Bluesky is an initiative to develop a decentralized social network protocol. Organized by Twitter as a spin-out organization, it was announced in 2019, hired its first employees in 2021, and incorporated as a separate public benefit company the same year. Bluesky released its first early release, the Authenticated Data Experiment (ADX), to the public in mid-2022.
It currently operates the Bluesky Social app for both iOS and Android.
Description
Bluesky is an initiative to develop a decentralized social network protocol, such that multiple social networks, each with its own systems of curation and moderation, can interact with other social networks through an open standard. Each social network using the protocol is an "application". The protocol is not using blockchain technology.The Authenticated Data Experiment (ADX), in mid-2022, was Bluesky's first early protocol release. It uses personal data repositories, controlled by individual users, that social networks can optionally support. It is meant...