Protocol intro is a hypothesis. Lock review 2026-10-21. US→IN vendor pay is the test case, not the protocol.
Today
competitors
5must-hit constraints
hypothesisK0 spec
Rivalry and substitutes are both maxed. The remaining gap is non-custodial cash-like privacy with US compliance. Seismic is already drawing US→IN on its homepage.
Porter — industry K0 wants to enter
Infrastructure players
K0 SWOT
Changelog + doc hashes
Source of truth: data/intel.json. I patch that file; this page reads the embedded snapshot (open via file://) or fetches data/intel.json if served.