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# Tempo Protocol

Use this section when you need the technical reference for Tempo itself. These pages are written for implementers, auditors, wallet teams, infrastructure operators, and anyone building against protocol-level behavior rather than a single product workflow.

If you are building an app, start with the guides in **Build on Tempo** and come here when you need exact semantics, ABI details, or protocol rationale.

For private execution internals, start with Tempo Zones and the [zone accounts specification](/docs/protocol/zones/accounts), which defines private balance, allowance, and account-scoped access rules.

## Core Primitives

<Cards>
  <Card title="TIP-20 Tokens" description="Stablecoin-native token behavior, metadata, fees, memos, policies, and liquidity routing." to="/docs/protocol/tip20/overview" icon="lucide:coins" />

  <Card title="Tempo Policies (TIP-403)" description="TIP-403 policy checks, receive policies, access controls, and registry behavior." to="/docs/protocol/tip403/overview" icon="lucide:shield-check" />

  <Card title="Transaction Fees" description="Stablecoin fee payment, fee accounting, and the fee AMM used for conversion." to="/docs/protocol/fees" icon="lucide:badge-dollar-sign" />

  <Card title="Tempo Transactions" description="Tempo transaction type, batching, scheduling, fee sponsorship, and account keychains." to="/docs/protocol/transactions" icon="lucide:layers" />
</Cards>

## Network Systems

<Cards>
  <Card title="Blockspace" description="Consensus, finality, block format, payment lanes, and throughput-oriented protocol design." to="/docs/protocol/blockspace/overview" icon="lucide:layout-dashboard" />

  <Card title="Stablecoin DEX" description="Enshrined stablecoin exchange, quote tokens, swaps, liquidity, and exchange balances." to="/docs/protocol/exchange" icon="lucide:arrow-left-right" />

  <Card title="Zones" description="Private zone architecture, accounts, bridging, RPC, execution, gas, and proving." to="/docs/protocol/zones" icon="lucide:scan" />

  <Card title="Network Upgrades" description="Track upgrade specifications, migration notes, and release-level protocol changes." to="/docs/protocol/upgrades/t8" icon="lucide:arrow-up-circle" />
</Cards>

## Specifications and Source

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  <Card title="TIPs" description="Browse Tempo Improvement Proposals for standards, process changes, and protocol history." to="https://tips.sh/" icon="lucide:file-text" />

  <Card title="GitHub Repository" description="Read the Tempo source implementation and follow protocol development in the open." to="https://github.com/tempoxyz/tempo" icon="lucide:github" />
</Cards>