# Protocol Optimization

> The degree to which a protocol is tuned for performance, traded against broad compatibility.

Record: `lexicon:protocol-optimization`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-protocol-optimization

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Permissive APIs](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/permissive-apis.md) and before [Provider Autonomy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/provider-autonomy.md).

## Category

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)

## In tension with

- [Protocol Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/protocol-compatibility.md)
- [Protocol Compatibility / Protocol Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/protocol-compatibility-protocol-optimization.md)

## Linked from

- [Contracts / Interfaces / Compatibility](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-contracts-interfaces-compatibility.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)