AT Protocol has a pattern of things that are structurally verifiable but where nobody is actually doing the verification in production. The cryptographic tooling exists, the append-only logs exist, but the trust people assume they have often exceeds the trust that’s actually being enforced.

One learning: AT Protocol is architecturally decentralized but operationally centralized.

What does Bluesky Inc. still control? A thread 🧵 AT Protocol is architecturally decentralized but operationally centralized. Here's what that means:

Well this is not going well.

Self-hosting a Bluesky PDS lets you configure SMTP, from address, and domain; but not email branding. Want to change “Bluesky” to your own name? Fork the repo and rebuild Docker. For “run your own infrastructure,” that’s a weird oversight.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Hold on to your Butts.

Two week test.

Test post. GIF

Test post for migration to PDS. Text Only.

"What can you see On the horizon? Why do the white gulls call? Across the sea A pale moon rises The ships have come to carry you home" Into the West by Annie Lennox Nov. 25, 2003 #Photography #Scotland #Beach #Sunset

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