◉ This is a browser extension for Arbitrary Protocols on top of Bitcoin (Bitcoin NFTs/Ordinals, BRC-20, & Bitcoin Identities/Usernames). It was built using example extensions for Firefox and https://github.com/neon64/chrome-native-messaging as a basis.

Setup

To get this working, there's a little setup to do.

Mac OS/Linux Setup

1. Build arb-native-messaging-host from source using cargo build --release.
2. Edit the "path" property of "arb_companion.json" to point to the location of the "arb-native-messaging-host" binary on your computer.
3. Place a copy of the arb binary in the same directory as the arb-native-messaging-host binary.
4. Copy "arb_companion.json" to the correct location on your computer. See app manifest location to find the correct location for your OS.

Windows Setup

1. Build arb-native-messaging-host from source using cargo build --release.
2. Edit the "path" property of "arb_companion.json" to point to the location of the "arb-native-messaging-host" binary on your computer. Note that you'll need to escape the Windows directory separator, like this: "path": "C:\\Users\\arb-companion\\arb-native-messaging-host".
3. Place a copy of the arb binary in the same directory as the arb-native-messaging-host binary.
4. Add a registry key containing the path to "arb_companion.json" on your computer. See app manifest location to find details of the registry key to add.

Using the Extension

Then just install the browser extension as usual, by visiting about:debugging in Firefox, clicking "Load Temporary Add-on", and selecting the "manifest.json" file, or by visiting chrome://extensions/ in Chrome, toggling "Developer mode" to on, clicking "Load unpacked", and selecting the "manifest.json" file.

Note: Some things still need to be changed for this to run in Chrome, so only Firefox works for now.