# Protocol Independence / Protocol-Specific Features

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

Record: `tension:protocol-independence-protocol-specific-features`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-protocol-independence-protocol-specific-features

## tensions-with

- [Protocol Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/protocol-independence.md)
- [Protocol-Specific Features](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/protocol-specific-features.md)