Browser Extensions

RougeChain provides browser extensions that serve as quantum-safe wallets, similar to how MetaMask works for Ethereum — but using post-quantum cryptography.

Available Extensions

Extension	Description	Store
RougeChain Wallet	Primary browser extension	Chrome Web Store
rougechain-wallet	Secondary extension	Chrome Web Store

Features

Wallet — View balances, send/receive XRGE, claim faucet, custom token support
Encrypted Messenger — E2E encrypted chat using ML-KEM-768 + ML-DSA-65
PQC Mail — Encrypted email with @rouge.quant addresses
Vault Lock — AES-256-GCM encryption with PBKDF2 key derivation and auto-lock timer
Cross-browser — Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Arc, Firefox (Manifest V3)

Installation

From Chrome Web Store

Visit the extension page on the Chrome Web Store
Click Add to Chrome
The extension icon appears in your toolbar

From Source

cd browser-extension
npm install
npm run build

Open chrome://extensions (or edge://extensions, brave://extensions)
Enable Developer mode
Click Load unpacked
Select the browser-extension/dist folder

Firefox

cd browser-extension
npm install
npm run build

Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
Click Load Temporary Add-on
Select browser-extension/dist/manifest.json

DApp Integration

The extension injects a window.rougechain provider object, similar to MetaMask's window.ethereum. DApps can use this to interact with the user's wallet.

Detecting the Extension

if (window.rougechain) {
  console.log('RougeChain wallet detected');
  const address = await window.rougechain.getAddress();
}

Provider API

Method	Description
`getAddress()`	Get the user's public key
`signTransaction(tx)`	Sign a transaction with ML-DSA-65
`getBalance()`	Get the wallet's balance
`getNetwork()`	Get the current network (testnet/devnet)

Security

Feature	Implementation
Vault encryption	AES-256-GCM with PBKDF2-derived key
Auto-lock	Configurable timer via background service worker
Key storage	`chrome.storage.local` (encrypted)
Signing	ML-DSA-65 (FIPS 204) — quantum-resistant
Encryption	ML-KEM-768 (FIPS 203) — quantum-resistant

Permissions

The extensions request minimal permissions:

Permission	Purpose
`storage`	Store encrypted wallet data
`alarms`	Auto-lock timer
`notifications`	Transaction alerts
Host permissions	Connect to RougeChain nodes (`rougechain.io`, `testnet.rougechain.io`, `localhost`)

MetaMask and all EVM wallets use secp256k1 / ECDSA cryptography. RougeChain uses ML-DSA-65 / ML-KEM-768 (post-quantum). The key formats, signature schemes, and transaction structures are fundamentally incompatible. RougeChain's extensions are purpose-built for quantum-safe operations.

See PQC Cryptography for details on the algorithms used.

RougeChain Documentation