What the AT protocol needs from Bluesky PBC now, and why it's not to focus on bsky.app
Bluesky Is an App. The AT Protocol Is the Internet Beneath It. - Ewan’s Blog
There is a confusion that keeps recurring, and it is understandable enough that it is worth addressing directly.
Bluesky Is an App. The AT Protocol Is the Internet Beneath It. - Ewan’s Blog
There is a confusion that keeps recurring, and it is understandable enough that it is worth addressing directly.
Appendix:Xanadu - AT Protocol Paper Errata and Details
A description of known problems in Bluesky PBC's paper, "Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media", as well as notes on terminology changes and how Bluesky's implementation differs from that described in the paper.
Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol | TechCrunch
A list of AT Protocol-based, consumer-facing apps that are either built on top of Bluesky or its underlying protocol, allowing users to take back control over their social networking experiences and personal data.
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About AT Protocol and Bluesky - Stuff Rob Wrote
I've been interested in atproto (the protocol that Bluesky, Blacksky, and many other applications - including pckt, where this blog is hosted! - run on) for abo...
Bluesky Protocol Services
High scale open social, unlocked for every builder. Bluesky operates public infrastructure for the AT Protocol — Jetstream, Relay, and the Bluesky API — as open services anyone can build on.
Firehose | Bluesky
One of the core primitives of the AT Protocol that underlies Bluesky is the
Introduction to AT Protocol
Walkthrough of the various parts and concepts in Bluesky's AT Protocol (ATProto), the types of servers involved and how it all fits together
Introduction to AT Protocol
Walkthrough of the various parts and concepts in Bluesky's AT Protocol (ATProto), the types of servers involved and how it all fits together
Get Started | Bluesky Protocol Services
Bluesky operates public infrastructure for the AT Protocol — Jetstream, Relay, and the Bluesky API — as open services you can build on today, no permission required. Start with Jetstream.
The AT Protocol's interesting design - LittleBit
Bluesky's backend was made to be more than a social network
How It Works | Bluesky Protocol Services
From one post to the whole network — how records, Lexicons, and the firehose fit together on the AT Protocol.
When @bsky.app pulls this kind of crap often, whilst also expecting the community to do the heavy-lifting in actually convincing people to try out the AT Protocol... it's really difficult to feel hopeful about the future of Bluesky and its constituents. I imagine many agree with this stance.
Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂
Bluesky’s statement deriding Threads users as “guinea pigs” is not representative of Blacksky Algorithms, the atproto ecosystem or the open social web more broadly. Communities form around communication networks. And communities should never be trolled for whatever tool helps them find each other.
I love to see when a *.host.bsky.network (mushroom PDS) user is informed in a nice, polite way about how the AT Protocol works and why it's awesome.
Bluesky
Bookmarks related to Bluesky, including clients and utilities. See also “AT Protocol” and “AT Protocol apps” collections
38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026
THRONG — a crowd made of bluesky
SkyTrace
Bluesky Firehose
samantha.wiki/fray
Northsky
