Terminal Wallet CLI - Artifacts unavailable via IPFS, wallet fails to initialize

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Running Terminal Wallet CLI from source fails during initialization. The wallet exits silently without error.

Environment:

• macOS ARM64
• Node v24.11.1
• Terminal Wallet CLI v1.4.1

Steps to reproduce:

1. Clone repo: git clone https://github.com/Terminal-Wallet/terminal-wallet-cli.git

2. Install deps: npm install --legacy-peer-deps

3. Build: npm run build

4. Run: npm run start

5. Result: exits immediately with no error
   Investigation:

6. Error was being silently swallowed by .catch() in main.ts

7. Manually traced execution to initializeWalletSystems()

8. The issue is that .artifacts-2.5/ folder is never created

9. Artifacts should be downloaded from IPFS but silently fail
   IPFS Gateway Tests (all failing):

Gateway: ipfs-lb.com
curl https://ipfs-lb.com/ipfs/QmUsmnK4PFc7zDp2cmC4wBZxYLjNyRgWfs5GNcJJ2uLcpU/circuits/2x2/vkey.json
Result: "no link named "2x2" under QmUsmnK4PFc7zDp2cmC4wBZxYLjNyRgWfs5GNcJJ2uLcpU"

Gateway: cloudflare-ipfs.com
Result: timeout

Gateway: pinata.cloud
Result: ERR_ID:00016 - request timed out

Gateway: w3s.link
Result: empty response

Gateway: ipfs.io
Result: 504 Gateway timeout

Expected behavior:

• Artifacts should download successfully on first run
• If IPFS is unavailable, show clear error message instead of silently failing
Request:

1. Update IPFS hash to a working CID, OR
2. Provide alternative artifact download method, OR
3. Bundle artifacts in binary releases, OR
4. Show clear error when artifact download fails