---
title: "consensus/protocol"
description: "Base-specific protocol types — batches, channels, frames, and compression (brotli, zlib)."
source: https://basehub.org/crates/consensus/protocol/
---
import { LinkCard } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';

## Overview

The `base-protocol` crate defines Base-specific protocol types: batches, channels, frames, and compression via brotli and zlib.

## Source

<LinkCard title="View source on GitHub" href="https://github.com/base/base/tree/main/crates/consensus/protocol" />