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Fixed and perpetual supply modes, decentralized and direct deployment", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "nonFungibleSupport": { "value": "No. NFTs belong to the wider Atomicals model, not to ARC-20 itself", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "mutability": { "value": "Deployment metadata and supply rules are immutable once deployed", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "stateLocation": { "value": "Indexer-computed holdings over UTXOs; no account ledger", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "dataPlacement": { "value": "Atom envelope in commit and reveal scripts; mint and transfer carry the ticker in the envelope", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "transferModel": { "value": "Spend the coloured sats; splits and merges fall out of output value arithmetic", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "utxoCoupling": { "value": "Total. Units are indivisible from their satoshis", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "validationAuthority": { "value": "Atomicals ElectrumX allocation rules at the pinned revision", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "indexerRequirement": { "value": "Required to know any balance; wallet software cannot derive ARC-20 state alone", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "naming": { "value": "Tickers resolved by a first-valid-deployment candidate race; tickers are not owned namespaces", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "collections": { "value": "No collection concept in ARC-20 itself", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "programmability": { "value": "No programmability", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "contentPermanence": { "value": "Deployment metadata persists in confirmed transactions; no per-unit content exists", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "confirmationBehavior": { "value": "Balances finalize with confirmations; reorganizations re-run allocation over the affected blocks", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "principalUtxoRisk": { "value": "Coloured sats sent to fees or to an unintended output burn permanently; consolidation without planning is the classic loss", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "activationStatus": { "value": "Active on mainnet", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "canonicalSource": { "value": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "sourceRevision": { "value": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0 (v1.5.2.0)", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-electrumx-1.5.2.0", "sourceRevision": "8df23747835c20230fc8b8097d469e7a1d97c3e0", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" } } }, { "id": "avm", "name": "AVM", "family": "experimental-layer", "summary": "The Atomicals Virtual Machine: a beta interpreter layer over Atomicals state. Status is experimental and separate from any deployment claim.", "attributes": { "chain": { "value": "Intended for Bitcoin layer 1; the beta interpreter does not claim a deployment", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "unitModel": { "value": "Program state over stacks with opcode-defined transitions", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "fungibleSupport": { "value": "Token semantics exist in interpreter research material but are not a deployed fact", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "nonFungibleSupport": { "value": "Object semantics exist in interpreter research material but are not a deployed fact", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "mutability": { "value": "Defined by interpreter execution rules at the pinned revision", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "stateLocation": { "value": "Interpreter state; no live indexer state model is claimed by this documentation", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "dataPlacement": { "value": "Program bytes and inputs inside Atomicals envelope operations per the pinned interpreter", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "transferModel": { "value": "Not established by the beta interpreter material", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "utxoCoupling": { "value": "Deposit and withdrawal concepts exist in the interpreter; live UTXO coupling is not established", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "validationAuthority": { "value": "The pinned beta interpreter is the only executable authority; no validator deployment exists", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "indexerRequirement": { "value": "Unknown for any future deployment; the beta interpreter does not define it", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "naming": { "value": "Not defined by the pinned interpreter", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "collections": { "value": "Not defined by the pinned interpreter", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "programmability": { "value": "Yes, that is the point of the interpreter: opcode-level programs over stack state", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "contentPermanence": { "value": "Not established for any deployment", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "confirmationBehavior": { "value": "Not established; interpreter execution is local and offline", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "principalUtxoRisk": { "value": "Not established; no live transfer path exists to create one", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "activationStatus": { "value": "Beta interpreter only. Nothing here is evidence of deployment by anyone", "status": "experimental", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "canonicalSource": { "value": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "sourceRevision": { "value": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472 (beta)", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "atomicals-avm-interpreter", "sourceRevision": "c185e6216a3ea2cb2e011e508033ca535ece3472", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" } } }, { "id": "ordinals", "name": "Ordinals", "family": "inscription-based", "summary": "Inscriptions bound to individual satoshis, tracked by the ord reference indexer. The foundation most inscription-based token experiments build on.", "attributes": { "chain": { "value": "Bitcoin layer 1, mainnet", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "unitModel": { "value": "Inscriptions bound to satoshis by satpoint", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "fungibleSupport": { "value": "None natively; BRC-20 layers fungibility on top of inscriptions", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "nonFungibleSupport": { "value": "Yes. Inscription content is the object", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "mutability": { "value": "Inscription content is immutable; pointer-like behaviour comes from indexer conventions", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "stateLocation": { "value": "Indexer-computed sat inventory and inscription history", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "dataPlacement": { "value": "Inscription envelope in transaction witness data", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "transferModel": { "value": "The inscription moves with its sat when spent, subject to ord's satpoint and pointer rules", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "utxoCoupling": { "value": "Strong at sat granularity; individual satoshis carry the objects", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "validationAuthority": { "value": "The ord reference indexer; different implementations can disagree on edge behaviour", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "indexerRequirement": { "value": "Required to locate or trade inscriptions", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "naming": { "value": "Automatic numeric sat names; no owned namespace system", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "collections": { "value": "Convention level through inscription parents; no protocol-enforced collections", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "programmability": { "value": "None at the protocol level", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "contentPermanence": { "value": "Witness content in confirmed transactions is permanent", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "confirmationBehavior": { "value": "Standard Bitcoin confirmations; indexer state follows the active chain", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "principalUtxoRisk": { "value": "An inscribed sat used as a fee or change output moves or destroys the object's carrier", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "activationStatus": { "value": "Active since December 2022 on mainnet", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "canonicalSource": { "value": "ordinals-ord", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "sourceRevision": { "value": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" } } }, { "id": "runes", "name": "Runes", "family": "utxo-ledger", "summary": "A UTXO-native fungible token ledger defined by OP_RETURN edicts, implemented inside the ord reference indexer and activated at the April 2024 halving block.", "attributes": { "chain": { "value": "Bitcoin layer 1, mainnet", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "unitModel": { "value": "Rune balances carried per UTXO with per-output amounts", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "fungibleSupport": { "value": "Yes. Etching defines supply and divisibility; mints follow etch rules", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "nonFungibleSupport": { "value": "No", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "mutability": { "value": "Etch parameters are immutable; terms can make mints open or closed", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "stateLocation": { "value": "Indexer-computed ledger over UTXOs", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "dataPlacement": { "value": "Protocol messages in OP_RETURN data pushes", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "transferModel": { "value": "Edicts inside the message allocate rune amounts to transaction outputs", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "utxoCoupling": { "value": "Strong. Balances live on specific outputs", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "validationAuthority": { "value": "The ord implementation; third-party indexers can diverge on edge behaviour", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "indexerRequirement": { "value": "Required; balances have no meaning without a rune-aware index", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "naming": { "value": "Rune names allocated under symbol rules including an auction period for short names", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "collections": { "value": "No collection concept", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "programmability": { "value": "None in the base ledger", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "contentPermanence": { "value": "Protocol messages are chain data; no separate content layer exists", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "confirmationBehavior": { "value": "Standard confirmations; allocation replays across reorganizations", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "principalUtxoRisk": { "value": "Consolidating outputs can strand rune balances; unallocated runes fall to default handling and can burn", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "activationStatus": { "value": "Activated at Bitcoin block 840,000 in April 2024", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "canonicalSource": { "value": "ordinals-ord", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "sourceRevision": { "value": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "ordinals-ord", "sourceRevision": "899e309424dd60e1c8065a7727a76d9b675a6ac4", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" } } }, { "id": "brc-20", "name": "BRC-20", "family": "inscription-based", "summary": "JSON inscription commands interpreted into balances by indexers. Balances live in indexer state, not in the UTXOs that carry the inscriptions.", "attributes": { "chain": { "value": "Bitcoin layer 1, mainnet", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "unitModel": { "value": "Ticker-keyed balance entries derived from deploy, mint, and transfer inscriptions", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "fungibleSupport": { "value": "Yes, through indexer interpretation of inscriptions", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "nonFungibleSupport": { "value": "No; the model targets fungible balances", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "mutability": { "value": "Deploy parameters fixed per the spec text; interpretation details vary by indexer", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "stateLocation": { "value": "Indexer-side ledger keyed by addresses; the chain carries only the inscriptions", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "dataPlacement": { "value": "JSON text inscriptions in witness data", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "transferModel": { "value": "A transfer inscription declares an amount; the balance moves when the inscription's sat is spent on", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "utxoCoupling": { "value": "Weak. Balances are index-side while inscriptions travel on sats, which is the model's known operational risk", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "validationAuthority": { "value": "Original spec text plus multiple independent indexers; no single normative implementation", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "indexerRequirement": { "value": "Required. Different indexers can report different balances", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "naming": { "value": "Tickers claimed by first valid deploy inscription", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "collections": { "value": "No collection concept in the base spec", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "programmability": { "value": "Programmable module extensions exist as proposals and partial indexer support", "status": "proposal", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "contentPermanence": { "value": "Inscription JSON persists in confirmed witness data", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "confirmationBehavior": { "value": "Standard confirmations; index balances replay across reorganizations", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "principalUtxoRisk": { "value": "Spending the wrong inscription-bearing sat desynchronizes intended transfers; indexer divergence creates reconciliation surprises", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "activationStatus": { "value": "Active since March 2023 on mainnet", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "canonicalSource": { "value": "brc-20-spec", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02", "notes": "The specification is a document, not code. Indexer behaviour is the de facto rule set and diverges between implementations." }, "sourceRevision": { "value": "No pinned revision; the specification lives in a hosted document", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "brc-20-spec", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" } } }, { "id": "stamps-src-20", "name": "Bitcoin Stamps and SRC-20", "family": "op-return-ledger", "summary": "Counterparty-style stamped outputs for images plus SRC-20 fungible balances, both carried in OP_RETURN data and read by the stampchain reference indexer.", "attributes": { "chain": { "value": "Bitcoin layer 1, mainnet", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "unitModel": { "value": "Stamps as dust-anchored images; SRC-20 as ticker-keyed balances from OP_RETURN JSON", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "fungibleSupport": { "value": "SRC-20 fungible tokens", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "nonFungibleSupport": { "value": "BTC stamps carry image content per key", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "mutability": { "value": "Issued rules and keys are immutable once in OP_RETURN", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "stateLocation": { "value": "Indexer-computed ledger; stamps additionally bind to dust outputs", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "dataPlacement": { "value": "OP_RETURN keystrings carrying base64 image or SRC-20 JSON", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "transferModel": { "value": "Stamp movement follows the dust output; SRC-20 follows indexer transfer interpretation", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "utxoCoupling": { "value": "Stamps couple to dust UTXOs; SRC-20 coupling is weaker and ledger-style", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "validationAuthority": { "value": "The stampchain reference indexer at the pinned revision", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "indexerRequirement": { "value": "Required for balances and stamp ownership", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "naming": { "value": "No owned namespace system", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "collections": { "value": "SRC-721 collection standard exists as a proposal with indexer support", "status": "proposal", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "programmability": { "value": "None at the protocol level", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "contentPermanence": { "value": "OP_RETURN data is carried by the chain permanently once confirmed", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "confirmationBehavior": { "value": "Standard confirmations; indexer state follows the active chain", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "principalUtxoRisk": { "value": "Spending a stamp's dust output can destroy the stamp; SRC-20 depends on indexer correctness", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "activationStatus": { "value": "Active since 2023 on mainnet", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "canonicalSource": { "value": "bitcoin-stamps", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "sourceRevision": { "value": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "bitcoin-stamps", "sourceRevision": "8a7365bf951a66f3a5e25dc15e8702f65b5d23d8", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" } } }, { "id": "tap", "name": "TAP", "family": "atomicals-family", "summary": "A token protocol associated with the Atomicals ecosystem. 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It can be upgraded the moment an official source is verifiable." }, "sourceRevision": { "value": "None", "status": "unknown", "sourceId": "none", "sourceRevision": null, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" } } }, { "id": "alkanes-protorunes", "name": "Alkanes and Protorunes", "family": "inscription-based", "summary": "A metaprotocol running WASM contract logic over inscription message flow, with Protorunes as its token layer, implemented by the kungfuflex reference stack.", "attributes": { "chain": { "value": "Bitcoin layer 1, mainnet", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "alkanes-alkanes-rs", "sourceRevision": "62511e9371a3f9e448841140c51cfe428cfcb955", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "unitModel": { "value": "Alkane contract state with Protorunes as fungible token units", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "alkanes-alkanes-rs", "sourceRevision": "62511e9371a3f9e448841140c51cfe428cfcb955", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "fungibleSupport": { "value": "Yes, through Protorunes token contracts", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "alkanes-alkanes-rs", "sourceRevision": "62511e9371a3f9e448841140c51cfe428cfcb955", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "nonFungibleSupport": { "value": "Contract-defined object patterns exist", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "alkanes-alkanes-rs", "sourceRevision": "62511e9371a3f9e448841140c51cfe428cfcb955", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "mutability": { "value": "Contract-defined state transitions", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "alkanes-alkanes-rs", "sourceRevision": "62511e9371a3f9e448841140c51cfe428cfcb955", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "stateLocation": { "value": "Indexer-executed contract state over the inscription message chain", "status": "verified", "sourceId": "alkanes-alkanes-rs", "sourceRevision": "62511e9371a3f9e448841140c51cfe428cfcb955", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "dataPlacement": { "value": "Message envelopes inside inscriptions, interpreted by the indexer's WASM execution", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "alkanes-alkanes-rs", "sourceRevision": "62511e9371a3f9e448841140c51cfe428cfcb955", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "transferModel": { "value": "Contract call semantics move tokens between holders", "status": "implementation-specific", "sourceId": "alkanes-alkanes-rs", "sourceRevision": "62511e9371a3f9e448841140c51cfe428cfcb955", "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02" }, "utxoCoupling": { "value": "Indirect. 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