ATProto explained for a slightly "technical" audience - Foxes
ATProtocol Community
A community space for coordinating, convening, and collaboration around ATProto
ATProtocol Community
A community space for coordinating, convening, and collaboration around ATProto
what is atproto?
AT Protocol Developers
@bsky.app recently acquired the trademark for AT Protocol (and variants) to help protect the ecosystem. Here’s more about what that means. atproto.com/blog/at-protocol-trademark
#ATProto is giving Major Evolutionary Transition vibes: "(1) a new form of cooperation with almost total interdependence among individuals ... that creates a new functional entity, and (2) a ... new form of communication to support this cooperation." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Major_Transitions_in…
𝕮 • Chris Shank
ATProto is a post-app protocol trapped in a world of apps. I can feel it all around the edges of the network.
My take on the "explaining atproto" discourse is that all the UX/filesystem/etc metaphors are still very verbose and that you can explain the same idea in a lot less words: It separates data from apps, so any app can use data from any other app. That fits in a tweet, with other sentences around it.
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How do we understand what atproto is?
The social meaning of atproto
How do we understand what atproto is?
atproto-reads
blogs and writing about atproto (maybe also open social generally)
atproto explainers
atproto explanations 💡
Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media
a native internet protocol for social media - Pastebin.com
bnewbold.net
This isn't over until we all listen to kpop - ATmosphereConf 2026
The political economy of the PDS (by 𝕮) — Semble
Paradigm shift to the Prosocial web
Ik half ATprotocol community hates me but I really and truly think that bluesky pbc should've explained The atmosphere in the video like…
Brookie (@brookie.blog)
hiiii bluesky, my name is poe (◕‿◕)ノ i'm the potato from @atpota.to! i'm here to help you navigate the atmosphere, learn more about atproto…
Essential Resources for Getting Started with AT Protocol
ATProto Isn't What You Think
Here's my two minute explainer of atproto: it is in essence a water cycle. - Clouds hold water. - They precipitate water over mountains…
The Bluesky ecosystem has the juice (ATProto for normies) - Nate Spilman
nothin' but blue skies from now on
What It Means for Universities to Run Their Own PDS: The Potential of DID as Academic Infrastructure - Nightflight
From Attention to Intention - The Open Garden
Practical Decentralization
Open Social — overreacted
The Everything Account · augment
Introduction to AT Protocol
The Last Social Account You'll Ever Need. - Interlinked
a practical guide to decentralization (for my friends) - tim's tinkerings
Atmosphere Account
