Alkanes

What is Alkanes？

Alkanes is a token-based smart contract metaprotocol built on the protorunes framework using the protorunes standard, designed to enable smart contract functionality through a combination of WebAssembly (WASM) and UTXO-based transactions.

Key Features

• UTXO-Based Smart Contracts

Alkanes leverages Bitcoin’s UTXO model to deploy smart contracts, embedding WASM code through inscriptions similar to Ordinals for on-chain execution.

• WASM-Driven with Storage Optimization

Contracts are written in Rust, compiled into gzip-compressed WASM binaries, and embedded in Bitcoin transactions to align with storage constraints.

• Protorunes Framework

Built on the Protorunes standard, inheriting design patterns from Ordinals and Runes, using a witness envelope to deploy WASM files and enable contract interactions.

• Metashrew Open-Source Indexer for Contract State Tracking

Integrates the open-source Metashrew indexer to track contract states, supporting real-time data access and validation on Bitcoin.

UniSat Product Support for Alkanes

• UniSat Wallet

• UniScan

• UniSat UTXO Management Tool

• UniSat Marketplace

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Learn more: https://alkanes.build/docs/developers/disclaimer