Rare Sats

Source bitcoinuniverseio/core (private)

Path backend/packages/ecosystem-contracts/lib/protocols.js

Chain bitcoin

Network mainnet

Lifecycle feature-gated

Verified 2026-09-01

AvailabilityFeature-gatedImplemented, but switched off unless an operator enables its feature gate. Treat it as unavailable until you can see it working.

ChainbitcoinOwnership model: utxo. Decimals: none.

Actions supported3 / 13No trading action is declared supported for this protocol.

Feature gaterareSatsEvery action below stays closed until an operator enables this gate.

Execution model

Live reads against a real index, with no production execution path.

Registry values

Execution mode

live-read-only

Owning surface

main

Availability

feature-gated

Feature gate

rareSats

Aliases accepted

rare-satsraresats

Address roles

ordinals

Actions

Action	Supported	Mode, or the reason it is not
View	Yes	Live reads against a real index, with no production execution path.
View collection	Yes	Live reads against a real index, with no production execution path.
View activity	Yes	Live reads against a real index, with no production execution path.
List	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Update listing	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Delist	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Buy	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Make offer	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Accept offer	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Cancel offer	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Sell	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Settle	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.
Reconcile	No	Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.

Why the rest are unavailable

• ListUpdate listingDelistBuyMake offerAccept offerCancel offerSellSettleReconcile

  Production Rare Sats trading requires an external marketplace; local execution exists only in the development/test simulator.

Source of truth

Question	What answers it
Which orders exist	External marketplace required in live mode
Who owns the asset	Configured local ord index plus Bitcoin outpoint ownership
Whether a trade settled	No Universe production settlement implementation
What the protocol state is	Operator-configured local ord server with sat index

Indexer

Primary index

Operator-configured local ord server with sat index

Fallbacks

None. If the primary index cannot be read, this protocol has nothing to fall back to and the page says the read failed.

What a mutation must prove

Live checks require sat-index readiness, matching network, checkpoint stability, and no reported reorg.

Freshness, confirmation, and reorg policy

Policy	Value	What the registry states
Freshness enforced	Yes	Two stable index checkpoints and explicit reorg state are required; no numeric lag ceiling is configured.
Maximum index lag	not set	No numeric block-lag ceiling is configured for this protocol.
Maximum observation age	not set	No maximum age is configured for an observation used by a mutation.
Listing confirmations	not set	The simulator enforces configured confirmations; live production does not settle orders.
Settlement confirmations	not set	No settlement depth applies, because no supported action reaches settlement.
Automatic reorg reconciliation	No	Live checks fail closed when ord reports a reorg; no local production order state exists to roll back.

Where else this protocol appears

The Bitcoin Universe registry records actions per product surface. Core is the main surface. The others are named here because a reader who cannot do something in Core may be able to do it in a sibling product.

Surface	Actions recorded
Coremain	viewdiscoverview-collectionview-activityview-transaction
Walletwallet	viewsendreceive

Read this alongside

• The support matrix, for how Rare Sats compares with the other 28 marketplace protocols.
• How to read a protocol row, for what each value on this page means.
• Market safety, before acting on anything here.