Protocol Atlas
One row per protocol in the public estate. Each repository is the home of that protocol’s specification; dossier pages on this portal are built from those repositories at pinned commits.
Lifecycle wording follows the shared terminology. A protocol listed here is documented; whether a Universe product currently supports it live is a separate, evidence-backed claim made in that product’s capability matrix, never inferred from this table.
Bitcoin
Section titled “Bitcoin”| Protocol | Carrier family | Repository | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| OP_DROP | Witness-data carrier (OP_DROP) | op-drop | See repository |
| BRC-20 | Inscription (JSON) | brc-20 | See repository |
| Runes | OP_RETURN (runestone) | runes | See repository |
| SRC-20 | Stamps (bare multisig / OP_RETURN) | src-20 | See repository |
| SRC-101 | Stamps naming | src-101 | See repository |
| Alkanes | Protorunes / WASM metaprotocol | alkanes | See repository |
| Atomicals and ARC-20 | Atomicals envelope | atomicals-and-arc-20 | See repository |
| TAP | Inscription (TAP envelope) | tap | See repository |
| BLOCK-20 | Inscription | block-20 | See repository |
| DUST-20 | OP_RETURN | dust-20 | See repository |
| OP_RETURN | Data carrier reference | op-return | See repository |
| Mezcal | OP_RETURN (JSON) | mezcal | See repository |
| Ordex | Ordinals-based exchange semantics | ordex | See repository |
| Chainbloom | Generative on-chain artwork | chainbloom | See repository |
| Witness Circles | Witness-based membership records | witness-circles | See repository |
| Tandem | Paired-transaction semantics | tandem | See repository |
| Patina | Artifact provenance layer | patina | See repository |
Dogecoin
Section titled “Dogecoin”| Protocol | Carrier family | Repository | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAP on Doge | Inscription (TAP envelope) | tap-on-doge | See repository |
| Protocol | Carrier family | Repository | Lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zerdinals v1, ZRunes v1, Collections v1 | Zcash transaction data | docs-zerdinals-and-zrunes | Specified and live at zrunes.io |
Archived
Section titled “Archived”| Protocol | Repository | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sentry | sentry | Archived; kept for reference |
The carrier-family column above is descriptive orientation, not a specification. The normative rules for each protocol live only in its repository’s specification documents.