i want to do a little ✨ ama about atproto ✨ in this thread. no question is too simple if you’ve been curious about atproto but don’t know much (anything?) about it, ask any question and i’ll try to explain it in my own words. (+ would love to hear from friends who aren’t very active on bsky)
Jul 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
ATProto Isn't What You Think
This post takes a look at ATProto from a different angle, and explores the value of some possibly less-noticed pieces of it.
asq.fyi — ask anyone, anything (on atproto)
A public square for questions both silly and serious. Built on the AT Protocol, so your account, followers, and answers belong to you — not us.
FediForum Talk: Atproto: A Technical Introduction
By Daniel Holmgren, head of protocol at Bluesky PBC. AT Protocol (atproto) is the open protocol powering Bluesky and the emerging Atmosphere. This talk gives a high-level overview of atproto's app...
Introducing ATProto Science - Cosmik Labs
Announcing atproto.science! #ATproto has huge potential for supporting new ways of doing research, so we started @atproto.science to help bring together researchers, build community, and explore what's possible when science meets cutting-edge open social network protocols! 🧪 >
The ATProto community built a ton of great features and products over the past year. For our next trick, let's mature them into products and businesses.
Mosh Lee
(2/n) A feature solves one problem well — even delightfully well. But features get copied easily or absorbed into larger products. They have no distribution or adoption model. If your whole thing can become a pane in someone else's app, it's a feature.
Read through atproto proposal-0016 and took some notes on important points that I think are worth sharing and talking about.
Reading Proposal 0016: What atproto’s “Permissioned Data” Actually Does
ngerakines.leaflet.pubwhat 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
This is a call to action! If you're interested in the future of the ATproto ecosystem and want to help shape it, click through to the announcement for info on how to get involved. This is a large effort that's been cooking since December, and I'm excited to be a part of this initiative!
Ecosystem Action Research (EAR)
Introducing Ecosystem Action Research: a pilot program to address shared challenges in the AT Protocol ecosystem with a cooperative approach to strategic innovation. By the community, for the community. Sign up to participate here:
atproto-reads
blogs and writing about atproto (maybe also open social generally)
ATProto Science Community Garden
Open collection for ATProto science related content: projects, tools, research or anything else you think is relevant!
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
ATProto Science Projects
Projects using ATProto for science applications
The social meaning of atproto
How do we understand what atproto is?
Managing scientific knowledge for policy on the ATmosphere - Mathew's newsletter
RRGI · Discourse Graph — lens switch
Lupita Nihongo (@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app)
Observ.ing - Observe nature. Own your data.
lexicons.bio
science.latha.org
Skyreader
Meitheal · SensorThings on ATProto
Podium — open data search
Hypercerts — Collective Intelligence for Funding Impact
GainForest — Biodiversity Observations & Nature Projects
Lea - A calmer Bluesky for researchers
A conceptual model of ATProto and ActivityPub
ATProto ideas
Wesley Finck (@wesleyfinck.org)
Copyright and DMCA Best Practices for Fediverse Operators
The Shape of Apps to Come, Devin Ivy, ATmosphereConf Seattle 2025
FediForum Talk: Atproto: A Technical Introduction
