Bluesky (protocol)

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Bluesky is an initiative to develop a decentralized social network protocol. Organized by Twitter, the initiative was announced in 2019 and is in a research phase as of 2021.

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".[1]

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Twitter is funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media. The goal is for Twitter to ultimately be a client of this standard.