Interesting conversation exploring the future of atproto sustainability!
JP
I want people to be comfortable paying for an atproto account (ie. space on a PDS) It’s the bedrock of everything we’re building; if it’s not funded it’ll get squeezed in ways that are bad for users (hi Gmail) We should normalise having (very cheap) paid-tier PDS accounts on the services we build
Feb 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Ideas on a Financially Sustainable Atproto | Alex | Offprint
Explore a new funding model for Atproto that moves beyond grants and VC. Discover how StratosFund enables sustainable, community-driven open-source development.
Research Project for ATProto Ecosystem Brand and User Experience Needs
Hello atproto builders — I’m a long time lurker and first time forum poster. I met some of you at Atmosphere conf in March, but for the most part have been thinking and talking about how I might get involved and support what’s happening here, rather than diving in. It’s been deeply heartening over the last couple years to see this community emerge and all the work so many of you have put in to make Atmosphere conf and all the other great atproto meetups and conferences—and community contribution...
Atproto Amsterdam Lookbackforward
Event report and future ideas for Atproto community in the Netherlands, written up by @burrito.space
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! 🧪 >
ATProtocol Dev
Interviews, news, and other updates about projects powered by ATProtocol
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:
Hey atproto builders, what if we got together to talk about the funding environment and how we sustainably grow our products and orgs? If you're interested in a meeting, add your info here! (context cont'd ⬇️)
Airtable | Everyone's app platform
airtable.comThe 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.
reminder that the inaugural ATP (atproto) working group meeting will be taking place soon! we are scheduled for the Thursday of #IETF126. you can register and participate remotely. if you have a topic you want to discuss, reply to the chairs on the mailing list; this is roughly final call
Internet Engineering Task Force
The FINAL AGENDA for the #IETF126 Vienna meeting hosted by @cisco.com has been published! It includes 100+ working sessions, an #IETFHackathon, and more planned for 18-24 July. Register today to participate with 1000+ Internet technologists from around the world: ietf.org/meeting/126/
ATProto Science Community Garden
Open collection for ATProto science related content: projects, tools, research or anything else you think is relevant!
atproto sustainability
ATproto Ecosystem
This is going to turn into an unorganized mess. I can already feel it.
atproto sustainability
There's this verb "distribution" used in the context of sentences like "Substack solved distribution" and I don't get it. What does it mean?
ATProto builders, I've been having some really positive conversations with multiple funders who want to invest in the ecosystem. The tides…
Become a supporter · Currents
Introducing the “organize mode” and the supporter tier
Become a Sill+ supporter - Euphonos
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RRGI · Discourse Graph — lens switch
Lupita Nihongo (@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app)
Observ.ing - Observe nature. Own your data.
lexicons.bio
science.latha.org
App creator pledges against enshittification
Bluesky needs its own complete YC atproto stack - accelerator, seed funding, founder network, investor pipeline, mentorship, demo days,…
Project vs. Product, Startup vs. Business
Let's Talk Money - Interlinked
I don't know that I'd say I have it covered exactly, but I have a general architectural plan. Games are actually going to be a really hard…
ATProto builders, I've been having some really positive conversations with multiple funders who want to invest in the ecosystem. The tides…
It's working - Tynan's Leaflets
Call for Participation: AT Protocol Ecosystem Action Research - Ecosystem Action
Roomy joins Modal incubator - Roomy
Better, Together - Graze Newsletter
Adversarial internecting - permablog
Huey Newton introduces Revolutionary Intercommunalism, Boston College, November 18 1970
