Behavioural, and why they are part of this

The name dapps find us under changes from window.injectedWeb3['polkadot-js'] to 'blackbeard'. With the real polkadot{.js} extension also installed, both wrote the same key and one silently replaced the other. qapi console's extension list gets a label for the new name.
Message channel names follow short_name (EXTENSION_PREFIX, used to namespace page and content-script messages). Sharing polkadot{.js} with the real extension meant each content script answered the other's page messages.
Firefox add-on id changes from upstream's {7e3ce1f0-…} to extension@blackbeard.observer, so Firefox no longer treats this as polkadot{.js}.
Storage keys stay exactly as they are. Four stores prefixed their keys with EXTENSION_PREFIX unless it was literally polkadot{.js}, so renaming would orphan every account and wallet already stored. chrome.storage is per-extension already, so the prefix adds nothing there; the keys become fixed.

Not in scope

The @polkadot/extension-* package names. They aren't user-visible, and renaming them touches every import in the monorepo and the forks.
A full dark-theme palette change.

Part of #1. The extension still presents itself as "polkadot{.js} extension". It becomes **blackbeard**, sharing the sigil and palette of blackbeard.observer. ## Visible - Manifest `name` and `short_name` become `blackbeard`, and `default_title` and page `<title>`s follow. - Description: a post-quantum wallet for the Quantus Network. - Icons (16–128) and favicon are rendered from observer's `sigil.svg`, which also replaces the header's `pjs.svg`. - The accent colour moves from polkadot orange (`#FF7D01`) to the sigil's gold (`#BD8829`). - The remaining "polkadot{.js}" UI strings: the header fallback and the phishing page. ## Behavioural, and why they are part of this - **The name dapps find us under** changes from `window.injectedWeb3['polkadot-js']` to `'blackbeard'`. With the real polkadot{.js} extension also installed, both wrote the same key and one silently replaced the other. qapi console's extension list gets a label for the new name. - **Message channel names** follow `short_name` (`EXTENSION_PREFIX`, used to namespace page and content-script messages). Sharing `polkadot{.js}` with the real extension meant each content script answered the other's page messages. - **Firefox add-on id** changes from upstream's `{7e3ce1f0-…}` to `extension@blackbeard.observer`, so Firefox no longer treats this as polkadot{.js}. - **Storage keys stay exactly as they are.** Four stores prefixed their keys with `EXTENSION_PREFIX` unless it was literally `polkadot{.js}`, so renaming would orphan every account and wallet already stored. `chrome.storage` is per-extension already, so the prefix adds nothing there; the keys become fixed. ## Not in scope - The `@polkadot/extension-*` package names. They aren't user-visible, and renaming them touches every import in the monorepo and the forks. - A full dark-theme palette change.

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2026-09-16 16:34:11 +00:00

feat: rebrand as blackbeard

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2026-09-16 16:36:38 +00:00

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feat: label the blackbeard extension by name

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2026-09-16 17:50:24 +00:00

fix: manifest author and homepage are blackbeard's, not polkadot{.js}'s

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