After a brief demo at FediCon 2025, a new, open source fundraising system for the #Fediverse has been released to the public. It's native to the network, and you sign in using your own Fediverse account.

New Bluesky legalese.

Patches, paths and The Matrix. First thoughts from FediCon, a vibrant #Fediverse gathering in Vancouver on 1-2 August 2025, put together by @reiver.bsky.social and team. Part II and III to follow. Thank you to all who organised, presented and attended. It was fun! www.blog-pat.ch/patches-path...

I've embedded the video from my talk on my site bmannconsulting.com/notes/beyond... Thanks @reiver.bsky.social for arranging to have the talks recorded at #Fedicon and thanks @deadsuperhero.com for running a PeerTube video where the videos can be hosted.

I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be taking a trip to Vancouver, Canada, at the end of the month, to hold a panel at FediCon! A lot of my friends in the community will be going, many of them have been on my podcast. This is a birthday gift to myself, and I'm super excited for the opportunity.

The week before DWeb Camp Cascadia, @reiver.bsky.social is organizing FediCon in Vancouver. Added it to our calendar!

Got my ticket to FediCon 2025, wooo!

📡 Decentralized... but not disconnected. FediCon is where the ATmosphere and Fediverse community gathers IRL. 🎉 FediCon 2025 tickets are LIVE! 🎟️ Get yours now ⬇️ lu.ma/p4bbb941 📍 Vancouver (Canada) 🗓️ August 1-2 More information here: fedicon.ca #FediCon #Fedicon2025 #Fediverse

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For non-brazilians who are also interested in AT Protocol, Bluesky, the decentralized internet and social networks, and want to join our future events... We have a survey for you too! forms.gle/LxXSrUSeuyDm... #ATProto #ATProtocol #ATBrasil

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I was planning to attend #ahoy25 But, certain things made it so it didn't happen. However, I am grateful people are posting about under its hash-tag.

Happy Wednesday! 🎈

So if you ever want to hide your checkmark temporarily, just add some invisible whitespace to your display name

Phew it came back again

neato

I'm curious if I get the checkmark back instantly once I change the handle back again.

3. Trusted Verifiers are in keeping with our ethos -- that Bluesky shouldn't be the sole verifier, and that there should be systems that exist outside of us as part of a robust civic infrastructure. The world shouldn't depend on massive social companies as the sole authorities 2/2

A couple of quick thoughts on this before I disappear for my morning block of meetings 1. Domains are still valuable identity signals! Multiple methods are good to have 2. Identity verification will continue to evolve from here 1/2

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

working on a refreshed internect.info (wip)

Exploring decentralized, post-blockchain financial transactions on ATProtocol. Built on DIDs, signed attestations, and mutual revocation - no tokens, no chains. Technical outline below. 🧵 #ATProtocol #atdev

Happy Monday!

why bluesky "feeds" don't work, a thread

Posting this from a local copy of social-app, connected to my own AppView (written in Rust)

This is an article that I've wanted to write for over a year, and I finally got the chance to do it! Atproto Ethos is a deep dive into how we think about protocol design - its influences, the core innovations, and the opinionated takes that we've adopted

It has a weakness though. When people share links to your posts, they are forced to use the bsky domain - making them a permanent intermediary between your audience and you. This can be used to discourage you from leaving the central instance. I filed this months ago: github.com/bluesky-soci...

@laurenshof.online I'd like to have one (or more, my choice) identity across servers/instances, but I don't want this to be tied to any specific provider (the way Bluesky seems to) I want to be able to migrate my identity from one provider to another (or host it myself)

Surreal seeing this irl in a cab ride

we do ourselves a huge disservice by thinking of things like the AT Protocol as a “developer ecosystem” — dev rel, technical docs, dev grants… what about the creators, the artists, the community organizers, the activists, the “non-technical” people? can we plz not repeat the mistakes of the past?

here's #ATmosphereConf Day 1 compressed for Bluesky

"Vernacular Institutions are more useful than legible", @kissane.bsky.social keynoting day2 of #ATmosphereConf The concept of legibility is something that keeps coming up for me. @blaine.bsky.social's jungle is here too. Sometimes you want legibility only to some. We find those who can see us.

constellation just hit 2.5 BILLION links in the ATmosphere!!! starting day two of #ATmosphereConf with a nice milestone :)

The energy at the #ATmosphereConf meet and greet was incredible. So excited about the rest of this weekend!

My very own self hosted bluesky replica running on assorted raspberry pis that I had. WIP! #ATmosphereConf #ATproto @hailey.at @why.bsky.team @raspberrypi.com @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social

Behold, my soon-to-be full bluesky index

ATmosphere conf has been so great I’ve forgotten to post. Come say hi if you’re here, and if not, you can catch the stream tomorrow at stream.place/atmosphere.dev !

Yes it is! @stream.place chat is actually comments

So this is me also posting to bsky?

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/iame.li CHAT IS LIVE!!!! Come say hi!

couple #atmosphereconf questions around what apps/projects we'd love to see here is a big list we have today! will try to get out something punchier soon

The true presentation title and message by @pfrazee.com for #ATmosphereConf

Thanks to @mattie.thegem.city for this adorable crochet butterfly! Brought by @ngerakines.me for a few folks at #ATmosphereconf

I want to create an incubator that funds atproto/bluesky experimental projects to the tune of $5k-$10k dev grants. I am sorely tempted to call it “Chemtrails”, because it seeds the ATmosphere Hit me with your best ideas!

At #ATmosphereConf @boris (one of the organizers) is talking in front of the audience. (Boris and I are both from Vancouver.) I see Fediverse people here. For example, @damon#atmosphereconf(of We Distribute fame) is sitting next to me. #atproto #atprotocol #deso #bluesky #BSKY

So, it took longer than expected to get around to this, but I finally wrote about my experience attending #FediverseHouse last week. It was really amazing, and I’m glad I went.

Eide Norooz Mobarak!

Coinbase and Farcaster are teaming up, and aim to make a popular crypto wallet into a social client. Debut article by @reiver.bsky.social!

I will be at ATmosphere Conference this weekend — March 22nd & 23rd. atprotocol.dev/atmosphereco... #ATmosphereConf