# Protocol

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## [About the Protocol category](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/about-the-protocol-category/11)

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**Author:** [@extheo](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/extheo)\
**Replies:** 0

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## [Introducing Pontmore: a Nostr-native protocol for agent discovery, escrow, and swaps](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/introducing-pontmore-a-nostr-native-protocol-for-agent-discovery-escrow-and-swaps/16)

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**Author:** [@okjodom](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/okjodom)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 7:41am UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/introducing-pontmore-a-nostr-native-protocol-for-agent-discovery-escrow-and-swaps/16 "2026-10-16T07:41:00Z")

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Hi Open Bitcoin Africa community, I would like to introduce Pontmore, a Nostr-native protocol family for agent identity, capability discovery, escrow declaration, and swap lifecycle coordination. Pontmore is designed f…

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## [Designing Standalone Escrows in Pontmore PIP-01](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/designing-standalone-escrows-in-pontmore-pip-01/28)

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**Author:** [@Denver](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/Denver)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/designing-standalone-escrows-in-pontmore-pip-01/28 "2026-08-15T12:50:42Z")

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Designing Standalone Escrows that Expands Pontmore Protocol’s PIP-01 At the moment PIP-01(Escrow descriptor) of the pontmore Protocol serves a narrow albeit crusial purpose; it allows agents to discover compatible escro…

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## [SeD: Decentralized Service Discovery & Evidence-Based Web of Trust](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/sed-decentralized-service-discovery-evidence-based-web-of-trust/12)

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**Author:** [@extheo](https://openbitcoin.africa/u/extheo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://openbitcoin.africa/t/sed-decentralized-service-discovery-evidence-based-web-of-trust/12 "2026-07-30T19:26:45Z")

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SeD: Decentralized Service Discovery & Evidence-Based Web of Trust Hi everyone, I’d like to share a protocol proposal that I (with contributions from other brilliant minds, Tobechi, Tim, and Okjodom) have called the Ser…