OpenStrata Specification

An open standard for sovereign data portability across Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr — extended for strata corporation governance, treasury, and compliance.

Protocol Layers

Identity Layer

NIP-05 + OpenStrata Key

Single sovereign keypair bridges Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr identity.

Data Layer

Signed Nostr Events

Portable strata records, bylaws hashes, and council decisions as verifiable events.

Payment Layer

BOLT-12 + LNURL + PSBT

Lightning offers for recurring fees. Multisig on-chain for treasury operations.

Proof Layer

OTS + Bitcoin Anchoring

Timestamped, signed claims anchored to Bitcoin. Anyone can verify.

Compliance Layer

Rosa RAG Corpus

Jurisdiction-specific law packs with strict citation requirements.

Core Primitives

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Cross-Protocol Identity

Bridge identity across Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr with a single sovereign key.

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Portable Data Layers

Data follows you — migrate between providers without losing your graph or reputation.

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Lightning-Native

BOLT-12 offers, LNURL, Lightning Address. Settle without intermediaries.

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Verifiable Claims

Timestamped, signed, anchored to Bitcoin. No trusted third party for proof.

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Protocol Agnostic

Any Nostr relay, Lightning node, Bitcoin wallet. Open standard, no lock-in.

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Strata-Native

Form K, EPR, CRF, CRT compliance primitives built into the data model.

How It Works

Generate Your Key

One sovereign keypair becomes your identity across all protocols. Self-custodied.

Claim Your Strata

Publish identity, data, and permissions as signed Nostr events. Verifiable and portable.

Move Freely

Any platform speaking the standard imports your strata. Switch providers. Keep everything.

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Full Wire Protocol — Coming Soon

Identity layers, data formats, verification rules, and wire protocols. Watch the repo for updates.

Watch on GitHub →