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Concepts

The protocol from the top down. Read this section if you want to understand why Navio transactions look the way they do before you integrate with the node, SDK, or explorer.

Page What's covered
Navio overview Fork genealogy, design goals, what's the same as Bitcoin Core and what's different.
BLSCT privacy model BLS12-381, Pedersen commitments, double public keys, view tags, stealth addresses.
Outpoint model Why Navio identifies each output by a single output_hash instead of txid:vout, and what that means for tooling.
Consensus & supply Mainnet PoPS, testnet PoS/BLSCT, genesis supply, fee burn, staking, block cadence.
Networks Mainnet, testnet, signet, regtest. Ports, magic bytes, bech32 HRPs, bootstrap nodes.
Wallet formats HD chain, sub-address accounts, BIP-39 mnemonic, audit keys, seed backup.
Atomic swaps Cross-chain and intra-chain swap mechanics.