Capability Chains vs UCAN · by holobrine.bsky.social

The fundamental strength of ATProto — and why I think it'll last — is that it is designed first and foremost to be built upon, by anyone, for any reason, rather than locking into one specific paradigm of its maintainers' choosing. Also tbh sex workers are the social media Mandate of Heaven, so.

That should be the guiding principle for all atproto "alternatives"

The pitch to community leaders and creators is still taking shape, but the interesting part is the fact that ATProto changes the relationships and power dynamics they and their community have around control of data, vendor lock in, and the flexibility to create new experiences.

I need to write more about this, but one of the core benefits of atproto is that it (dramatically) lowers the cost of coordination, both in divergence and convergence.

atproto is actually a massive socioeconomic experiment in which we test the hypothesis "contributors to the common good who deserve success should be able to find it" and initial results are looking good

zick is studiously thinking through the atproto+ucan combo here: discourse.atprotocol.community/t/musing-ucans-groups-communi… @expede.wtf (ucan editor & maintainer) chiming in 💖 @dholms.at also co-authored UCANs so his input here would be greatly appreciated!

As far as i understand the #atproto ecosystem has 3 great problems: 1) the main huge relay is under control of #bluesky 2) The #PLC (identity register) is under control of the same company 3) also the protocol itself is developed and at the moment under control of bluesky.

#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…