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Protocol

What crypto means by it

The rules a system runs on, usually as published code. In crypto the protocol is the institution, which is why people say 'the protocol decides'.

What you already know this as

Card scheme rules. Visa's rulebook governs a payment far more directly than your bank's opinion does.

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