RSocket is a binary protocol that enables multiplexed, bidirectional communication over TCP or WebSocket with four interaction models: request-response, request-stream, request-channel, and fire-and-forget. It supports reactive streams and features such as backpressure, session resumption, client responders, authentication, and tracing, making it a powerful foundation for building reactive applications. The document introduces 'rsc', a CLI tool for RSocket akin to curl for HTTP, facilitating testing of RSocket server APIs.