# Protocol Compatibility / Protocol Optimization

> "protocol-compatibility" (contracts-core layer) is traded against "Protocol Optimization" (contracts-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Protocol Optimization" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:protocol-compatibility-protocol-optimization`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-protocol-compatibility-protocol-optimization

## tensions-with

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