Introducing the Protocol Institute
Building a field and community to steward the planetary-scale process of protocolization
ActivityPub
The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format. It provides a client to server API for creating, updating and deleting content, as well as a federated server to server API for delivering notifications and content.
Introducing the Protocol Institute
Building a field and community to steward the planetary-scale process of protocolization
OpenAI's WebRTC Problem - Media over QUIC
Media over QUIC: There are ways to do voice AI without being traumatized by WebRTC.
x402 - Payment Required
x402 is the internet's payment standard for agentic payments at scale.
ATOM: AT Protocol Over MoQ Transport
This document specifies how the Authenticated Transfer (AT) Protocol can leverage Media over QUIC Transport (MOQT) for efficient data synchronization across decentralized social networks. The AT Protocol's firehose event stream and repository synchronization mechanisms map naturally to MOQT's publish/subscribe model, enabling scalable relay infrastructure, priority-based delivery, and improved resilience for large-scale social data distribution. This specification addresses the challenges of the current WebSocket- based transport and demonstrates how MOQT's relay architecture, group-based caching, and multiplexed streams provide significant benefits for AT Protocol deployments at scale.
DSNP - Decentralized Social Networking Protocol
DSNP establishes a shared social layer no longer dependent on a specific app or centralized platform.
DSNP - Advisors
DSNP establishes a shared social layer no longer dependent on a specific app or centralized platform.
The Missing Middle of Open Source
Why serious, maintainer-driven projects struggle to sustain themselves—and what it will take to fix it.
What is Messaging Layer Security (MLS)?
Messaging Layer Security (MLS) is an IETF working group building a modern, efficient, secure group messaging protocol.
Making MLS more decentralized
It’s no secret that we at Phoenix R&D are big fans of the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol, having helped it to come into existence. It’s a versatile group key agreement and messaging protocol that’s used to power both asynchronous and real-time applications. MLS is relatively
Self-hosting a Matrix server for 5 years
Experiences with the Matrix protocol, Matrix Synapse server, bridges, and Element mobile apps.
Building resilient social media
Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
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