This is an article that I've wanted to write for over a year, and I finally got the chance to do it!
Atproto Ethos is a deep dive into how we think about protocol design - its influences, the core innovations, and the opinionated takes that we've adopted
Atproto Ethos is a deep dive into how we think about protocol design - its influences, the core innovations, and the opinionated takes that we've adopted
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As well, I'm hoping to lay some groundwork around how we think about decentralization, network topology, and power dynamics in the network
If you hate long walls of text, you can check out my presentation (with lots of nice emojis & arrows) here:
Makes it easier to predict where y'all might zag next 😉
#PrivacyNightmare
"Trust is moved a layer up into the identity system such that a user can hold a recovery key for their identity that allows them to migrate away from a bad PDS."
@dholms.xyz
Kudos to you and the rest of the team on intuiting your way to these principles and persistently fostering it into a thriving service 👏
Very rare and exciting to meet someone who thinks about proving canonicalness at the individual service level.
That guides Geeq's blockchain protocol as well, needless to say, nothing like ordinary consensus.
Atproto is truly novel.
https://fav.farm/
I think this is a really valuable concept, and I don't want to see the term diluted to mean something else!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness
I'm a firm believer in "AT Protocol" & "Atproto"
If any devs are looking to make alternatives to existing apps I recommend making alternatives on ATProtocol to replace these:
Snapchat
Facebook
Pinterest
Those don't have an ATProtocol equivalent.
For list of good ATProtocol ones to switch to:
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/beyond-bluesky-these-are-the-apps-building-social-experiences-on-the-at-protocol/